ERAS Spinal Nurse Specialist

Overview

Are you a nurse looking for a challenge or a change? Are you looking for a role that gives variety, continuous support, encouragement, and genuine job satisfaction? This could be the job for you.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to join the spinal specialist nurse team within the spinal surgery service in LTHT. Experience in spinal surgery nursing is not essential, but desirable.

Main duties of the job

We offer a challenging and dynamic clinical learning environment dealing with a wide range of spinal patients, including elective surgery, acute surgery, and spinal fractures, dealing with both operative and non-operative treatments.

You should be motivated, keen to learn and ready to embrace change. Our commitment to you as a forward-thinking team will be individualised clinical development, access to teaching ensuring you have every opportunity to enhance your knowledge and skills in spinal surgery. We offer education and development opportunities, including in-house training and external courses. You will be expected to participate in audit and research to help develop and shape the future of spinal surgery in Leeds.

You will be working as part of a busy multi-disciplinary team dedicated to providing individualised, evidence-based spinal surgery management. The post holder will be expected to work both autonomously and closely with spinal clinicians and across a range of specialties to meet the needs of the service. We are seeking a dynamic, highly motivated, and passionate individual committed to high-quality patient care.

About us

For further information, please contact:

Katrina McMillan - or

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Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE: The jobholder is responsible for the management of a defined caseload. The jobholder carries continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, and the setting of standards of care. The jobholder will provide specialist nursing care and advice to a specific patient group and will contribute to the development of the speciality service. The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of resources.

JOB DIMENSIONS: The jobholder will work alongside the current band 7 and 6 nurses within the team. We provide information, education, advice and support for patients undergoing elective spinal surgery. This can be undertaken via the telephone, within patient groups, person-to-person on the wards or outpatient clinic settings. Patient contact starts at listing for surgery through ward discharge and beyond. The role requires good communication skills and close liaison with all members of the Clinical/MDT team to optimise the surgical outcome for the patient.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Qualifications: Registered Nurse (Level 1); Recognised teaching/assessing qualification.

Experience: Significant post-registration experience at Band 5 or equivalent and experience within a relevant speciality, during which the following experiences should have been gained: clinical audit and standard setting; service development and/or change management (desirable).

Skills: Communication; Teaching; Leadership; Knowledge; Experience and knowledge of the specialty; Current issues in healthcare; Standards of professional practice.

Personal Attributes: Excellent interpersonal skills; Motivator; Flexibility, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking.

THE LEEDS WAY VALUES: Our values are part of what makes us different from other trusts. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are: Accountable, Empowered, AfC (1320). All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values. Additionally, the following are core values which relate specifically to this post: commitment to delivering high-quality evidence-based care; commitment to working in a multi-disciplinary team; commitment to the specialty area, valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and creative working environment; commitment to own personal and professional development and to the development of others within the team.

CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS: Teaching and assessment skills; Organisational skills; Understanding of research-based practice; Team player; Conflict management; Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control; Ability to act professionally at all times.

CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: Understanding of the local and national nursing agenda; Understanding of relevant National Service Frameworks (if appropriate); Awareness of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies; Understanding of organisational structures.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY: Acts in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct. Clinical: Provide a clinical lead and role model to nursing staff by delivering high standards; Undertakes clinical procedures where dexterity and accuracy are required; Maintain a safe working environment.

Person Specification Experience

• Significant post-registration experience at Band 5 or equivalent and experience within a relevant speciality
• Audit and Standard setting

Skills & behaviours

• Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• IT Skills

Additional Requirements

• Evidence of continued professional development
• Willing to undergo training as necessary
• Knowledge of current issues in healthcare

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Level 1)
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.