Spire Norwich Hospital arelooking for a passionate and reliable Staff Nurse to join our team on the Bank within our Outpatients Department. We have a demand for Tuesday and Wednesday clinics.
We are looking for nurses with a key interest in gynaecology or have worked in gynaecology departments.
At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion and our vision is to be recognised as an excellent healthcare business. We are committed to looking after people, both patients and colleagues. Our ward is a busy and lively place to work, we are looking for Registered Nurses with experience of working in a busy multi-disciplinary environment and have some previous experience of day case general surgery or orthopaedic knowledge would be helpful in this role.
Duties and responsibilities
1. To prioritise workload and respond to changing needs of the service, whilst identifying and managing any risks to quality.
2. To be responsible for the assessment, planning and implementation of specialist nursing care for patients considering or undertaking Gynaecological surgery
3. Advise patients, relatives and carers on post operative care.
4. To provide treatments and procedures according to local and national policies.
5. To work flexibly within the outpatient department to ensure specialist gynaecological care
6. To liaise with and refer to other clinical teams or agencies who will be involved in patient care.
7. To ensure that patients and their carers have access to the information that they need to make informed choices about their health.
8. To produce relevant evidence based literature for staff and patients.
9. To develop own knowledge and practice and actively assist others to continually professionally develop.
10. To demonstrate and support a working environment and culture that actively improves health, safety and security.
11. To identify and communicate key issues to the Outpatient Manager
Shifts: Mon - Thurs Department is open 8:00 - 21:00, Friday 8.00 - 19:00 and Saturdays 8:00 - 14:00
. Who we're looking for
12. NMC registered
13. Significant surgical experience
14. Understanding and experience of care of patients undergoing gynaecology surgery
15. Experience of working within teams and carrying case load.
16. Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient case mixes
17. Interest in gynaecology
Benefits
18. Bank colleagues are paid weekly
19. Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
20. ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
21. We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave
22. Free Car Parking
Please see the attached benefits leaflet for more information.