Staff Nurse Outpatients in Leeds

Looking for a change of direction and an opportunity to use and further develop your nursing care and skills? Are you also interested in ensuring a positive patient experience for every patient every time? We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Registered Nurse (experienced and newly qualified) who are highly motivated and enthusiastic to join our very busy outpatient departments across St James Hospital at Leeds Teaching Hospital (LTHT).

The successful candidate will be flexible, able to work effectively as part of a team and manage the pressure of working in very busy environments. LTHT delivers 1.3 million outpatient appointments across its 5 Hospital sites and virtually yearly. Postholders will work closely with medical, nurse specialists and admin staff, to provide a smooth caring and efficient service for patients.

As a Staff Nurse, your main responsibilities will include:

• Providing excellent care for patients
• Managing clinic flow
• Supervising and mentoring junior staff and students on placement

To be successful at recruitment you must be able to deal with the public in a sensitive and polite manner, and be flexible in your approach to duties of work. Please note that the hours of work are Monday to Friday. There may be the need for planned weekend working as service delivery requires. Full and part-time hours are available to suitable candidates.

Main duties of the job:

The jobholder will work within an environment caring for adult patients who are attending Multi-speciality Outpatient service at St James Hospital. This would include the MSO unit and Bexley Wing outpatient clinics. The main responsibilities include:

• Managing patient flow
• Undertaking investigations including phlebotomy
• Ensuring excellent standard of care is delivered
• Taking charge in absence of department manager
• Providing educational opportunities and support to junior staff, new starters and students

About us:

THE LEEDS WAY VALUES: Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. 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. 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 maintain high standards of care in accordance with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) guidelines and policies
• Commitment to own development and the development of junior staff
• Commitment to the development of nursing within the clinical setting
• Commitment to working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Commitment to support, uphold and demonstrate the core values and behaviours of LTHT
• Commitment to lifelong learning

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed.

If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job responsibilities:

JOB PURPOSE: To provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised programmes of care. To deliver care without supervision. To take charge of the department as necessary in the absence of the Sister or Charge Nurse. To participate in the in-service training, preceptorship and mentorship of junior staff, post-basic learners and students. To take responsibility as the prime care provider for a group of patients. To promote confidence in our commitment to provide excellent compassionate patient care.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Qualifications: Registered Adult Nurse (Level 1 or 2)
• Training: Ability to demonstrate and explain skills to other staff. Willing to undergo relevant training as necessary.
• Skills: Literate and numerate. Ability to perform accurate drug calculations. Competent in written and verbal communication skills. Competent in the use of information technology. Able to organise and prioritise workload. Understand the skills and knowledge required to develop team members.
• Knowledge: Current issues in healthcare. Standards of Professional Practice.

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Committed to working with people
• Demonstrates a commitment to personal development
• Compassionate, enthusiastic and motivated

Person Specification:

Experience: Current issues in health care. Awareness of speciality.

Skills & behaviours: Caring, compassionate and motivated. Reliable and trustworthy. Excellent interpersonal skills. Capable of lateral thinking.

Qualifications: Registered Adult Nurse (Level 1 or 2). Has current registration on the appropriate part of the NMC register.

Additional Requirements:

• Good written and verbal skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload
• Able to provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised programmes of care
• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
• Ability to travel in between Trust premises and patient homes for posts that involve community visits

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.