Job Description
Team Surgery is looking for motivated, enthusiastic nurses to join our friendly and supportive ward teams. You should have a passion for surgical nursing and a positive attitude, show professionalism, integrity, determination and dedication. You must promote high quality patient centred care and establish good relationships with staff and patients, communicating effectively at all times.
Wards:
Brunel: 22 bedded short stay surgical ward with a fast turnover of ambulatory patients under multiple surgical specialities.
Coptcoat: 15 bed elective general surgical ward specialising in Colorectal, Urology, Max-Fax and Bariatric Surgery. It has its own admissions lounge admitting patients on the day of surgery and utilises ERAS pathways to improve outcomes and decrease length of stay.
Katherine Monk: 26 bedded Trauma Ward caring for patients with multiple system injuries who often have complex plastics, trauma and orthopaedic and surgical care needs. Here we routinely care for tracheostomy patients and those with spinal or brain injuries.
Lister: 24 bed acute surgical ward specialising in the care of Colorectal, UGI, General Surgery, Urology and Orthopaedic patients. We care for patients, pre- and post-op, as well as trauma and ITU step-downs.
Main duties of the role for the successful candidate include:
- To work within both the nursing and multi-disciplinary team to provide excellent evidence based, holistic care to a group of patients.
- To take responsibility for managing and co-ordinating the care of patients with emergency surgery diagnoses.
- To be motivated and committed to give high quality nursing care and be able to work autonomously as well as part of a team.
- To seek support and escalate any concerns through appropriate channels in a timely manner.
- To participate in supporting and supervision of student nurses and/or junior staff as required.
- To be a safe and effective practitioner able to provide patients and relatives with high quality nursing care.
- To adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct at all times.
- To adhere to Trust guidance, policies and protocols at all times.
- Participate in Trust and Care Group initiatives to develop nursing practice and support change.
- To maintain their knowledge in light of current research and developments to practice.
- Ensure their statutory and mandatory training remains up to date throughout their employment.
- To maintain strict confidentiality of staff and patient records, in line with Trust Policy.
- To adhere to infection prevention and control standards in all their work.
Full details of the role can be found in the attached Job Description.
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King’s to another level.
Clinical Practice:
- To deliver a high standard of evidence based care to patients
- To adhere to NMC Code of Professional Conduct at all times
- To be responsible for the nursing management of a group of patients, using the nursing process.
- To maintain confidentiality at all times
- To support patients, relatives, carers and friends and where appropriate involve them in the care of the patient
- To be fully involved in the health education of patients and relatives, identifying each opportunity to promote a healthy lifestyle
- To liaise effectively with all members of the multi disciplinary team to ensure the relevant information regarding the patient’s needs/condition are communicated to them, and that any instructions from them regarding the patient’s care/condition are acted upon
- To have regard for patient’s cultural and religious beliefs
- To respect each patient’s privacy, dignity, gender and sexuality
- To acknowledge personal limitations in patient care and seek advice from senior staff members
- To rotate to other departments within the speciality as required or as identified as a personal development need in the appraisal process
- To be involved with nursing audit/essence of care/observations of care• To report adverse incidents which occur in the department as per policy; to assist in the investigation of such incidences
- To ensure contemporaneous record keeping at all times and in line with the Trust policy on documentation and NMC guidance
- Ensure clear and accurate written and verbal information is given at all times, including patient handovers
- Participate in Trust and Care Group initiatives to develop nursing practice and support change
Education and Research
- To be aware of current research and the possible implications for the unit
- To update knowledge in the light of current research and practice
- To act as a practice supervisor for student nurses/oversea nurse practitioners/HCA’s
- To act as a preceptor/mentor to newly qualified staff
- To actively participate in the training process by demonstrating and directly supervising and by negotiating learning contracts
- To be motivated and proactive about own learning.
- To have an interest in surgical quality improvement research focusing on patient safety and high-quality surgical outcomes.
Personal professional development
- Ensure clinical and administrative policies and procedures are adhered to
- To take responsibility for own professional development and to develop agreed action plan with unit sister/clinic manager.
- To participate in own performance appraisal with an initial three monthly and then six monthly review with the ward sister/charge nurse
- Working with appropriate members of the teaching staff to ensure effective staff development (own and others).
- Participating in Trust and Divisional initiatives to develop nursing practice and support change
General
- To maintain strict confidentiality of staff and patient records, in line with Trust Policy.
- To ensure that acceptable standards of data protection are maintained, in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
- To observe the rules, policies and procedures in place at King’s College Hospital.
Infection Control
The post holder has an important responsibility for the contribution to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role.
These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and local policies and procedures which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training.
These standards must be strictly complied with at all times.
Working Conditions
This job description is not an exhaustive statement of the scope of the job and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties as commensurate with the grade.
You have a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.
In carrying out the duties of the post, the employee is required to work in accordance with the policies and procedures of King’s College Hospital, including the Health and Safety, confidentiality, data protection and equal opportunities. King’s College Hospital operates a no smoking policy.
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