Overview
Each CNS team offers the chance to work closely alongside established and experienced CNS' to deliver expert and quality care to our patients. From the point of diagnosis, our CNS team support patients and their families through their varying treatment or management pathways. The CNS team provides a number of nurse-led clinics in addition to supporting the consultant led clinic service, and is often the first port of call for all queries and concerns from both patients and their relatives. In addition, the CNS team continually strives to improve our existing services and develop new ways of meeting the needs of our patients.
Responsibilities
The right candidate will deliver nursing care in a defined specialist area, with the additional specialist knowledge required to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate holistic individualised patient centred care, in a safe and caring environment, whilst acting as the patient\'s advocate and maintaining privacy and dignity. Provide support, advice and education to patients/significant others and colleagues within the healthcare team, under the direct supervision and support of the Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist.
Organisation and values
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
Benefits
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
* On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
* We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
* An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
* UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
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