Job Description

The post holder is expected to treat patients, service users and carers with courtesy, care and compassion at all times, treating each person as an individual by offering a personalised service. Trust staff will adopt behaviours and attitudes which promote, supports and respects privacy and dignity in accordance with the Trust Dignity policies and dignity in care pledges. Staff are expected to challenge poor practice in relation to dignity and treat each other with respect.



Provide assistance to the anaesthetist and surgeons in a variety of situations, including those required in all outlying areas



Maintain knowledge of all specialist equipment used in theatre and outlying areas and promote its safe and effective use



Frequently work at a high level of autonomy particularly in out of hours work, following a period of preceptorship



Maintain a clean environment to minimise the risk of cross infection and maximise the control of infection.



Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.



Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.



Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service



United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.



Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.



This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.



The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).



Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate own workload, organising equipment and resources as service demands, in accordance with policies and protocols. Ensuring all documentation relating to patient care is maintained, accurate and legible.



Liaise with all members of the multidisciplinary tea who are involved in the specialised care of patients. Ability to give and receive sensitive and complex information.



Prepare and organise clinical work areas to receive patients, ensuring own practice is evidence and research based.



Act as a patient advocate respecting autonomy, privacy, dignity and confidentiality



To continue professional development through post registration study and maintain a record of development that includes reflective learning.



Communicate with the patient to ensure they are fully informed in all aspects of their care. When appropriate ensure that the necessary equipment/personnel are available to help overcome barriers of understanding. Communicate with relatives and patients to offer appropriate information and support. (This may include highly sensitive information)



In conjunction with senior staff, will participate in the setting, monitoring and evaluation of standards of care for patients.



Will inform shift co-ordinator when changes in circumstances occur which affect safe and competent practice.



According to own level of competence teach and support learners in the department



Maintain a clean environment to minimise the risk of cross infection and maximise the control of infection