Job summary
Due to the expansion of Medical Same Day Emergency Care within North Bristol NHS Trust we are looking for registered Nurses to join our multidisciplinary team.
Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) has been brought to the forefront of urgent and unplanned care in recent years through the NHS long term plan (2019), thus, at NBT we are investing in this fast paced, exciting new way of providing high quality innovative care.
So, what is SDEC?
SDEC allows specialists, where possible, to care for patients within the same day of arrival as an alternative to hospital admission. By removing delays and front-loading assessment and diagnostic services patients are investigated and or treated and discharged home on the same day.
- Following expansion and redesign our purpose-built unit will provide multi-specialty SDEC services.
- SDEC is a rapidly growing service within NBT, staff working within this area will be part of ground-breaking new service, aiding in its growth as SDEC expands over the next 12 months.
- Our current working hours are Monday - Friday 08:00-20:30, however a reduced weekend service is currently being explored.
Should applicants wish opportunities for an SDEC / Acute Medical Unit job share are available.
Main duties of the job
- To participate in assessment, planning and delivery of direct patient care within the SDEC unit, Gate 36.
- To work in collaboration with the nurse in charge and Clinical Matron to ensure the delivery of high caliber evidence-based patient care.
- To work in collaboration with the wider diagnostic team and medical specialties, arranging rapid investigations and treatment.
About us
Medical SDEC is made up of a team of dynamic nursing staff, doctors, advanced practitioners, pharmacist's and specialist nurses working closely together to ensure rapid assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients.
The unit is fast paced with an emphasis on high quality rapid assessment.
The unit accepts patients from a wide variety of specialties, providing staff with a varied working day. For example, acute medicine, infectious disease, gastroenterology, neurology, stroke, endocrinology, respiratory medicine and cardiology
Staff will work closely with colleagues in diagnostics to inform treatment plans.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Patient Care:
- Take personal responsibility for the nursing care of patients in the clinical setting without direct supervision.
- Ensure that care needs are assessed, and programmes of care are developed, implemented and evaluated for a patient caseload. Ensure care is documented accurately at every stage of the process, giving a clear profile of care from admission to discharge.
- Plan and evaluate own working practices.
- Take charge of the unit on a day-to-day basis as required and for a minimum of one shift per week.
- Provide advice and support to junior team members to enable them to carry out delegated duties and understand responsibilities.
- Ensure maintenance of clinical competence/skills of self and recognise shortfalls/developmental needs, feeding this into the individual development performance review (IDPR) process.
- Ensure clinical competence/skills meet the requirements of Trust Policies and Procedures and are evidence based.
- Ensure all clinical care requirements of patients are communicated effectively at ward handover to allow seamless provision of care from shift to shift.
- Provide information and support to patients/relatives/carers to enable making of informed choices regarding health and social well-being.
- Manage, report and record clinical/critical incidents in line with Trust Policy.
- Participate in Doctors rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings.
- Work closely and liaise effectively with REACT team.
- Undertake technical treatments, procedures, investigations and complex additional nursing procedures.
- Ensure patient safety at all times, e.g. using staff skills appropriately to escort patients requiring nursing intervention.
- Act as or contribute to the role of Speciality Link Nurse to other areas.
- On behalf of the Unit Manager, contribute to speciality teaching outside the ward environment as appropriate.
- Attend team meetings and contribute to discussions relating to clinical care and standard setting.
- Compliance with all infection control policies and procedures will form an integral part of the practice of all staff involved in direct patient care. The staff member will be responsible for locating the infection control manual in the clinical areas and on the intranet. Staff must keep themselves up to date with new polices distributed with subsequent implementation in practice.
- Clinical staff will seek support and advice from infection control in all instances where cross infection is likely to have occurred or when managing situations involving patients with infections where guidance provided in the policies is not applicable.
- All staff will contact occupational health if they are suffering from any form of infection which may put patients and other staff at risk
Policy and Service Development:
- Implement changes to service delivery as agreed by organisation/unit.
- Ensure that you read new corporate information promptly and encourage others to do so as well.
- Ensure that all Trust policies and procedures are followed at all times.
- Act as unit representative at meetings as appropriate and as requested by unit Manager.
Resource Management
- Ensure resources are used effectively and efficiently.
- Ensure any shortfall in equipment is reported promptly or equipment repaired in a correct and timely manner.
- Complete/maintain personal records as required by the Unit Manager, e.g. annual leave request cards, training records.
- Assist in implementing recommendations of audits.
