Job description

Job responsibilities

About the role

Your responsibilities will include:

• To deliver safe, effective and evidence-based nursing care to patients and their families within the Outpatient Department.
• To work closely with the multidisciplinary team to achieve/maintain an outstanding, patient-focused service.
• To provide support/ education to more junior members of staff and supervise Healthcare Assistants.
• To act as a shift leader or deputise for the Outpatient Sister, as required.

For Clinical Roles:

The successful candidate will be expected to work on a shift basis, working 37.5 hours per week over a 7 day rota during the hospital operating hours. The rota is not fixed, is subject to change in order to meet operational needs and will be required to work weekends and bank holidays in accordance with the rota.

Person Specification

Quality/Attributes/ Others

Essential

• Ambassador for the brand, who puts the patient first in all they do.
• Able to work on own initiative and flexibly across 7 days a week when required.
• Self-motivated
• High standards of personal presentation

Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Articulate and knowledgeable of skills needed to deliver a high standard of care in the area of practice.
• Able to communicate effectively with patients/relatives/carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across professional disciplines.
• Able to organise and manage own/others workload to meet care requirements within boundaries of role.
• Able to supervise non-registered and less experienced staff to ensure effective care delivery.
• Awareness of CQC requirements
• Awareness of clinical governance issues
• Competent IT skills

Desirable

• Non-medical prescriber
• Phlebotomy skills

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse

Desirable

• Post registration relevant clinical course
• Mentor/ teaching qualification or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Current and relevant experience as an outpatient nurse
• Experience of supervising HCAs
• Evidence of continuing professional development, up to date on current nursing practice.

Desirable

• Private healthcare 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

One Stop Healthcare

Address

One Medical House

Boundary Way

Hemel Hempstead

HP2 7YU

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://onestophospital.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)