The successful applicant will be responsible for the day to day nursing support of the clinic, assist in procedures and provide support and reassurance to patients attending the clinic. The successful applicant will be encouraged to further knowledge and skills in the area of outpatient nursing.
For informal visits/ enquiries please contact Eugenie Masasa / Yvonne Parkes, Outpatient Sisters on , The post holder will work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines and take responsibility for:
+ Protecting and supporting the health of individual patients and clients
+ Assessment of care and health education needs
+ Development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care including referring patient to community services when necessary.
+ Under supervision, to gain experience and skills in Clinical Practice, facilitation and teaching and management as appropriate.
+ To work in accordance with Whittington Health Nursing and Midwifery Strategy and contribute towards achieving the Trust objectives.
+ To maintain effective communication
+ To take charge of the department in the absence of senior nursing staff following performance appraisal review.
+ Provide support to the clinical nurse specialists in the various outpatient clinics.
+ Assist in carrying out Health & Safety, Fire and hand Hygiene audits as required.
+ Support the Health Care Assistants and assess their competence where necessary., The post holder is expected to have a flexible "can do" approach in ensuring the work of the department is carried out to the required high standards. The post holder will contribute to the continuous evaluation of systems to improve the service and meet targets.
Communication
+ Assist patients to gain access to health and social care, information and support relevant to their needs.
+ Participate in the promotion and maintenance of effective communication with the patient and their carer(s)
+ Provide information which enables patients to make choices about adopting a healthier lifestyle.
+ Complete patient documentation correctly, appropriately and in a timely manner ensuring this is filed properly in the patients' medical notes.
+ Develop communication skills to convey complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carer(s) and other staff, overcoming barriers to understanding and providing support during distressing or emotional events. This includes expanded role responsibilities, following appropriate training.
+ Maintain patient confidentiality.
+ Maintain professional boundaries and working relationships with patients and colleagues.
Personal and People Development
+ Educate patients and their carers as required where a need has been identified.
+ Participate in annual staff appraisal, staff development and in-service training activities in line with the Knowledge and Skills Framework
+ Attend Trust/local orientation programmes, mandatory training sessions and annual updates.
+ Be responsible for developing and sustaining own knowledge, clinical skills, and professional awareness in accordance with CPD requirements and maintain a professional profile.
+ Help maintain a suitable learning environment for staff and act as a mentor in the supervision and teaching of nursing students/ health care assistants and others to develop their competence.
+ Develop own teaching skills and participate in staff/student education programmes that develop competence and performance.
+ Assist in the training and developments of Health Care Assistants
+ Act as a preceptor/mentor for junior staff nurses
+ Take part in reflection and appropriate learning from practice, in order to maintain and develop competence and performance.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
+ Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
+ Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
+ Participate in required training and supervision.
+ Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form -
1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.
Our processes -
1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
3. Please check your emails regularly as all correspondence from us will be via trac.systems - occasionally these emails will go into your Junk folder.
4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.
Other important information -
+ Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
+ Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
+ In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a "selfie" using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk
Please note that during the recruitment process your Identity Documentation (i.e. passport, driving licence, visa, etc.) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, Infrared and Machine Readable Zone security features of the documents provided
The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation