Job Description

The outpatients department is looking to recruit a nurse to work in the outpatients clinic.



The successful applicant will be responsible for the day to day nursing support of the clinic, assist in procedures and provide support and reassurance to patients attending the clinic. The successful applicant will be encouraged to further knowledge and skills in the area of outpatient nursing.



For informal visits/ enquiries please contact Eugenie Masasa / Yvonne Parkes, Outpatient Sisters on 0207 288 5480



The post holder will work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines and take responsibility for:



Protecting and supporting the health of individual patients and clients

Assessment of care and health education needs

Development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care including referring patient to community services when necessary.

Under supervision, to gain experience and skills in Clinical Practice, facilitation and teaching and management as appropriate.

To work in accordance with Whittington Health Nursing and Midwifery Strategy and contribute towards achieving the Trust objectives.

To maintain effective communication

To take charge of the department in the absence of senior nursing staff following performance appraisal review.

Provide support to the clinical nurse specialists in the various outpatient clinics.

Assist in carrying out Health & Safety, Fire and hand Hygiene audits as required.

Support the Health Care Assistants and assess their competence where necessary.



Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

For more information, please access the following link:

https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/



The post holder is expected to have a flexible "can do" approach in ensuring the work of the department is carried out to the required high standards. The post holder will contribute to the continuous evaluation of systems to improve the service and meet targets.



Communication



Assist patients to gain access to health and social care, information and support relevant to their needs.

Participate in the promotion and maintenance of effective communication with the patient and their carer(s)

Provide information which enables patients to make choices about adopting a healthier lifestyle.

Complete patient documentation correctly, appropriately and in a timely manner ensuring this is filed properly in the patients' medical notes.

Develop communication skills to convey complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carer(s) and other staff, overcoming barriers to understanding and providing support during distressing or emotional events. This includes expanded role responsibilities, following appropriate training.

Maintain patient confidentiality.

Maintain professional boundaries and working relationships with patients and colleagues.



Personal and People Development



Educate patients and their carers as required where a need has been identified.

Participate in annual staff appraisal, staff development and in-service training activities in line with the Knowledge and Skills Framework

Attend Trust/local orientation programmes, mandatory training sessions and annual updates.

Be responsible for developing and sustaining own knowledge, clinical skills, and professional awareness in accordance with CPD requirements and maintain a professional profile.

Help maintain a suitable learning environment for staff and act as a mentor in the supervision and teaching of nursing students/ health care assistants and others to develop their competence.

Develop own teaching skills and participate in staff/student education programmes that develop competence and performance.

Assist in the training and developments of Health Care Assistants

Act as a preceptor/mentor for junior staff nurses

Take part in reflection and appropriate learning from practice, in order to maintain and develop competence and performance.