Current jobs related to Junior Sister/Charge Nurse PreOp Assessment, WRH - Kidderminster - Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
-
Nurse Charge/Junior Sister for Oncology Services
1 month ago
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full timeJob OverviewAn exceptional opportunity is available for a dedicated and enthusiastic nurse with outstanding communication abilities.We invite you to become a vital member of our oncology unit, where you will engage in providing care to patients undergoing systemic anti-cancer therapies. The Millbrook Suite encompasses outpatient consulting areas along with a...
-
JuniorSister/ChargeNurse Millbrook, KTC
2 months ago
Kidderminster, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full timeJob summary An excitingopportunity is awaiting you if you are a highly motivated, enthusiastic nursewith excellent communication skills. We want youto join our team in our chemotherapy unit.You will have the opportunity to be part of this service. Millbrook Suite consist of an outpatientconsulting suites together with a day care unit. The 10chaired...
-
Nurse Specialist in Chemotherapy Services
1 month ago
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full timeJob Overview An exceptional opportunity awaits for a dedicated and enthusiastic nurse with outstanding communication abilities. We invite you to become a vital member of our chemotherapy unit, where you will engage in delivering high-quality care. The Millbrook Suite encompasses outpatient consulting facilities alongside a day care unit. The 10-chaired day...
-
Phlebotomist, Ktc
3 months ago
Kidderminster, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full timeWORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST JOB DESCRIPTION Post Title: Phlebotomist Pay Band: 2 Hours: Part Time Location / Department: Kidderminster Treatment Centre Accountable to: Outpatient Manager / Lead Nurse Key Working Relationships: Manager of Outpatients Department Band 6 Sister in Outpatient Department Lead Phlebotomist Matron Directorate Manager...
-
Endoscopy Unit Junior Nurse Leader
1 month ago
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full timePosition Overview Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a prominent healthcare provider, delivering a variety of essential acute services to the local community and specialized care to a broader population. An exciting opportunity has emerged for a skilled Nurse to join our Endoscopy team as a Band 6 Junior Nurse Leader. The successful candidate will...
-
Staff Nurse Pre Assessment Unit
4 weeks ago
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full timeJob SummaryWe are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Staff Nurse Pre Assessment Unit to join our team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. As a key member of our Pre-Operative Assessment Department, you will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth delivery of high-quality patient care.Key ResponsibilitiesConduct thorough and accurate...
-
Nursing Associate, Ktc Endoscopy
5 months ago
Kidderminster, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full timeTo work as part of the multidisciplinary team to ensure effective, safe and high-quality care which is compassionate, and person centred within the endoscopy setting. To participate in the assessment, planning, implementing and evaluation of the care needs for the patient group within endoscopy. Assist the Registered General Nurse in the provision of a safe...
-
Neurology Clinical Nurse Specialist
2 weeks ago
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full timeAbout the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Neurology team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a specialist nursing team and contribute to the delivery of high-quality patient care.Key ResponsibilitiesEnsure cohesive working between Acute and Community Neurology...
-
Neurology Clinical Nurse Specialist
2 weeks ago
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full timeAbout the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Neurology team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a specialist nursing team and contribute to the delivery of high-quality patient care.Key ResponsibilitiesEnsure cohesive working between Acute and Community Neurology...
-
Endoscopy Staff Nurse
1 month ago
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full timePosition Overview We are seeking a dedicated Band 5 Registered Nurse to join our Endoscopy team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This role offers a unique opportunity to engage in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, along with pre-assessment clinics. Key Responsibilities Adhere to the NMC Code and relevant professional guidelines...
-
Neurology Clinical Nurse Specialist
4 days ago
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full timeJob SummaryWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Neurology team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a dynamic and supportive environment, contributing to the delivery of high-quality patient care.Main ResponsibilitiesEnsure cohesive working between Acute and...
-
Neurology Clinical Nurse Specialist
4 days ago
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full timeJob SummaryWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Neurology team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a dynamic and supportive environment, contributing to the delivery of high-quality patient care.Main ResponsibilitiesEnsure cohesive working between Acute and...
-
Band 5 Staff Nurse Community
4 days ago
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full timeEndoscopy Nurse OpportunityWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Registered Nurse to join our Endoscopy team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. As an Endoscopy Nurse, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality patient care and contributing to the smooth operation of our Endoscopy service.Key Responsibilities:Provide specialist...
-
Band 5 Staff Nurse Community
3 days ago
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full timeEndoscopy Nurse OpportunityWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Registered Nurse to join our Endoscopy team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. As an Endoscopy Nurse, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality patient care and contributing to the smooth operation of our Endoscopy service.Key Responsibilities:Provide specialist...
