Description

 As a Bank Mental Health Nurse, you will increase your skill set by working with multidisciplinary teams to deliver all aspects of patient care.

Your main duties will include:  

• The postholder will be responsible for delivering care to people with mental health issues who are receiving inpatient care in an acute physical health setting. This care will often be delivered on a 1:1 basis.
• Supporting all clinical areas of the Trust as and when required.  
• Taking personal responsibility and accountability for ensuring that Trust and local policies and procedures are known and followed and ensuring duties are carried out in accordance with the advisory guidelines and practice set out in the NMC code.
• Being responsible for assessment, planning, Implementation and Evaluation of patient care.
• Taking responsibility for the supervision and guidance of other staff including health care assistants and students as required.

 Successful applicants for this role will: 

• Hold RN (Adult) Registration with current NMC license to practice
• Have relevant experience within the last 18-24 months - newly qualified staff require 15 months post qualification experience (3 months preceptorship and 12 months appropriate experience)
• Have a drive to work hard, enthusiasm and the ability to commit to a four day induction programme if successful
• Have right to work in the UK (with relevant Adaptation/ONP if applicable)

Description

The Clinical Competence Advisor will provide clinical guidance and advice for all matters relating to the nursing practice of bank Registered Nurses (RN) and bank Health Care Support Workers (HCSW), and other clinical roles and is professionally responsible for maintaining quality standards for the supply of clinical (Non-Medical) temporary Bank and Agency workers.
The post holder will play a pivotal role in the management and compliance of key performance indicators aligned to but not limited to complaints, concerns and clinical incidents reported via Datix involving Bank and Agency workers, Mandatory and Statutory Training (MaST) and 
Temporary workers inductions, Bank and Agency.
The post holder will provide expert advice to internal, external service users and Bank workers across the organisation promoting compliance and clinical best practice across the organisation for the provision and usage of temporary workforce

Description

The post requires an individual with the ability to work in the area of managing of complex discharge processes and a commitment to the further development of this essential service. 

You will be a lead in:

• Championing the Home First ethos- ‘There’s no place like Home’
• Facilitating timely and appropriate discharges- enhancing the patient and staff experience
• Holding early discharge conversations and driving quality board rounds
• Driving ‘flow’- ensuring beds are available for people that need them by delivering timely discharges
• Bringing discharge expertise to conversations with patients, families and staff- including supporting Managing Expectations procedures

Applicants will need to be able to demonstrate effective communication skills with an ability to ‘think laterally’ and problem solve complex situations, focusing on how best to meet the needs of the individual.

You will be a role model for the Integrated Discharge Service and Transfer of Care Hub both within the organisation and the wider system 

Description

• Provide high quality leadership, role modelling and develop skills to act as an expert resource to clinical and operational teams in relation to all aspects of divisional clinical quality and governance.
• Support the chair of the monthly Clinical Governance meetings with accountability for high quality agenda papers and meeting outputs.
• Support/ lead complex Patient Safety Incident Investigations.
• Provide cross cover and support as needed for other members of the team as necessary.
• Undertake other such duties commensurate with the seniority and experience of the post.

Description

The post holder will work towards the role of a skilled autonomous urological practitioner who works:

·         Act autonomously with evidence-based guidelines; be accountable for own practice including clinical assessment, history taking, determine a differential diagnosis using appropriate diagnostics and starting treatment and/or referring to another speciality or discharging of patients.

·         Able to utilise specialist skills and knowledge in urology to implement and deliver independent nurse led clinics, including new referrals, formulating clinical decisions and often complex treatment plans to manage their urological health care condition.

·         Work in collaboration with professionals to give appropriate advice; support and education in relation to all aspects of urology and related issues, to ensure patients and their families receive sound clinical research-based care.

·         Become a pivotal member of the of the extended multi-disciplinary team, providing triage service for new patients and refer to consultant lead as required.

·         Work as a non-medical prescriber and prescribe appropriate medications within speciality and trust guidelines.

·         Undertake urological diagnostics clinics, including (but no limited to) Flexible cystoscopy and adjuvant procedure including intra-vesical Botox, stent removal and guidewire catheter insertions, Prostate volume measurements and bladder instillations.

·         Provide an on-call urology nurse service including bank holiday working.

·         The post holder will be active in clinical audit helping to expand the service to ensure patients receive sustainable high-quality care that is safe and effective.

