Job summary
This role is offered on a 18 month fixed term/secondment basis. The hours are part-time, 30 hours per week.
Our community hospital outpatient department is an exciting and rewarding place to work. We are a supportive and motivated team committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within a positive working environment.
We are currently developing our services with exciting plans for the future, including the introduction of new ophthalmology and vascular clinics, expanding the range of care we provide to our community.
Main duties of the job
Working within our outpatient department offers a varied and engaging role. Our team is actively involved in many aspects of patient care and service delivery, including:
- Phlebotomy and blood sample collection
- Pathology requesting and clinical documentation
- Ordering and managing clinical stores
- Supporting clinics across a diverse patient population, including paediatric, adult and geriatric patients
- Participation in clinical governance and quality improvement initiative
We pride ourselves on fostering a positive, inclusive and supportive workplace where every team member is valued.
Our department emphasises:
- Respectful communication and shared accountability
- Daily safety briefs to ensure clear communication and patient safety
- A culture where staff feel empowered to speak up, share feedback and champion transparency
- Team collaboration and mutual support
- Maintaining high standards of infection prevention and environmental cleanliness
We are proud of the compassionate care we deliver. Our team demonstrates dedication, empathy and professionalism, contributing to excellent patient experiences reflected in our Family and Friends Test feedback.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the Registered Nurse will be collaborating clinically with team support for the efficient running of the Outpatients Department to enable patients to receive care closer to home from visiting Specialists including Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, and other Consultants/Registrars in their field of speciality. Staff will help to promote the health and well-being of the Service users, sign posting services users to additional services, providers for health and social care.
Our Values
Everything we do is guided by our core values:
- Working Together
- Always Improving
- Respectful and Kind
- Making a Difference
We provide aMulti-professionalpreceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to theprogrammewe also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 creditvalidatedmodule Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).
Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which issimilar toa preceptorship programme.
The Trustis required towork in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit -https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the Registered Nurse will be collaborating clinically with team support for the efficient running of the Outpatients Department to enable patients to receive care closer to home from visiting Specialists including Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, and other Consultants/Registrars in their field of speciality. Staff will help to promote the health and well-being of the Service users, sign posting services users to additional services, providers for health and social care.
Our Values
Everything we do is guided by our core values:
- Working Together
- Always Improving
- Respectful and Kind
- Making a Difference
We provide aMulti-professionalpreceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to theprogrammewe also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 creditvalidatedmodule Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).
Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which issimilar toa preceptorship programme.
The Trustis required towork in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit -https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma / degree in Nursing
- Evidence of ongoing development, e.g. teaching, leadership, and management qualification
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Evidence of knowledge learnt during training and post qualification.
- Skills relevant to OPD setting.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma / degree in Nursing
- Evidence of ongoing development, e.g. teaching, leadership, and management qualification
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Evidence of knowledge learnt during training and post qualification.
- Skills relevant to OPD setting.
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).
