Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dedicated individual to join our team at Heatherwood Hospital Elective Centre.
The post holder will act as a Arthroplasty Lead Nurse for joint replacements procedures as well as a lead on the GIRFT Programme for HWD Elective Centre , fitting into an already well-established multidisciplinary team. She / He will be responsible for maintaining on-going communication with patients as well as setting up patient support and discharge pathways. She/ he will coordinate the team including the running of MDTs, ward rounds, complex case clinics, virtual projects and lead on new projects and pathways, They will need clinical orthopaedic skills and leadership skills, a knowledge of complex arthroplasty as well as wound management solutions, antibiotics and a drive to improve the care for this group of patients. They will also be leading on compliance with national standards as well as data upload to the National Joint Registry and Bone and Joint Infection Registry, involvement with PROMs data and national audits relevant to Orthopaedic Department.
HWD Elective Centre has six operating theatres, 32 in-patient beds, 22 day-case procedure rooms or 'pods' , two endoscopy rooms, three minor procedure facilities providing operations, diagnostics and outpatient care to both NHS and Private patients across Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey.
Main duties of the job
- Work as a high-level practitioner with enhanced clinical skills within an interdepartmental and / or multidisciplinary team primarily to ensure that patients within their sphere of clinical expertise receive holistic, timely and quality clinical care
- Exercise enhanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care, whilst maintaining a professional portfolio that supports their scope of practice
- Working autonomously in conducting clinical examination, formulating a working diagnosis and providing timely treatment interventions in accordance with their scope of practice
- Provides expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues
- Monitor and lead improvements of standards of care through; supervision of practice, clinical audit, implementation of evidence-based practice, teaching and support of colleagues and the provision of professional leadership
- Lead the implementation of new evidence-based practice and contribute to the development of the evidence through research, audit and collaboration with clinical or academic staff
- Contribute to clinical governance by leading quality improvement, audit and research projects as part of the multidisciplinary service-wide performance and quality agenda
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key relations will include:
- Clinical speciality staff,
- Administration assistants, service managers, general managers.
- Primary care nursing staff and general practitioners.
- Tertiary referral hospitals liaison and patients.
- Directorate management team and operational working group.
- Consultants
Please ensure you read the Job description and person specification for full details of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key relations will include:
- Clinical speciality staff,
- Administration assistants, service managers, general managers.
- Primary care nursing staff and general practitioners.
- Tertiary referral hospitals liaison and patients.
- Directorate management team and operational working group.
- Consultants
Please ensure you read the Job description and person specification for full details of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse/ Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Practitioner or Registered Allied Health Professional
- Post registration qualification or equivalent experience gained by undertaking un-going personal development and training focussed on Orthopaedic adults/trauma/elective surgery advanced practice
- Masters in advanced Practice or Masters level award that covers all 4 pillars of the Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) capabilities (essential to include advanced clinical skills and diagnostic reasoning qualifications.)
- Teaching and assessing qualification/ Mentorship/Assessor qualification
- Registered Non-medical prescriber with evidence of update knowledge appropriate to the patient groups prescribing for.
- Management/Leadership Qualification or development programme
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care protocols and audits
- Computer Literacy including presentation skills and report writing
- Evidence of relevant leadership in meeting clinical governance objectives
- Excellent negotiating and influencing skills, ability to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation and with staff, patients/service users, visitors or external organisations both verbally and in writing in the exchange of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information
- Ability to overcome barriers to understanding where there are physical or mental disabilities
- Ability to demonstrate resilience under situational pressure, professional challenge, and change
- Ability to work independently within sphere of competence/authority
Personal qualities and atributes
Essential
- Excellent negotiating and influencing skill
- Ability to overcome barriers and difficult conversations
- Ability to demonstrate resilience
- Ability to work independently and as a team
- Ability to lead in improvement of services and on quality standards and place them in practice
- Ability to challenge
Desirable
- Demonstrate the understanding of the principles of the research
- Good understanding of national and strategic context of the NHS
- Participated or was involved with the GIRFT Programme
- Proven track record of delivery of professional, efficient and effective services
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse/ Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Practitioner or Registered Allied Health Professional
- Post registration qualification or equivalent experience gained by undertaking un-going personal development and training focussed on Orthopaedic adults/trauma/elective surgery advanced practice
- Masters in advanced Practice or Masters level award that covers all 4 pillars of the Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) capabilities (essential to include advanced clinical skills and diagnostic reasoning qualifications.)
- Teaching and assessing qualification/ Mentorship/Assessor qualification
- Registered Non-medical prescriber with evidence of update knowledge appropriate to the patient groups prescribing for.
- Management/Leadership Qualification or development programme
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care protocols and audits
- Computer Literacy including presentation skills and report writing
- Evidence of relevant leadership in meeting clinical governance objectives
- Excellent negotiating and influencing skills, ability to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation and with staff, patients/service users, visitors or external organisations both verbally and in writing in the exchange of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information
- Ability to overcome barriers to understanding where there are physical or mental disabilities
- Ability to demonstrate resilience under situational pressure, professional challenge, and change
- Ability to work independently within sphere of competence/authority
Personal qualities and atributes
Essential
- Excellent negotiating and influencing skill
- Ability to overcome barriers and difficult conversations
- Ability to demonstrate resilience
- Ability to work independently and as a team
- Ability to lead in improvement of services and on quality standards and place them in practice
- Ability to challenge
Desirable
- Demonstrate the understanding of the principles of the research
- Good understanding of national and strategic context of the NHS
- Participated or was involved with the GIRFT Programme
- Proven track record of delivery of professional, efficient and effective services
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
