Overview
We have an exciting opportunity within our team. The Osteoporosis Service is part of the Rheumatology department. The service is primarily nurse led, with oversight from two Rheumatology consultants and supported by secretarial staff.
Responsibilities
* Provide diagnostic and management clinics for patients referred to the Osteoporosis service.
* Provide education, advice and support to patients and health professionals in the management of bone health.
* Assess bone density by use of a bone density scanner (DXA scan).
* Work within the multidisciplinary Osteoporosis Team.
* Undertake independent Osteoporosis Management Clinics.
* Undertake unsupervised bone density scans of patients and maintain the highest possible standard of radiography; assist patients onto and off the scanner bed and regularly move and position patients when performing bone density scans as a single operator.
* Ensure DXA scans are acquired to a high standard to allow appropriate diagnostic reporting of bone density results.
* Analyse bone density examinations using manufacturer specific software or in-house analysis techniques according to departmental protocols or as instructed.
* Travel between Torbay Hospital and Paignton Health and Wellbeing Centre as required.
* Prioritise and adapt approach to situations as they arise.
* Exercise initiative and act with autonomy when dealing with issues within own specialist areas of competence.
* Liaise and work collaboratively with colleagues within the department and maintain effective communication with a range of people across all levels, both within and outside the organisation.
* Deliver information to patients in an appropriate format at a level understood by the patient; take a medical history and, with the patient, decide on the most appropriate course of action or treatment for their bone health in a clinic setting.
* Recognise when a condition is outside the scope of the role/knowledge/experience and seek appropriate advice.
* Be able to travel between Torbay Hospital and Paignton Health and Wellbeing Centre.
Qualifications/Skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills to ensure that correspondence is of a high standard.
* Maintain effective communication with a range of people across all levels, both within and outside the organisation.
* Able to exercise initiative and act with autonomy when dealing with issues within own specialist areas of competence.
* Be able to take a medical history and decide with the patient on the most appropriate course of action/treatment for their bone health in a clinic situation.
Location
Torbay Hospital and Paignton Health and Wellbeing Centre, South Devon;
Paignton, England, United Kingdom
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