Gastroenterology and Hepatology Day Case Unit

Our staff are our greatest asset and we believe that supporting our workforce to grow, develop and innovate creates a great place to work and enables us to provide excellent care and compassion to our patients. Excellent training opportunities are provided with external and internal development. Our unit is currently open Monday- Friday, We are looking for a nurse who is passionate about patient safety and the delivery of exceptional quality care to our elective gastroenterology and hepatology patients. The post holder will work as part of a team to provide a safe, effective, efficient care environment for patients, relatives and carers. They will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care under indirect supervision from senior staff. Maintain and continually develop specialist knowledge and skills relevant to clinical area and to act as a specialist resource to the Trust., As part of the multidisciplinary team the post holder will have the responsibility of ensuring a high standard of nursing care to a defined patient group. Competently perform the necessary technical, invasive and physical aspects of care for this defined patient group. The purpose of gastro day case unit is to provide a high standard of nursing care for patients attending the unit for investigations and treatments as day cases. Responsibilites · Provide a high quality, safe and supportive environment to care for patients within area, meeting identified physical and psychophysical needs. · Work autonomously within the multidisciplinary team. · Responsible for the delivery of educational issues: staff, patients, carers. · Responsible for ensuring the delivery of evidence-based care and contributing to the development of the evidence base. · Participates in the setting, implementation and evaluation of standards of nursing practice. · Required to supervise qualified and unqualified staff. · No budgetary responsibilities. · Ensure effective day to day management of other resources including supplies, pharmacy and equipment. · Responsible to the Ward Manager for clinical guidance, professional management work review and formal appraisal of performance., The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Gastroenterology Day Case Unit, we are looking for a dynamic, highly motivated and caring registered practitioner who is able to demonstrate a high standard of clinical practice to join our small and dynamic day case unit. You must possess excellent communication skills and team working qualities with a willingness to learn. Our aim is to monitor our patients with these chronic conditions to ensure their disease is managed and that they can remain well in the community.,

• 2 years nursing experience
• NMC registration
Desirable criteria
• gastroenterology/ endoscopy experience
• cannulation/venepuncture competent, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  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 of 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., 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.