Job summary
As a junior sister/charge nurse in Parkside outpatients you are expected to be an experienced nurse and have previous outpatient experience.
You will be clinical on the department for the majority of your working week with some administrative time allocated for you to complete delegated tasks including off duty and audits.
You will be responsible for supporting our junior team and expected to assist consultants with their clinics including procedure lists. Ideally you will also have previous experience in pre operative clinics.
You will be well organised with excellent communication and leadership skills.
Main duties of the job
- Organisation of the department day to day
- Reviewing skill mix to ensure clinics are appropriately covered and capacity is utilised to the fullest
- Completing off duty
- Stock ordering
- Wound reviews (including Removal of sutures/clips)
- Phlebotomy
- IM Injections
- Cystoscopies and bladder instillations
- Hysteroscopy clinics
- Colposcopy clinics
- RFA procedures
- Assisting with minor procedures
- Undertaking face to face and telephone pre operative assessments
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
As a junior sister in Parkside outpatients you are expected to be an experienced nurse and have previous outpatient experience.
You will be clinical on the department for the majority of your working week with some administrative time allocated for you to complete delegated tasks including off duty and audits.
You will be responsible for supporting our junior team and expected to assist consultants with their clinics including procedure lists.
You will be well organised with excellent communication and leadership skills.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a junior sister in Parkside outpatients you are expected to be an experienced nurse and have previous outpatient experience.
You will be clinical on the department for the majority of your working week with some administrative time allocated for you to complete delegated tasks including off duty and audits.
You will be responsible for supporting our junior team and expected to assist consultants with their clinics including procedure lists.
You will be well organised with excellent communication and leadership skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Management module
- Mentorship
Clinical experience
Essential
- Previous outpatient experience
- Has worked a minimum of 2 years at band 5 in an acute nhs trust
- Bladder scans; Venepuncture; ECG's; IM Injections
- Catheterisation
Desirable
- Experience working in ENT/Eye and Dermatology Clinics
- Uroflows
- Minor operations in a outpatient setting
- Pre operative clinic experience
- Competent using EPIC
- Competent in assisting with gynae procedures
Management experience
Essential
- Well organised with excellent communication skills
- Confident completing appraisals
- Able to review skill mix and complete off duty to maximise the effectiveness of the team
Desirable
- Previous experience as a band 6
- Private patient experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Management module
- Mentorship
Clinical experience
Essential
- Previous outpatient experience
- Has worked a minimum of 2 years at band 5 in an acute nhs trust
- Bladder scans; Venepuncture; ECG's; IM Injections
- Catheterisation
Desirable
- Experience working in ENT/Eye and Dermatology Clinics
- Uroflows
- Minor operations in a outpatient setting
- Pre operative clinic experience
- Competent using EPIC
- Competent in assisting with gynae procedures
Management experience
Essential
- Well organised with excellent communication skills
- Confident completing appraisals
- Able to review skill mix and complete off duty to maximise the effectiveness of the team
Desirable
- Previous experience as a band 6
- Private patient experience
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