Description

• Assist the vascular access practitioner in the placement of various lines across the trust
• Undertake pre and post procedural tasks
• Stock management 
• Administrative tasks
• Line care - dressing the line and flushing (once training)
• Liaise with patients
• Liaise with other members of the multi-disciplinary team 
• Assist with data collection and audits

Description

The post holder will lead the team in:

• Line management of team
• Clinical trial set up in line with regulatory requirements
• Clinical trial running - ensure the smooth delivery of research studies within the team
• Study end - support the team to close out studies 
• Resource management - staff, resource, financial and risk management
• Education - ensure own training needs and those of the team are addressed
• Strategic Role - forward planning of team workload and finances.
• Team budgetary management

Description

• Referrals Management: Accept and triage referrals from consultants for headache management.
• Conduct detailed assessments and reviews of patients with chronic Migraines, including annual evaluations.
• Administer Botox injections for migraine prophylaxis and evaluate outcomes.
• Multidisciplinary Meetings (MDM): Discuss complex cases with consultants and pharmacists in MDMs.
• Patient Support and Education: Provide comprehensive education and support to patients and healthcare providers on headache management.
• Primary Care Relations: Maintain effective communication with primary care providers, offering support and education on new migraine treatments.
• Ward Support: Provide support and expertise to neurology wards regarding lumbar puncture procedures.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with the multidisciplinary team, including neurology consultants and ophthalmologists, to ensure comprehensive care for IIH patients.
• Case Discussions: Collaborate with the team to discuss and manage challenging cases.
• Home Care Coordination: Liaise with home care services for patients receiving immunoglobulin therapy at home, ensuring regular reviews and monitoring of their treatment.

• Panel Meetings: Participate in monthly local panel meetings to discuss and review cases, ensuring alignment with the latest guidelines and practices.

Description

 Working within our department, your main duties will include: 

• Organising and participating in the delivery of high standards of evidence-based nursing care. 
• Taking responsibility to carry out required planned, direct patient care to a high standard without direct supervision, in accordance with established nursing procedures and policies. 
• Contributing towards the health promotion for all patients by provided education, support and advice as necessary, ensuring referral to appropriate professionals or agencies as required.  
• In the absence of senior staff, taking responsibility for the delegation and supervision of appropriate work to other qualified staff.  
• Taking personal responsibility for treating all patients with courtesy, respecting their individual needs and maintaining confidentiality at all times.  
• Ensuring provision of a safe and therapeutic environment for all patients, relatives, visitors and colleagues. 

Description

For a full and comprehensive list of the main duties of this job please see the attached job description. 

Description

The primary role of the post holder will be to facilitate the organisation and administration of Research Studies under the supervision of the Senior Research Midwives, Chief Investigator and the Principal Investigator (PI).

 They will assess, plan, implement and evaluate expert research care and provide support to participants who are recruited onto the studies.

 The research midwife or nurse, as part of the research team, will play a key role in ensuring that the study is conducted according to Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trial regulations 2004 and Amended regulations 2006).

 They will facilitate the recruitment and consent of participants into W+C research studies, and maintain all data and case report forms relating to the trial.

 In addition, they will contribute, as part of the team, to the analysis of research data and the compilation of research reports and publications

 Although the post holder is employed to  work in a specific area as outlined above they will be expected to move areas to meet the needs of our research across the trust should the need arise

Description

Complex wound assessment and treatment.

Providing evidence based relevant information for patients and their family members both verbally and in writing, based on an individual assessment of the patient personal and health care needs.

Working in the outpatient setting.

Teaching colleagues.

Involvement in change and development within a multi-disciplinary team.

Audit and evaluation.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in dealing with complex and sensitive information with patients, their relatives and colleagues.

Description

As a Bank Nurse, your responsibilities will include :  

• Supporting all clinical areas of the Trust as and when required.  
• Taking personal responsibility and accountability for ensuring that Trust and local policies and procedures are known and followed and ensuring duties are carried out in accordance with the advisory guidelines and practice set out in the NMC code.
• Being responsible for assessment, planning, Implementation and Evaluation of patient care.
• Taking responsibility for the supervision and guidance of other staff including health care assistants and students as required.

Applicants must:  

• Hold RN (Adult or Paediatric) registration with current NMC license to practice 
• Have relevant experience within the last 18-24 months - newly qualified staff require 15 months post qualification experience (3 months preceptorship and 12 months appropriate experience
• Have a drive to work hard, enthusiasm and the ability to commit to a 4-day induction programme if successful 
• Have right to work in UK (with relevant Adaptation/ONP if applicable) 
• Have the ability to commence work within 3 months from offer