Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Trauma Lead Nurse - Medicine

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen fora Trauma Lead Nurse Practitioner(TLN)who will lead in the delivery of highly professional trauma care to patients throughout SASH, while engaged with our trauma service.

As an experienced Registered Nurse or Advanced Clinical Practitioner, your clinical & managerial leadership of the trauma service will inspire, motivate and empower healthcare professionals to be innovative and contribute to continuous improvement projects, which support the trusts performance agenda, improve quality care & patient outcomes.

Working in partnership with the Clinical Lead for Trauma, senior nurses and departmental managers, you'll develop and implement a multi-disciplinary clinical research and academic service, trauma care education, shape audit and deliver the Trust's trauma service strategy and objectives.

Your personal strengths and professional experience will help you to succeed:

As an excellent clinical role model and team leader to all staff.
In the development and delivery of trauma care.
Be an autonomous practitioner and an excellent role model and leader to all staff.
Facilitate the flow of trauma patients, through admission to discharge.
In the support of Specialty Doctors within their care for traumatically injured patients.

To be fulfilled in this role, a passion for trauma care and ambition to help SASH attain Major Trauma Centre status will be key - working alongside the Major Trauma Clinical Network, and NHS England.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:o Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.o National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.o We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.

Date posted

29 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum plus high cost allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

326-6821178-SL

Job locations

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill Surrey

RH1 5AU

Job description

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
A complete and accurate application
Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
Evidence of essential experience for role
Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
A complete and accurate application
Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
Evidence of essential experience for role
Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

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

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill Surrey

RH1 5AU

Employer's website

https://surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill Surrey

RH1 5AU

Employer's website

https://surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)