Staff Nurse - Elective Orthopaedic Team

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 5 nurses to join our Elective Orthopaedic ward-based team at Ormskirk District General Hospital. The successful applicants will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge and clinical skills within the clinical setting with support of our dedicated nursing and therapy team in Planned Care at Ormskirk. Whether you are an experienced nurse who is looking for a new challenge or a newly qualified nurse at the beginning of your career pathway we have the role for you. This opportunity, on the Ormskirk site will enhance your professional development through evidence-based practice alongside offering a programme of support in your induction and ongoing training. There is also opportunity to work on our post operative rehabilitation ward also here at Ormskirk.Main duties of the job You will find working within our Planned Care Teams at Ormskirk extremely rewarding as we are dedicated to providing the best possible care and experience to all our patients. You will be joining our Trust at an exciting time as we grow and improve our services on our elective site. If you know you are ready to make a positive difference and contribution to its future this job is for you. You will be responsible for :-

• The admission and post operative care of elective orthopaedic patients. Ensuring the safe and effective delivery of care.
• Working closely with therapy team and other allied health professionals to ensure safe and timely discharge.
• - Continue professionally developing and providing evidence based practice
• Ensuring that the NMC code of conduct is upheld at all times
• Ensure the delivery of the trusts vision "5 STAR PATIENT CARE" and uphold the values underpinning this.
  
  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites. Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements: o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018 o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal) o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme