Staff Nurse - Orthopaedics

☞ Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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更新日: 11-06-2024

場所: Nantwich North West

カテゴリー: 健康/医療

業界: Staffing Recruiting Health Wellness Fitness Hospital & Health Care

レベル: Associate

ジョブタイプ: Full-time

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仕事内容

Job Overview

Leyland ward is an outstanding elective 25 bedded Orthopaedic area which provides elective surgery for planned joint replacements, spinal procedures/ surgery and day case patients.

We have a brilliant forward thinking team, who will all welcome and support you, including a fabulous Enhanced Recovery Practitioner who has supported the team in achieving discharging patients who have had total knee or hip replacement surgery in going home the same day, and this is the first unit in the region to have accomplished and maintained this in the whole region, to which the team are very proud. There is a wider multi-disciplinary team with a strong and supportive presence on the ward incorporating Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, pharmacists and a Discharge Facilitator who are always happy to share their knowledge to enable you to build on yours.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for planning, delivering and evaluating the personalised health and wellbeing care needs of patients, in line with the Trust’s Values & Nursing & Midwifery Professional Framework goals example:
personal hygiene and comfort, vital signs and EWS, early recognition and management of acutely ill patients, safe transportation, last offices, fluid balance monitoring, enteral feeding/ meeting nutritional needs, ECG, wound dressings, removal of sutures/clips, catheterisation, venepuncture, cannulation, blood
transfusion, palliative and terminal care, care of central lines, admission and discharge, nasogastric tube insertion & care, care of epidural and IV infusion pumps, psychological and spiritual support.

Working for our organisation

Our values define who we are and how we behave.
  • Caring and compassionate. We treat everyone with dignity and respect, doing everything we can to show we care.
  • Recognising individuality. We respect, value and respond to every person’s individual needs.
  • Seeking to involve. We will always involve you in making decisions about your care and treatment, and are always open and honest.
  • Team working. We work together as one team, and involve patients, families, and other services, to provide the best care possible.
  • Taking personal responsibility. We each take personal responsibility to give the highest standards of care and deliver a service we can always be proud of.


Staff Nurse - Orthopaedics

Band 5

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

  • Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to meet patients’
    • needs in accordance with agreed local and national standards
    and evidence based guidelines.

  • Support and provide patient education and health promotion.
  • Be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of care,
    • through appropriate professional practice, delegation and
    supervision of duties carried out by junior staff.

  • Proactively manage risk and maintain patient safety,
    • conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies,
    procedures and guidelines.

  • Assist in setting, monitoring and maintaining standards of
    • care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care.

  • Communicate all relevant information to the multidisciplinary
    • team internally and with external organisations as required, to
    ensure seamless care

    Person specification

    Qualifications & Education

    Essential criteria
    • Appropriate NMC Registration
    • RN1, RN2 General Nursing Posts & RN8 or RNC Children’s Nursing Posts
    • Diploma in Nursing
    • NMC recognised Mentorship qualification or willingness to work towards following 18 months commencement in post
    • Evidence of continuing education or development for more experienced Band 5 nurses


    Desirable criteria
    • Degree


    Knowledge & Experience

    Essential criteria
    • Willing to expand clinical role eg IV additives, venepuncture and cannulation
    • Awareness of changes within Nursing practice
    • Knowledge of Clinical Governance and the relevance to practice


    Desirable criteria
    • Evidence of clinical competence in area of speciality eg surgery
    • Knowledge of Leadership and Management
    • Research and Development
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    締切: 26-07-2024

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