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King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
Job overview
An exciting Band 5 opportunity has risen for a highly motivated Senior Theatre Practitioner, NMC Registered Nurse (Level 1) or a Registered Operating Department Practitioner with excellent communication skills to develop their theatre skills.
Alan Cummings Day Surgery Unit consists of 6 Theatres and a 30 bedded ward area, situated within the Princess Royal University Hospital premises in Farnborough.
The successful candidate will be working in a busy and fast pace area working within a multidisciplinary team caring for patients undergoing Gynaecology, Vascular, General surgery, Breast, laparoscopic, Dental, orthopaedics, Urology, Pain, Max Fax, Paediatrics and ENT Surgery.
Main duties of the job
To provide expert, holistic care of a high standard to both perioperative patients and their relatives within the King's College Hospital.
Work within the multi-disciplinary team to provide continuing care to a group of patients from admission to discharge in the department.
To assist in the leadership and development of an identified group of practitioners within the Department.
To act as a clinical resource within the Department and across the Care Group as necessary.
To act as a positive role model to junior members of staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To deliver a high standard of evidence based care to a specified group of patients. To adhere to HCPC Standards of conduct, performance and ethics or the NMC Code of Professional conduct at all times. To maintain confidentiality at all times. To support patients, relatives, carers and friends and where appropriate involve them in the care of the patient. To be fully involved in the health education of patients and relatives, identifying each opportunity to promote a healthy lifestyle. To liaise effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the relevant information regarding the patient's needs/condition are communicated to them (including handover), and that any instructions from them regarding the patient's care/condition are acted upon. To adhere to the Trust policy on valuing equality and diversity in the workplace, which incorporates the patients/visitors' and staff. To acknowledge personal limitations in your practice and seek advice from senior staff members. To rotate to other clinical areas within the department as required or as identified as a personal development need in the appraisal process. To be involved with department audit. To report adverse incidents which occur in the department as per policy and assist in the investigation of such incidences as necessary. To demonstrate effective communication and customer care skills with patients and their relatives/carers, thereby acting as a positive role model. Person specification Education and Qualifications Essential criteria
1st level Registered general Nurse (NMC Pin) or Registered Operating Department Practitioner. Knowledge and Experience Essential criteria
Demonstrable clinical expertise, relevant to the area / sphere of responsibilities. Skills and Competencies Essential criteria
Communication skills - able to relate and communicate with patients and staff at all levels and from different professions. Adapts communication style as necessary and is able to work with and through others. Team building and working skills - able to lead a team to achieve results. IMPORTANT Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you. If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications. To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert. Please provide email addresses for referees where possible.
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To deliver a high standard of evidence based care to a specified group of patients. To adhere to HCPC Standards of conduct, performance and ethics or the NMC Code of Professional conduct at all times. To maintain confidentiality at all times. To support patients, relatives, carers and friends and where appropriate involve them in the care of the patient. To be fully involved in the health education of patients and relatives, identifying each opportunity to promote a healthy lifestyle. To liaise effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the relevant information regarding the patient's needs/condition are communicated to them (including handover), and that any instructions from them regarding the patient's care/condition are acted upon. To adhere to the Trust policy on valuing equality and diversity in the workplace, which incorporates the patients/visitors' and staff. To acknowledge personal limitations in your practice and seek advice from senior staff members. To rotate to other clinical areas within the department as required or as identified as a personal development need in the appraisal process. To be involved with department audit. To report adverse incidents which occur in the department as per policy and assist in the investigation of such incidences as necessary. To demonstrate effective communication and customer care skills with patients and their relatives/carers, thereby acting as a positive role model. Person specification Education and Qualifications Essential criteria
1st level Registered general Nurse (NMC Pin) or Registered Operating Department Practitioner. Knowledge and Experience Essential criteria
Demonstrable clinical expertise, relevant to the area / sphere of responsibilities. Skills and Competencies Essential criteria
Communication skills - able to relate and communicate with patients and staff at all levels and from different professions. Adapts communication style as necessary and is able to work with and through others. Team building and working skills - able to lead a team to achieve results. IMPORTANT Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you. If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications. To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert. Please provide email addresses for referees where possible.
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