Staff Nurse Outpatients

Job overview

Accountable to Deputy Service General Manager / Head of Nursing, the post holder will play a key role in supporting the nurse managers in providing high-quality care.

The post holder must be prepared to work within the divisions as a Named Nurses, within a Team, and take responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care.

The post holder will be a clinically credible practitioner who can provide effective

patient care in a range of clinical settings, having regard for relevant policies and the

evidence-based nursing.

The post holder will provide support and mentorship for students and junior nurses.

Main duties of the job

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• To demonstrate knowledge of being up to date within the specialty.
• Flexible, able to work all shifts, and adaptable to changes in shift pattern.
• To provide unit cover in the absence of the unit manager.
• Ability to work under pressure, using initiative.
• The ability to undertake reflective thinking on own practice.

Ability to conduct themselves in public and private situations in an appropriate manner.

• Ability to manage conflict
• Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids
• Minor operation exposure (dermatology)
• Wound management
• Infection control
• Bladder scanning
• Phlebotomy
• ENT minor procedures

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Result Areas:

• Act as a Named Nurse within a Team taking responsibility, over an appropriate span
• f time, in conjunction with the Outpatient Manager and the multidisciplinary team, for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care from check-in to check-out within the OPD setting.
• Be aware of current advances in clinical care and be able to facilitate the team members in the implementation of evidence-based practice.
• Take an active role in the continuing development and use of protocols and standards for nursing care.
• Participate in evaluation, audit, and research of nursing care, and incorporate appropriate findings into practice.
• Actively work to promote health and prevent ill health in staff, patients, and their relatives.
• Promote and maintain a safe and pleasant environment for patients, visitors, and colleagues.
• Check the readiness for use of emergency / special equipment and ensure all equipment in use is in good working order.
• Have knowledge of recording relevant patient/nursing data on to computer

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.