Education
- Contribute to the facilitation of a suitable educational environment in which to support the development and learning of ward team members and students on placement.
- Act as mentor/assessor to students and/or others on placement.
- On behalf of the Unit Manager, act as a Link Nurse to specialist groups, ensuring feedback to ward team enabling review of practice.
- Participate in teaching students and others as appropriate.
- Act as a Green/Orange Card trainer for clinical equipment.
- Be responsible for using equipment only after relevant training and ensuring that equipment is checked prior to use.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Patient Care:
- Take personal responsibility for the nursing care of patients in the clinical setting without direct supervision.
- Ensure that care needs are assessed, and programmes of care are developed, implemented and evaluated for a patient caseload. Ensure care is documented accurately at every stage of the process, giving a clear profile of care from admission to discharge.
- Plan and evaluate own working practices.
- Take charge of the unit on a day-to-day basis as required and for a minimum of one shift per week.
- Provide advice and support to junior team members to enable them to carry out delegated duties and understand responsibilities.
- Ensure maintenance of clinical competence/skills of self and recognise shortfalls/developmental needs, feeding this into the individual development performance review (IDPR) process.
- Ensure clinical competence/skills meet the requirements of Trust Policies and Procedures and are evidence based.
- Ensure all clinical care requirements of patients are communicated effectively at ward handover to allow seamless provision of care from shift to shift.
- Provide information and support to patients/relatives/carers to enable making of informed choices regarding health and social well-being.
- Manage, report and record clinical/critical incidents in line with Trust Policy.
- Participate in Doctors rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings.
- Work closely and liaise effectively with REACT team.
- Undertake technical treatments, procedures, investigations and complex additional nursing procedures.
- Ensure patient safety at all times, e.g. using staff skills appropriately to escort patients requiring nursing intervention.
- Act as or contribute to the role of Speciality Link Nurse to other areas.
- On behalf of the Unit Manager, contribute to speciality teaching outside the ward environment as appropriate.
- Attend team meetings and contribute to discussions relating to clinical care and standard setting.
- Compliance with all infection control policies and procedures will form an integral part of the practice of all staff involved in direct patient care. The staff member will be responsible for locating the infection control manual in the clinical areas and on the intranet. Staff must keep themselves up to date with new polices distributed with subsequent implementation in practice.
- Clinical staff will seek support and advice from infection control in all instances where cross infection is likely to have occurred or when managing situations involving patients with infections where guidance provided in the policies is not applicable.
- All staff will contact occupational health if they are suffering from any form of infection which may put patients and other staff at risk
Policy and Service Development:
- Implement changes to service delivery as agreed by organisation/unit.
- Ensure that you read new corporate information promptly and encourage others to do so as well.
- Ensure that all Trust policies and procedures are followed at all times.
- Act as unit representative at meetings as appropriate and as requested by unit Manager.
Resource Management
- Ensure resources are used effectively and efficiently.
- Ensure any shortfall in equipment is reported promptly or equipment repaired in a correct and timely manner.
- Complete/maintain personal records as required by the Unit Manager, e.g. annual leave request cards, training records.
- Assist in implementing recommendations of audits.
Education
- Contribute to the facilitation of a suitable educational environment in which to support the development and learning of ward team members and students on placement.
- Act as mentor/assessor to students and/or others on placement.
- On behalf of the Unit Manager, act as a Link Nurse to specialist groups, ensuring feedback to ward team enabling review of practice.
- Participate in teaching students and others as appropriate.
- Act as a Green/Orange Card trainer for clinical equipment.
- Be responsible for using equipment only after relevant training and ensuring that equipment is checked prior to use.
Person Specification
Experience and skills
Essential
- Current NMC registration
- Experience within an acute setting and/or SDEC unit
Desirable
- Current experience in an acute setting
- Competent in IV Drug administration
- Competent in Blood products administration
- Competent in Venipuncture and cannulation administration
- Good communication skills, flexibility, time management and prioritisation.
Person Specification
Experience and skills
Essential
- Current NMC registration
- Experience within an acute setting and/or SDEC unit
Desirable
- Current experience in an acute setting
- Competent in IV Drug administration
- Competent in Blood products administration
- Competent in Venipuncture and cannulation administration
- Good communication skills, flexibility, time management and prioritisation.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
North Bristol NHS Trust
Address
Gate 36, Medical Same Day Emergency Care, Brunel Building, Southmead
Southmead Hospital, Westbury on Trym
Bristol
BS105NB
Employer's website
https://www.nbt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
