Hand & Plastic Injury Specialist Nurse in Oxford

Main area Plastic Surgery / Burns / Ambulatory Care Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Monday to Sunday, Bank Holidays incl.) Job ref 321-NOTSS-7839169-B6-PUB

Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 14/10/2026 23:59

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes useValue Based Interviewingto identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Plastic Surgery department for a Specialist Nurse in theHands and Plastic Injury (HAPI) Clinic. The HAPI Clinic is an urgent care facility that provides specialist Plastic Surgery reviews and treatments, including minor operations, to patients across Oxfordshire. HAPI operates daily from 8am to 7pm, including weekends and bank holidays, with Ambulatory Care provided until 8pm.

Main duties of the job

• Coordinate and supervise the daily running of the Hands and Plastics Injuries (HAPI) Clinic, which includes the ambulatory care service and minor operations (HAPI MOPS).
• Work at an enhanced level as a Specialist Nurse in Plastic Surgery, undertaking comprehensive assessments and delivering specialist care to patients with hand and soft tissue injuries.
• Act as a role model within the Plastic Surgery Trauma Service, consistently demonstrating and promoting the Trust values.
• Coordinate and manage referrals to the Plastic Trauma Service in close collaboration with the on-call Plastic Surgery team

Working for our organisation

Over a thousand patients and colleagues assisted us in developing a set of values that will help us achieve our ambition of delivering compassionate excellence. To help us live out those values in our work, we have defined the types of behaviours that will either ensure we met the high standards we have set.

These are the values that should characterise all that we do and our behaviours with our patients and families and each other. Our values and expected behaviours are:

• Compassion: Putting patients at the heart of what we do and recognising different needs
• Respect: Encouraging a spirit of support, integrity, respect and teamwork
• Excellence: Taking pride in the quality of care we provide for our patients and customers
• Learning: Learning from successes and setbacks
• Delivery: Delivering high standards of health care for our patients and customers
• Improvement: Striving to improve what we do through change and innovation

These values and behaviours are extremely important to us and we expect everyone who works with us in any capacity, including employees, bank staff, contractors, agency staff, students and volunteers to share and uphold these values and behaviours.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Be responsible and accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for patients and their families/carers attending the Hands and Plastic Injury (HAPI) service.
• Participate in the review of patients with hand, soft tissue and burn injuries, delivering specialist wound care and treatments in collaboration with the Hands and Plastic Surgery team.
• Coordinate and provide ambulatory care to patients in the HAPI service, which will include venepuncture, cannulation, risk assessment and administration of intravenous medication.
• Assist the Plastic Surgery team in providing minor surgical procedures to patient in HAPI. This will include preparing surgical equipment and supporting the surgeon as well as documenting and delivering post-operative patient care to patients undergoing a minor procedure under local anaesthetic.
• Facilitate daily meetings with on-call Consultant/team to review referrals to the Plastic Trauma Service, actively discussing and managing referrals with the on-call team, in line with established patient pathways.
• Act as a key point of contact for the Hand & Plastic Trauma Service, which includes the co-ordination, scheduling and communication of patient appointments, diagnostic tests and surgical procedures.
• Participate in local clinical governance activities, such as audits, research, staff teaching/training and quality improvement initiatives as required, with support from the Lead Nurse.
• Confidently utilise a range of IT systems, including (but not limited to) the Oxford Acute Referral System (OARS), theatre booking/scheduling systems and Electronic Patient Records (EPR).
• Adhere to local and Trust-wide protocols, policies and guidelines, consistently acting in accordance with the OUH Trust values.

Person specification

• 12 months experience in an acute / ward setting within the NHS
• Active registration with NMC
• Venepuncture and cannulation competency
• Evidence of experience in wound care / wound management in a role
• Previous experience working in a Plastic Surgery or Burns role (at least 12 months)
• Previous experience in a management / leadership role (at least 12 months)
• Previous experience working in a Specialist Nurse role (at least 12 months)
• Wound management / wound care / burns training or qualification
• Previous experience working in emergency/urgent care setting (at least 12 months)
• Previous role in research or quality improvement projects
• Management or leadership training / qualification
• Previous experience working with trauma / minor injury patients

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Oxford University Hospitalspromotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.

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The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Application numbers

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.

Name Bipanjit Puar Job title Lead Nurse for HAPI clinic Email address bipanjit.puar@ouh.nhs.uk Telephone number 01865 220 967 Additional information Please do not hesistate to email Bipanjit Puar, Eleni Fragkouli (eleni.fragkouli@ouh.nhs.uk) or Claudio Ferreira (claudio.ferreira@ouh.nhs.uk) for more information about the service.

Band 5 NurseandBand 2 Healthcare Support Workerrecruitment iscentralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered fora number of rolesacross the Trust. If you have any questions please email: nursing.careers@ouh.nhs.uk .

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