Job summary
- Main area
- Maxillofacial Outpatients
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week (Monday, Wednesday & Friday 08:30 - 13:30)
- Job ref
- 276-6442212-JT
- Employer
- Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- QVH East Grinstead
- Town
- East Grinstead
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Registered Dressings Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Welcome to Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and thank you for your interest.
In addition to receiving tertiary referrals from across the South East of England, we have a network of ‘spoke’ sites at district general hospitals enabling our consultants to offer their expertise with routine treatments and consultations as close to close to patients’ homes as is possible. With the recent addition of video led ‘virtual’ consultations we also enable patients who have some distance to travel to avoid the additional stress and worry of a long journey.
Working at QVH combines the excitement, challenge and career opportunities of many larger organisations with the satisfaction of delivering excellent patient care that really does re-build our patients’ lives.
We also offer attractive benefits such as
- tailored personal development to support career aspirations, including accredited clinical and management development programmes
- flexible working arrangements for a work-life balance that suits you and your needs
- a dedicated reward programme, offering a range of national and local discounts, cashback and tax relief schemes
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Sustainability
At Queen Victoria Hospital we want to be the first Net Zero Hospital in England, and to achieve that wants every member of staff to be a green champion. The way in which the Trust works has a significant impact on the organisation’s carbon footprint and that of our patients. From the heat, light and power supplies within the hospital to avoiding unnecessary patient journeys, the Trust is empowering all staff to create a sustainable health and care environment for future generations. The Trust expects all staff to reuse and recycle more, to use energy and water efficiently, to walk or cycle to work if you can, and to have a focus on sustainability in the workplace.
You can view our Green Plan here: Green Plan - Queen Victoria Hospital (qvh.nhs.uk)
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Registered Nurse to join our Maxillofacial Outpatients Team. The post provides an opportunity to learn new skills and develop existing ones. The QVH is a tertiary referral centre for Oral, Maxillofacial and oncology head and neck cancer and throat cancer.
We are looking for permanent part time dressings nurse to help support this busy, dedicated team for 3 mornings per week.
Our dressings clinics are nurse led and help provide excellent post operative care to our Oncology, ENT and Head & Neck trauma patients.
The work is varied and can be demanding but is very rewarding.
Previous experience in Head & Neck is not essential, however experience with wounds, removal of sutures and clips and basic dressings is essential.
The Maxillofacial Department is based in our Main Outpatient building.
Main duties of the job
Work as part of a team to provide a safe, effective, efficient care to all our patients and their carers. This includes running 'nurse led' dressing clinics, assisting in Minor Oral Surgery and trauma clinic and being part of the wider multi disciplinary team which includes Speech and language therapy dietitian and McMillan CNS.
Maintain the privacy and dignity of all patients whilst adhering to Trust and department policies, reporting any difficulties with these duties to senior staff.
Maintain a safe environment when caring for patients, including those patients requiring frequent levels of monitoring.
Monitor all patient care and treatment, maintaining high standards and quality at all times.
Prioritise nursing care, recognise deterioration in a patient’s condition and alert senior staff immediately.
Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and legible written records of care.
Use effective communication, written and verbal with all levels of staff including the multidisciplinary team, patients and relatives.
Adhere to the agreed procedures as identified, and promotes by example, a high standard of good quality nursing care in the department.
Participate in the health education and explanation of treatment to patients and relatives.
Working for our organisation
Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. A specialist NHS hospital providing life-changing reconstructive surgery, burns care and rehabilitation services across the South of England and beyond.
A centre of excellence, with an international reputation for pioneering advanced techniques and treatments. Everything we do is informed by our passion for providing the highest quality care and the best clinical outcomes.
At QVH we are proud of our achievements and our specialist services continue to record excellent clinical outcomes for patients. We regularly receive excellent results from patient satisfaction surveys and on average 98% of inpatients say they would recommend the hospital to their family or friends.
Our success is underpinned by the skills and enthusiasm of our staff and a strong culture of partnership. We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- • Registered Nurse or able to demonstrate specialist knowledge within this field through practical experience • Must be willing to undertake relevant post registration courses as advised by the Practice Educators/ Matron
Desirable criteria
- Experience in wound care and dressings. Previous experience in an OPD or community setting. Worked with oncology patients
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Competent in basic wound management and removal of sutures and clips • Post registration experience in acute care setting • Working within a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- • Willing to undertake more complex wound management with supervision and training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Aware of the National 6Cs campaign • Aware of national nursing agendas • Aware of how risk management impacts on role as a nurse • Understands that safeguarding is everyone’s business
Desirable criteria
- • Be willing to expand their knowledge in Maxillofacial and head and neck cancer
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Good interpersonal and communication skills. • IT literate • Ability to demonstrate initiative • Prioritising skills • Flexible • Clear written and spoken English
Desirable criteria
- Leadership skills
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
- Hannah Child
- Job title
- Department Manager - Maxillofacial
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01342 414000
- Additional information
Please Ring switchboard and ask for
Hannah Child, Maxillofacial Dept
EX 4211 or 4708
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