Job summary
Working towards the trusts vision for delivering excellence in patient care, the surgical site surveillance nurse will be required to undertake target surveillance of surgical wounds post operatively within the trust.
This will include working closely with senior clinical staff, senior management, specialist nurses and members of the MDT on all aspects of the surveillance programme. This includes co-ordinating data collection, providing guidance on interpretation of surveillance data, providing accurate and timely feedback of surveillance results in a useable and understandable format, which can then be used to evaluate levels of clinical service and act as a positive driver to implement change where required to improve patient outcomes/care. The service will be in compliance with IPC standards and evidence-based research.
Main duties of the job
- Be accountable and responsible for maintaining own nursing practice and take every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve knowledge and professional competence.
- To be responsible for providing patient centred care. Maintaining own specialist knowledge and clinical skills participating in direct patient care and uphold the evidence of the revalidation process as required by the NMC.
- To have a comprehensive knowledge of the surgical site surveillance process in line with evidence based clinical working practice.
- Use clinical judgement and knowledge to assess patient's surgical wound sites for infection and interpret microbiology data in order to recognise types of organisms present in wound sites.
- To support patients with their relatives who may acquire a health care associated infection.
- Deliver training materials, using various media, including paper based and electronic methods.
About us
Are you a motivated and dedicated professional who is passionate about preventing surgical site infections. We are excited to advertise a substantive position to a full time Band 6 to the specialist role of Surgical site infection surveillance nurse to support the division of surgery to drive our improvement journey.
This role will involve operating across multidisciplinary services and teams within the division of surgery, including wards, theatres, education, and IPC.
The successful nurse will be expected to work autonomously and there will be opportunity to lead on areas of work /specialist interest in surgical site infections and actively participate in studies to aid development, for example "The One Together Framework".
You must be an effective communicator as you will be expected to liaise with staff from different care groups and be able to present reports at divisional level.
A key part of your role will be the education and training of staff and previous experience of teaching and developing staff will be advantageous for this role.
If you have the relevant skills and are committed to improving outcomes for patients, then we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To use excellent communication skills to communicate and develop relationships with a range of people on a variety of matters. Contact members of the public, service users and carers will also be required.
- To be experienced with a range of communication methods including telephone, email and teams in line with the trust information governance policy.
- To exchange confidential, sensitive information with staff, service users and carers in line with trust information governance policy.
- Demonstrate good verbal communication with ward teams relating to individual patients treatment plans and advise.
- Demonstrate good verbal communication with clinicians relating to individual patients
For more details please read the JD attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To use excellent communication skills to communicate and develop relationships with a range of people on a variety of matters. Contact members of the public, service users and carers will also be required.
- To be experienced with a range of communication methods including telephone, email and teams in line with the trust information governance policy.
- To exchange confidential, sensitive information with staff, service users and carers in line with trust information governance policy.
- Demonstrate good verbal communication with ward teams relating to individual patients treatment plans and advise.
- Demonstrate good verbal communication with clinicians relating to individual patients
For more details please read the JD attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree
- SSSA qualification
- Knowledge of clinical signs of infection
Desirable
- Evidence of continued learning
- Experience of MS office systems and trust electronic patient records.
Experience
Essential
- Registered adult nurse
- At least 2 years orthopaedic nursing experience
- Experience of surgical wound management
- Awareness of current NHS issues
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Able to work on own initiative & under pressure.
- Able to work with an MDT.
- High level of communication skill - written, oral and electronic
- Ability to think logically, innovatively and quickly
- Understanding of the practical management of patients with complex surgical wounds
- Basic computer skills
- Articulate and knowledgeable of skills needed to deliver high standard of care.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Organisational skills in scheduling and delivery
Desirable
- Writing skills for report generation
- Demonstrate leadership skills.
- Ability to prioritise own workload, instruct and direct junior staff.
- Teaching skills
- Understanding the principles of statistics
- Understanding trust responsibility in the provision of accurate data to PHE
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree
- SSSA qualification
- Knowledge of clinical signs of infection
Desirable
- Evidence of continued learning
- Experience of MS office systems and trust electronic patient records.
Experience
Essential
- Registered adult nurse
- At least 2 years orthopaedic nursing experience
- Experience of surgical wound management
- Awareness of current NHS issues
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Able to work on own initiative & under pressure.
- Able to work with an MDT.
- High level of communication skill - written, oral and electronic
- Ability to think logically, innovatively and quickly
- Understanding of the practical management of patients with complex surgical wounds
- Basic computer skills
- Articulate and knowledgeable of skills needed to deliver high standard of care.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Organisational skills in scheduling and delivery
Desirable
- Writing skills for report generation
- Demonstrate leadership skills.
- Ability to prioritise own workload, instruct and direct junior staff.
- Teaching skills
- Understanding the principles of statistics
- Understanding trust responsibility in the provision of accurate data to PHE
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).
