Senior Staff Nurse - Outpatients, Trauma & Orthopaedics

An exciting role has arisen for a motivated Band 6 Senior Staff Nurse to work as part of the Trauma & Orthopaedic Outpatient Department at Bristol Royal Infirmary. Working Monday- Thursday 08:30-17:30 and Fridays 08;30-14:00. No weekends or nights.

The Outpatient department runs multiple orthopaedic and fracture clinics daily . Our team are passionate about providing high quality patient centred care and positive patient experiences.

The successful candidate will be enthusiastic, motivated and committed to providing high quality nursing care. You will have an interest in wound care and management of wounds as in the clinic assess and manage post-operative wound, complex wounds and trauma wounds a good understanding of wound care and the different wound care dressings would be advantageous for the role.

You should be able to work autonomously as well as part of a team and possess excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills. You will need to be forward thinking, well organised and have a positive attitude towards flexibility and embrace change. 

You should have expertise in the required clinical skills relevant for this band 6 post, previous experience working at band 6 level is desirable, but not essential. You should possess effective problem solving skills and are expected to work within your scope of practice adhering to the Code and Trust policies and procedures at all times.

Main duties of the job

Working across all the clinical areas alongside multidisciplinary teams to ensure smooth flow of clinics. This requires excellent communication, time-management and problem-solving skills to resolve any issues (e.g. managing clinic delays). 

Effective leadership and management skills- being in charge of the department and deputising in Sister's absence. Responsibilities also include liaising with the site and senior leadership teams as well as providing leadership to nursing colleagues on site.

Supporting Sister with managerial duties including: writing off duty; ensuring safe daily staffing; appraisals for junior staff members; recruitment; managing staff absence; managing clinical incidents and risks; dealing with and managing patient complaints; assessing various student learners and apprentices; managing the care of acutely unwell patients and facilitating prompt transfer to the necessary acute setting; assisting stock management processes; assisting budget management and cost effectiveness; assisting with management and scheduling of OP clinic timetable and allocation of staff.

Sound understanding of an outpatients setting along with an enthusiastic and innovative character to develop this evolving service.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Expertise in clinical skills, including: Wound management, ECGs; responding to NEWS2 scores escalating appropriately, management of acutely unwell patients, recognising sepsis; admitting patients from clinic to ward for surgery, liasing with the trauma co-ordinator, managing nursing team and plaster technicians, conflict management skills; cognitive assessments, and dynamic patient risk assessments
• Act as an effective role model promoting excellence through practice
• Confidence in supervising junior members of the team and having the ability to bring out the best in all staff. Being approachable and helpful and providing staff a voice and a platform to provide feedback

You must have the initiative to adapt to the changing demands of the service and be able to positively contribute to the development of service provision. Ability to cover the department and provide reasonable flexibility in terms of hours worked, including varying shift patterns across operational hours will be expected.

The successful candidate will be required to deputise for the Outpatient Sister in her absence and also provide support.

You should be motivated and keen to further develop your own skills and knowledge. Our commitment to you is to provide an environment conducive to supporting you with this wherever possible. 

So, if you are a dynamic individual who enjoys a challenge and would like to join a multi- professional team who is passionate about providing high quality care to their patients, then we want to hear from you.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• Active 1st level registration with NMC
• Relevant accredited post registration qualification at level 3
• Qualification in Teaching, assessing and Mentoring
• Desirable criteria
• Willingness to work towards Masters level academic study

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Appropriate post registration experience in nursing and speciality
• Appropriate proven leadership and management experience
• Proven commitment and experience, evidence in teaching

Desirable criteria

• Experience of undertaking research or audit projects
• Evidence of commitment to research based practice or evidence of project work undertaken
• Experience as preceptor / mentor

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Organisation and management skills
• Teaching
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Ability to problem solve
• Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service
• Ability to perform clinical activities specific to speciality
• Competency in medication administration including intravenous medication.
• Ability to lead a team
• Ability to work alone or as part of a team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to manage difficult situations
• Able to influence other team members
• Act as a role model and as a mentor/assessor
• Innovative and participates with practice and policy change
• Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others
• Commitment to the development and provision of high quality nursing care
• Awareness of current national changes in nursing / NHS
• General good health, Able to work on feet for long periods. Aware that the role can be stressful and emotional at times

Aptitudes

Essential criteria

• Supportive
• Respectful
• Innovative
• Collaborative