Occ Specialist Lead Liver and Gastro

3 months ago


Headington, United Kingdom Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are a friendly, supportive team, dedicated to delivering outstanding patient-centred care within our 22 bedded unit based at the John Radcliffe Hospital. We are a nationally renowned centre for specialities such as Trauma; Vascular; Spinal; Orthopaedics, Specialist Surgery, emergency acute surgery and medicine.

With the combination of a fantastic team and working environment, it is a wonderful place to develop, grow and contribute to delivering the best to our patients.

We are now looking for an exceptional Band 7 to join our leadership team for a 12 month secondment to cover maternity leave. You will be an experienced critical care nurse with experience of operational management/bed management and be able to make decisions as well and navigate problems when they arise. You will work clinically, maintaining excellent standards of patient care. You will have strong interpersonal skills and be able to develop sound professional relationships across the whole MDT. You will have a passion to drive through change and confident in leading new quality improvement initiatives across the unit, particularly relating to the Liver and Gastro areas of speciality.

As a Band 7 you will effectively manage and lead a team, ensuring the team are supported, developed and nurtured allowing the unit to ‘grow its own’.

The successful applicant will work as a clinical band 7 on OCC, providing high standards of care to the critically ill patients of Oxfordshire, and daily operational management of the service, along with the Churchill ICU. The non-clinical work associated with this post will involve quality improvement projects for Liver and Gastro care, networking with the Gastro and surgical teams and services. Close collaboration with the rest of the senior nurse team will be required, to ensure best practice and care standards are met.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Manage a clinical team, daily operational and staffing management, leading on the nursing initiatives (education/training/research) with regards to the specialities of Neuro/Spinal and Trauma within the department.

To promote and demonstrate contemporary and proactive approaches to intensive
care nursing practice and in collaboration with education links facilitate the
advancement of this practice.
Take responsibility for the strategic leadership of a Clinical Team.
Work with the Matron to manage strategic planning for OCC/CICU, taking operational
responsibility for the effective utilisation of relevant intensive care resources.
Collaborate with the multi-professional team and provide direction and example for
professional nursing practice.

**Clinical practice and Research**:
Demonstrates expert knowledge and skills in the management of the complex and
changing health care needs of the critically ill patient, integrating theory and practice.
Ensures that the patients’ interests are fully considered within the contexts of care; and
actively participates in ethical decision making.
Actively investigates advanced theoretical knowledge and demonstrates research-based practice.
Act as a credible clinical role model
Practices as a professional senior nurse with confidence, authority, and expertise.
Takes responsibility for clinical practice developments.
Demonstrates effective communication regarding complex and sensitive information to patients, individuals in the multi-professional team, and significant others.
To participate and engage with research activities within the OCC/CICU service.
To engage in and perform audit and service improvement projects.

**Education**:
Supports staff through the provision of sound mentorship tailored to individual learning needs.
Takes responsibility for constructive feedback to staff on their progress and
development utilising, or encouraging the use of, the performance review framework.
Acts as an expert resource for staff requiring knowledge and skills in critical care practice.
Contributes to the ongoing development and implementation of education
programmes within OCC/CICU practice.
Actively participates in the provision of educational programmes within OCC/CICU.
Actively participates in relevant OCC/CICU / OUH Trust initiatives / projects and takes responsibility for co-ordinating their development, implementation, and



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