Plastic surgery Staff Nurse inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 7 JUN 2024

Job summary

  • To provide continuity in the day to day running of plastic surgeryoutpatient clinics.
  • To support staff and patients working in those clinics.
  • To provide care for patients in a variety of clinical environmentswhere patients having plastic surgery are managed, including woundcare.
  • To be responsible for the management of supplies.
  • To run clinics for ankle brachial pressure index assessment.
Main duties of the job

The post holder is required to work primarily in the plastic surgery outpatient area. However, the person may work in the Hand Unit.

The role within all departments is assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for patients; supporting medical and senior nursing staff in the provision of clinics; managing, ordering, and organising supplies for the clinic; undertaking lower limb assessment for ankle brachial pressure index prior to compression management.

The day to day running of Consultant and Nurse led plastic outpatient clinics. Resource management in terms of supplies; equipment and ordering, in the department and fire warden.

About us

As a designated Trauma Centre, St. George's offers great prospects for nurses with a passion for plastic surgery and wound care nursing. Being committed to providing quality patient care and maintaining safety, it is also committed to staff development and training opportunities.

Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse or Nursing associate
Desirable

  • Tissue Viability or wound care related study.
Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 6 months post registration experience in acute surgery.
  • Current skills in wound care.
Desirable

  • Experience in outpatient
Other

Essential

  • Enthusiasm and insight in plastic surgery
Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse or Nursing associate
Desirable

  • Tissue Viability or wound care related study.
Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 6 months post registration experience in acute surgery.
  • Current skills in wound care.
Desirable

  • Experience in outpatient
Other

Essential

  • Enthusiasm and insight in plastic surgery
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Plastic Surgery Department St Georges Hospital

Blackshaw Road

Tooting

SW17 0QT

Employer's website
Job summary

  • To provide continuity in the day to day running of plastic surgeryoutpatient clinics.
  • To support staff and patients working in those clinics.
  • To provide care for patients in a variety of clinical environmentswhere patients having plastic surgery are managed, including woundcare.
  • To be responsible for the management of supplies.
  • To run clinics for ankle brachial pressure index assessment.
Main duties of the job

The post holder is required to work primarily in the plastic surgery outpatient area. However, the person may work in the Hand Unit.

The role within all departments is assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for patients; supporting medical and senior nursing staff in the provision of clinics; managing, ordering, and organising supplies for the clinic; undertaking lower limb assessment for ankle brachial pressure index prior to compression management.

The day to day running of Consultant and Nurse led plastic outpatient clinics. Resource management in terms of supplies; equipment and ordering, in the department and fire warden.

About us

As a designated Trauma Centre, St. George's offers great prospects for nurses with a passion for plastic surgery and wound care nursing. Being committed to providing quality patient care and maintaining safety, it is also committed to staff development and training opportunities.

Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse or Nursing associate
Desirable

  • Tissue Viability or wound care related study.
Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 6 months post registration experience in acute surgery.
  • Current skills in wound care.
Desirable

  • Experience in outpatient
Other

Essential

  • Enthusiasm and insight in plastic surgery
Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse or Nursing associate
Desirable

  • Tissue Viability or wound care related study.
Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 6 months post registration experience in acute surgery.
  • Current skills in wound care.
Desirable

  • Experience in outpatient
Other

Essential

  • Enthusiasm and insight in plastic surgery
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address

Plastic Surgery Department St Georges Hospital

Blackshaw Road

Tooting

SW17 0QT

Employer's website


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