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Hand Unit Staff Nurse
Band 5
Trosolwg o'r swydd
- The regional Hand Unit at St George’s Hospital is a busy outpatient department treating adults with traumatic hand injuries and chronic hand conditions.
- An opportunity has arisen for an experienced staff nurse to join the established multi-professional team.
- We are looking for a dynamic nurse with experience of caring for surgical patients.
- You will need to have excellent communication and organisational skills and a keen willingness to learn. Time management skills are essential as you will be expected to manage your own workload in our nurse led dressing clinics.
- Our nursing team participates in continuous personal and professional development; we will provide training and a supportive learning environment.
- As part of the multi-disciplinary team, you will be contributing to the delivery of the highest standards of care to our patients.
- Providing excellent surgical nursing care.
- As skills and competencies develop taking charge of dressing clinics and actively participating in the development of the service.
- Supervising and mentoring junior staff.
Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd
- The role of a hand nurse specialist is essential in ensuring optimal recovery for patients suffering from hand injuries.
- They combine their knowledge of wound healing principles, specialized techniques, and patient-centered care to restore function and improve quality of life for individuals who rely on their hands for every aspect of their lives.
- Their expertise extends beyond just dressing wounds; it encompasses a comprehensive approach to healing, minimizing complications, and maximizing the potential for full recovery.
- The responsibility of running a hand trauma clinic or assisting a hand consultant goes beyond general organizational skills.
- It demands specialized training and a comprehensive understanding of hand anatomy, injury types, and relevant medical protocols.
- Beyond the obvious logistical support, effective assistants are adept at maintaining patient flow, pre and post op care, supporting rehabilitation.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases.
The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Please see and read the document for Band 5 Hand unit nurse job description and person specification attached.
Manyleb y person
Essential
Meini prawf hanfodol
- NMC registered for at least a year
- Wound care management experience
Desirable
Meini prawf dymunol
- Plastics experience
- Outpatients experience
- Teaching and mentoring experience
Gofynion ymgeisio
Rhaid i chi gael cofrestriad proffesiynol priodol yn y DU.
Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.
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Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Alvin delos Angeles
- Teitl y swydd
- Lead ANP Hand Unit
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 02087254770
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