Staff Nurse - ENT and Maxillofacial Outpatient Department inBrighton inBrighton PUBLISHED 1 DEC 2023
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- Act as patient /carer advocate at all times.
- To work unsupervised, providing nursing care to patients attending the department, referring to other health care professionals as necessary.
- To prioritise care and delegate workload and lounge activities appropriately.
- To effectively and professionally deal with emergency situations.
- The post is for cross site working at PRH, RACH or RSCH; therefore, the post holder must be prepared to work on any site.
- To ensure safe practice regarding moving and handling, sharps and infection control etc.
- Identify and report clinical and non-clinical incidents, taking appropriate action as necessary.
- Raising Datix when required.
- To ensure that confidentiality of patient information is maintained, and that written documentation is complete and up to date.
- Professionally responsible to ensure the post holders practice adheres to all clinic, trust and national policies and procedures that are determined by others.
- To have appropriate clinical and professional insight to acknowledge own clinical boundaries and limitations and to work within the Nursing and Midwifery Council [NMC]) codes of practice.
- To ensure, at all times, responsible and safe use of clinic / trust equipment and resources but the post holder will not have any direct budgetary responsibility.
- Required to have a personal duty of care for handling patients valuables.
- Required to use own initiative, take responsibility for decision-making and prioritise own workload within a team context.
- Required to bring to the attention of appropriate managers/supervisors where workloads/pressures become such that an appropriate level of safe and effective patient care cannot be maintained, before the situation becomes untenable.
- Able to provide advice, demonstrate own activities or workplace routines to visitors to the department such as student nurses.
- To ensure that all nurse-led practice falls within NMC Guidelines and within approved University Hospital Sussex (UHS) NHS Foundation Trust Guidelines in line with vicarious liability.
- Able to exercise initiative when dealing with issues within own specialist area of competence.
Please see attached Job Description for full details.
We welcome applications from those who currently hold a UK NMC registration. If you currently hold an overseas nursing qualification and require sponsorship we are not currently direct hiring Internationally Qualified Nurses
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Ear, Nose and Throat and Maxillofacial Outpatient Departments. We are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking individual with great team spirit. We are offering a full time position of 37.5 hours per week to cover maternity leave.
The two specialities are in one brand new Head and Neck Outpatient Department in the new Louisa Martindale Building. We also have clinical Princess Royal Hospital and the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital.
We will be providing training of required skills to the successful candidate.
Previous applicants for this role in this department need not apply
Please note that if you currently work for another NHS Trust/UHSussex and are applying to accept this position as a secondmentopportunity, before applying you must seek agreement andauthorisationfrom your current Trust.Secondmentscan't be agreed without this approval. If you are unable to gain approval you should refrain from applying unless you wish to take this role as a fixed term position
- To be an active team member.
- To assist and support in managing the ENT Clinics.
- To assist and support in the running of OMFS Clinics.
- To assist in the running of nurse led activity.
- Assist the clinicians and adhere to trust policies.
- Be responsible in delivering patient-centred nursing care in an outpatient specialised setting, aiming to achieve the highest possible standards of care delivery, in accordance with the Trust's Strategy for Nursing and Midwifery.
- Deputise in the absence of more senior nursing staff.
- Promote best clinical and professional practice.
- Ensure efficient use of resources.
- Assist in the promotion of conductive learning environment for allstaff and students
- Act as patient /carer advocate at all times.
- To work unsupervised, providing nursing care to patients attending the department, referring to other health care professionals as necessary.
- To prioritise care and delegate workload and lounge activities appropriately.
- To effectively and professionally deal with emergency situations.
- The post is for cross site working at PRH, RACH or RSCH; therefore, the post holder must be prepared to work on any site.
- To ensure safe practice regarding moving and handling, sharps and infection control etc.
- Identify and report clinical and non-clinical incidents, taking appropriate action as necessary.
- Raising Datix when required.
- To ensure that confidentiality of patient information is maintained, and that written documentation is complete and up to date.
- Professionally responsible to ensure the post holders practice adheres to all clinic, trust and national policies and procedures that are determined by others.
- To have appropriate clinical and professional insight to acknowledge own clinical boundaries and limitations and to work within the Nursing and Midwifery Council [NMC]) codes of practice.
- To ensure, at all times, responsible and safe use of clinic / trust equipment and resources but the post holder will not have any direct budgetary responsibility.
- Required to have a personal duty of care for handling patients valuables.
- Required to use own initiative, take responsibility for decision-making and prioritise own workload within a team context.
- Required to bring to the attention of appropriate managers/supervisors where workloads/pressures become such that an appropriate level of safe and effective patient care cannot be maintained, before the situation becomes untenable.
- Able to provide advice, demonstrate own activities or workplace routines to visitors to the department such as student nurses.
- To ensure that all nurse-led practice falls within NMC Guidelines and within approved University Hospital Sussex (UHS) NHS Foundation Trust Guidelines in line with vicarious liability.
- Able to exercise initiative when dealing with issues within own specialist area of competence.
Please see attached Job Description for full details.
We welcome applications from those who currently hold a UK NMC registration. If you currently hold an overseas nursing qualification and require sponsorship we are not currently direct hiring Internationally Qualified Nurses
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Ear, Nose and Throat and Maxillofacial Outpatient Departments. We are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking individual with great team spirit. We are offering a full time position of 37.5 hours per week to cover maternity leave.
The two specialities are in one brand new Head and Neck Outpatient Department in the new Louisa Martindale Building. We also have clinical Princess Royal Hospital and the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital.
We will be providing training of required skills to the successful candidate.
Previous applicants for this role in this department need not apply
Please note that if you currently work for another NHS Trust/UHSussex and are applying to accept this position as a secondmentopportunity, before applying you must seek agreement andauthorisationfrom your current Trust.Secondmentscan't be agreed without this approval. If you are unable to gain approval you should refrain from applying unless you wish to take this role as a fixed term position
- To be an active team member.
- To assist and support in managing the ENT Clinics.
- To assist and support in the running of OMFS Clinics.
- To assist in the running of nurse led activity.
- Assist the clinicians and adhere to trust policies.
- Be responsible in delivering patient-centred nursing care in an outpatient specialised setting, aiming to achieve the highest possible standards of care delivery, in accordance with the Trust's Strategy for Nursing and Midwifery.
- Deputise in the absence of more senior nursing staff.
- Promote best clinical and professional practice.
- Ensure efficient use of resources.
- Assist in the promotion of conductive learning environment for allstaff and students
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