Job summary
- Main area
- Surgical Emergency Unit
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Full time)
- Job ref
- 321-SWR2-6462780-B6
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- John Radcliffe Hospital
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Deputy Sister.
NHS AfC: Band 6
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
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Job overview
The Surgical Emergency Unit (SEU) is a fast paced and dynamic department at the John Radcliffe Hospital, caring for patients with a wide range of emergency general surgical conditions, covering upper and lower gastrointestinal, and hepatobiliary specialties. The unit has 62 in-patient beds across 3 ward areas and a Emergency Triage that receives patients referred directly by GP, the Emergency Department , paramedic referrals or out-patient clinics. The Ambulatory area sits as part of Triage but sees patients who return daily to receive consultant led care.
Main duties of the job
Demonstrate and promote a patient and family centred style of clinical practice.
- Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care from admission to discharge, by demonstrating a collaborative approach through effective communication and decision making between the multi-professional team, patients and significant others.
Ensure the safe custody and administration of drugs according to the Trust policy. Ensure patients and relatives are taught the correct method of administration, where appropriate.
Accurately document and report to other members of the nursing team and multi-disciplinary team information regarding the care given to patients, communicating changes as they occur.
Respond to emergency situations with composure, maintaining patient safety and seeking immediate support, and supporting the patient, family and other staff as required.
Identify and discuss patient needs with the team/staff, patients, carers and the multi-disciplinary team. Be able to plan own workload and those of others as required.
Demonstrate a problem solving approach to effectively execute planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised plans of care based on a person centred model of care.
Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers and other staff, overcoming barriers to understanding and providing support during distressing or emotional events
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Ensure clinical practice is evidence based or peer reviewed “best practice”.
Develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge necessary to provide person centred, evidence based nursing care.
Lead in a specific area of ward practice, as agreed, making recommendations, coordinating projects and developing practice guidelines and policies based upon robust evidence gained from risk assessment, audit and literature review.
As negotiated with Sister/Charge Nurse set and maintain standards of practice, conduct and decision making.
Be competent in the use of all relevant Trust information technology ( IT) systems including the use of electronic patient records, (EPR), email and associated professional media, ensuring that data is entered in an accurate and timely fashion, in accordance with Trust policy and procedure.
Engage in and promote a paper light approach to information management.
Maintain the use of email and other modes of communication in order to keep abreast of information disseminated across the Trust
Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of Accountability, Responsibility and Duty of Care and work towards the provision of support and education for less experienced and non-registered staff on the implications for practice.
Person specification
Application
Essential criteria
- Application
Desirable criteria
- Application
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Maria Cleofe Rosales
- Job title
- Ward Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865221843
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