-
Neurology Clinical Nurse Specialist
3 weeks ago
Kidderminster, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full timeJob summary An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist to join the Neurology team at Worcester Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This is currently a 9 month fixed term post open to secondments. The post holder will work within a specialist nursing team who have a nursing responsibility for the neurology specialty. ...
-
Advanced Community Nursing Practitioner
1 month ago
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full timePosition OverviewJoin our dedicated team at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Community Nursing Specialist Practitioner.An exceptional opportunity is available within the Families and Integrated Community Care Division for individuals seeking to enroll in the Community Specialist Practitioner (CSP) programme in District Nursing. This...
-
RGN / Registered Nurse
1 month ago
Kidderminster, United Kingdom Albion Health Full timeOur client is looking for an experienced RGN to join their existing nursing team at their home in Kidderminster, Worcestershire. You would ideally have experience of working in a nursing home environment. Job description: Advising senior managers of any issues concerning the welfare of clients attending regular staff meetings with other nurses and...
-
Endoscopy Staff Nurse
1 month ago
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Full timePosition Overview An exceptional opportunity awaits for a Band 5 Registered Nurse to acquire endoscopy expertise within a dynamic healthcare environment. This role involves engaging in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, along with pre-assessment clinics. The ideal candidate will become part of a supportive and vibrant team dedicated to...
-
Multidisciplinary Assessment Practitioner
3 weeks ago
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom The Family Psychologist Full timeAbout the RoleThe Family Psychologist is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Neurodiversity Assessment Practitioner to join our multidisciplinary team. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for providing high-quality assessments and support to neurodiverse individuals, families, and professionals.Key ResponsibilitiesUndertake...
-
Multidisciplinary Assessment Practitioner
3 weeks ago
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, United Kingdom The Family Psychologist Full timeAbout the RoleThe Family Psychologist is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Neurodiversity Assessment Practitioner to join our multidisciplinary team. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for providing high-quality assessments and support to neurodiverse individuals, families, and professionals.Key ResponsibilitiesUndertake...
Junior Sister/Charge Nurse PreOp Assessment, WRH
3 months ago
Job summary
As a Junior Sister/Charge Nurse in Pre-Operative Assessment your focus will be to deliver patient centred care to those patients listed for an elective surgery whilst managing a team of Nurses and SHCAs. This will be supported by the use of our digital pre-assessment system, Synopsis, to assess the patients medical history and complexities prior to surgery.
As well as this, you will be responsible for managing your own team and a wider Countywide service to complete tasks such as PDRs, rostering, sickness reviews and wellbeing conversations. You will work a variety of shifts including Nurse in Charge shifts, triage and face to face clinics.
As a Countywide service there will be the need to travel to all three sites to provide support and services wherever the need arises. Further details can be discussed at interview.
You will be joining an established, knowledgeable team who are keen to welcome and support you.
Main duties of the job
Toensure the maintenance of high quality patient focused care at all times,through effective leadership of staff and managed resources.
To work according to the NMC Code of ProfessionalStandards of Practice and Behaviour for Nurses, relevant professionalguidelines and frameworks, including the 6 Cs.
Asa named nurse / key worker for a defined group of patients, workingautonomously, to take responsibility for:
The provision of accurate pre-operative patientinformation.
Ensuring that all necessary follow up and dischargepreparations are in place prior to admission.
Conducting holistic clinical assessments of allpatients awaiting surgery, making appropriate onward referrals in a timelyfashion.
Providing health promotion, making every contactcount.
Managing the unit in the absence of the Band 7
Working with the Band 7 to ensure safe staffinglevels and safe practice for the POA service in your area.
Ensuring that own skills are developed and sharedwith team as appropriate.
Ensuring effective communication with patients,relatives, carers and the multidisciplinary team.
Participation in preceptorship programmes asappropriate and act as a facilitator / mentor / preceptor / role model to othermembers of the team.
Providing supervision, support and education tounqualified staff, students and new staff team members.
