Staff Nurse - Baschurch Unit

Job overview

Baschurch Unit is the Admissions and Day Case Unit, it is a busy Unit delivering per and post op care. As a Registered Nurse you will be going through the admission process, making sure Patients are fit for Surgery and that there has been no changes since they attended for their pre-operative assessment, checking skin, medications, etc.

Patients who are for a Day Case procedure come back to the Unit where you will deliver post operative care to a wide range of orthopaedic surgeries, from upper limb, sports injuries and foot surgery. Once the patient is fit for discharged they are discharged with all the advise given to them and any questions they have answered.

Baschurch can admit up to 50 patients per day, and can discharge up to 30 patients, so had a quick turnover, and is a busy Unit.

Under current Home Office Immigration Rules, this role does not meet the UK Visas and Immigration criteria and the position is not therefore eligible for skilled worker sponsorship. Applications from candidates that require skilled worker sponsorship will NOT be shortlisted.

Main duties of the job

Ensuring the safety of our patients who are attending for theatre. Ensuring a safe and timely discharge home. Advocating for our patients if they have any concerns before their surgery. Pre and Post Operative care. Providing reassurance to patients and their families.

**Please note that we have no access to OSCE support courses, and nurses pending registration are welcome to apply but must be able to evidence that they have satisfied the NMC Objective Structured Clinical Examination Test of Competence**

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Full roles and responsibilities can be found in the Job Description.

Under the direction of the Ward manager is responsible for providing skilled Nursing care within a multidisciplinary environment, to ensure individualised and effective care is practiced.

Contributing to the continuity of good team spirit and high standards of nursing care over a period of duty. Acts as a resource within the speciality of Trauma and Orthopaedics. Empowering junior staff to develop the highest possible levels of clinical skills and facilitates communication within all care groups.

Utilising the wards resources to promote excellence in practice and promotes and expedites quality issues relevant to the service delivery.

General

This job description does not attempt to describe all the tasks the post holder    will undertake. It does indicate the degree of authority, range of duties covered and the flexibility required for the job.