Registered Nurse - Band 5 Fracture Clinic

at  University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Do you have Trauma and Orthopaedic experience? Are you enthusiastic and motivated? Are you passionate about wound management? Are you interested in working in an outpatients setting?
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Fracture Clinic team - working across all areas of the department - Trauma, Hand Trauma, Virtual Fracture Clinic and Elective orthopaedic outpatient services. Working closely with clinicians and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
Caring for patients with a wide range of injuries and conditions, performing complex wound management, casting, splinting etc. and giving appropriate health education.
Current working hours are 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday, with a late finish allocated on a rotation basis.
For further information and to organise an informal visit please contact Liz Moore, Clinical Nurse manager, Fracture Clinic. Call 02476966345.
Please note this post is not suitable for applicants who are required to undertake the OSCE training programme. Applicants who do not have current valid UK NMC registration will not be considered for this post.
Work across all areas of the department performing wound management, casting (as training allows), application of splints and braces, participating in the Virtual Fracture Clinic - explaining diagnosis and treatment plans with patients via telephone.
Take on the role of ‘Floor Control’ - coordinating daily tasks, dealing with patient queries, daily staff allocations, coordinating ambulance patients and capacity issues to ensure the safe and effective running of the clinics.
Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence ® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation’s core values.
Accountable for own actions in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council, Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
To provide high quality, patient focused service for trauma/orthopaedic patients, both within the department and throughout the hospital as required
To keep updated with current practices within wound management, orthopaedic and traumatic conditions and treatments, including plastering, application of orthotics/splinting and can actively use research as appropriate. Maintain own mandatory training, personal and professional development
Take on a specific, agreed link worker role within the department – attending relevant meeting s and feeding back to the team.
Effectively communicate information regarding clinical decisions, policy and care pathways to patients/carers and the multi-professional team including situations where difficulties in comprehension occur
Effectively communicate treatment plans to patients via the Virtual Fracture Clinic – ensuring sound knowledge of trauma and orthopaedic injuries and conditions.
Act as a skilled practitioner and role model: teaching, supervising and assessing students and junior staff
Be responsible for clinical assessment of a group of patients, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented and evaluated, giving appropriate treatment information and involving patients and relatives etc in the planning of care. Acting as patient advocate when necessary.
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