Liaising with Consultants and their teams in theevent of surgical cancellations.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
Best services for local people Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients Best use of resources Best peopleBetter never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Patient Care Responsibilities Acting as a Named Nurse/Case manager to a cohort of patients from the time of POA to admission. Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the framework of team nursing. Evaluation of patient health history and identifies previously unknown health concerns. Independently make onward referrals to an additional service as appropriate General Practitioner, Specialist Nurse. Follow up advice, referral, investigations for patients presenting with significant co morbidities. Acts as a resource and provides advice on the management of patients to staff at Band 5. To co-ordinate the patients discharge arrangements in accordance with WAHT discharge policy. To promote a patient-focused approach to care in collaboration with all relevant health professionals. To obtain accurate and concise medical and medicines histories from the patient using interpersonal skills to facilitate the assessment of the patient for both minor and major surgery. Uses information obtained during the assessment, to determine the patients fitness to proceed for surgery, demonstrating the appropriate action to take in the event of not fit to proceed. Ensure the patient has an understanding of their proposed operation by providing accurate peri-operative information both verbally and in writing. Provide information that will enable the patient to make choices about adopting a healthier lifestyle and makes a referral, as appropriate, for optimisation of their health before surgery. Arranges and co-ordinates any assessment and/or investigations needed near the time of surgery, in accordance with local and national guidance. Identifies abnormal readings and acts on the findings in an appropriate and timely manner. To assist in establishing and monitoring of protocols and care pathways. To ensure effective communication with patients, relatives and other staff. To support peoples equality, diversity and rights at all times. To safe guard vulnerable adults in accordance with agreed policies and procedures. Professional Development and Education Responsibilities To develop own teaching skills and participate in staff / student education and training. To help maintain a suitable learning environment for staff and act as a facilitator in the supervision and teaching of less experienced staff. To attend Trust / local orientation programmes and mandatory training sessions. To be responsible for developing and sustaining own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness in accordance with revalidation requirements and to maintain a professional portfolio with evidence of reflective practice. To undertake Personal Development Reviews for their team and be responsible for own Personal Development Programme. To participate in the Trusts Preceptorship Programme. To assist in the development and implementation of nursing practice guidelines, standards and policies. Research and Development Responsibilities To assist in promoting nursing practice in line with relevant research. To maintain an awareness of evidence-based practice relating to POA. To contribute to research and development programmes within the unit. Audit, Quality and Risk Management Responsibilities To contribute to the setting and monitoring of measurable standards of care and be accountable for maintaining standards. To maintain awareness of the national, professional and local quality issue relevant to the delivery of nursing services, Clinical Governance. To uphold quality initiatives that improve customer care and enhance the interface between staff, patients, and visitors. To participate in the audit process for monitoring and reviewing nursing quality indicators. To be aware of personal responsibilities in relation to the maintenance of a safe environment and identification of potential risks for all personnel, patients and visitors, taking action as and when required. To be aware of the role of the nurse in handling complaints in accordance with WAHT policy. Support the development and implement new policies and guidelines into the POA service. To participate in maintaining a clean environment. The post holder will familiarise themselves with relevant Trust policies and procedures and comply with these at all times. Support the implementation of service development and improvement as appropriate and facilitate changes in service delivery. To assist in the unit lead in the provision of leadership and management. To maintain a safe unit and ensure all appropriate general risk assessments are completed in POA. To complete rosters in line with Trust deadlines To demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the POA process and the referral to treatment pathway (18 week RTT). Resource Management Responsibilities To develop and maintain an awareness of budgeting and resource management. To assist in the assessment and monitoring of staffing requirements and report problems to the appropriate manager. To monitor sickness absence and escalate as appropriate In the absence of senior staff, the post holder will take responsibility for the management of the unit/Countywide team. To ensure effective use of appointment slots and ensure that any capacity issues are identified and discussed with the POA Capacity Coordinator.Vision and Values:
The Trust aims to provide local services for local people. It has developed its vision to reflect this commitment.
To continue to be the major provider of acute/specialist services for the people of Worcestershire (and wider) with a strong reputation for providing outstanding, high quality, reliable, accessible and integrated healthcare for local people
Driving this commitment are the Trust-wide signature behaviours:
Do what we say we will do
No Delays, every day
We listen, we learn, we lead
Work together, celebrate together
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
RGN with current registration First level degree or equivalent Evidence of Continuing Professional Development Related post basic training/experience in Assessment of patients Pre-operatively NMC recognised teaching and assessing qualification.
Desirable
First level degree Holistic health assessment/clinical assessment module at academic Level 6
Other job requirements
Essential
Willing to travel between sites Countywide as required Able to work outside normal office hours/shifts on occasion as required
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
NMC Code Knowledge of person centred care Promote peoples equality, diversity & rights Excellent communication skills Evidence of being up to date with current NHS / professional issues Experience and knowledge within the speciality or related field Clinical credible Evidence of teaching and development skills Evidence of managing Change Organisation skills, Leadership skills and ability to inspire and motivate others Awareness of health and safety issues and management of them Ability to prioritise Ability to motivate others. Ability to work as part of a wider MDT Able to challenge and articulate opinion
Experience
Essential
Experience at Band 5 within POA or a related field POA departmental management experience or related field POA department based teaching or related experience Managing clinical risk and incidents at departmental level
Desirable
Clinical audit activity Risk assessment Staff appraisals and PDR Sickness absence / performance management Complaints handling Pre- Operative Assessment experience Experience with Synopsis