Hands and Plastic Injury Specialist Nurse

Integrated Care System; Oxford; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Integrated Care System is seeking a Hands and Plastic Injury Specialist Nurse for the Plastics Trauma Service at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. The role involves coordinating patient care and supervising the HAPI Clinic, which includes performing assessments, assisting with minor operations, and managing referrals. Ideal candidates will have strong problem-solving skills and a background in Plastic Surgery and urgent care. Opportunities for further training and professional development are provided.

Qualifications

• 6 months post registration experience in ward/urgent care/acute setting.
• Active registration with the NMC.
• Competency in venepuncture/cannulation is essential.
• Experience in basic wound care is required.
• Previous experience/training in Plastic Surgery is necessary.
• Evidence of working as a specialist nurse is needed.
• Evidence of mentorship qualification/supporting students is desirable.
• Previous experience/training in emergency or urgent care is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and supervise the daily running of the HAPI Clinic.
• Deliver specialist care to patients with hand and soft tissue injuries.
• Act as a key point of contact within the Plastic Surgery Trauma Service.
• Manage referrals to the Plastic Trauma Service in collaboration with the on-call team.
• Conduct daily clinical reviews and provide ambulatory care within the HAPI service.
• Assist with minor surgical procedures and ensure high standards of care.

Skills

Competency in venepuncture/cannulation

Experience in basic wound care

Previous experience/training in Plastic Surgery

Evidence of working as a specialist nurse

Evidence of mentorship qualification/supporting students

Previous experience/training in emergency or urgent care

Education

Active registration with the NMC

6 months post registration experience in ward/urgent care/acute setting

Job description

Go back Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Hands and Plastic Injury Specialist Nurse

The closing date is 06 August 2025

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen within the Plastics Trauma Service for a Specialist Nurse based in theHands and Plastic Injury (HAPI) Clinic. The HAPI Clinic is an urgent care facility at the John Radcliffe Hospital, providing specialist Plastic Surgery assessment, treatment, including minor operations, and ambulatory care to patients across Oxfordshire. HAPI Clinic operates daily from 07:30 to 18:00, including weekends and bank holidays, with the Ambulatory Care service provided until 20:00 each day.

As a Specialist Nurse in the HAPI Clinic, you will be responsible for coordinating the care of patients referred to the emergency Plastic Surgery service and oversee the day-to-day running of the clinic. You will assess and provide specialist care to patients with acute hand and soft tissue injuries, including burns, and assist with minor operations in our designated procedure suite. In addition, the post holder will act as the key point of contact within the Hands and Plastic Trauma Service, actively coordinating care.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and flexible individual with a genuine interest in Plastic Surgery and urgent care. The role requires strong problem-solving skills and initiative to ensure high standards of care. Further specialist training and professional development opportunities will be provided as part of the role.

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, including children.
• Act as a role model and key point of contact within the Plastic Surgery Trauma Service, consistently promoting the Trust values.
• Coordinate and manage referrals to the Plastic Trauma Service in close collaboration with the on-call Plastic Surgery team

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

• Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for patients and their families/carers attending the HAPI Clinic and Ambulatory Care Service. This includes the provision of care to children and young adults.
• Undertake daily clinical reviews of Plastic Surgery patients, delivering specialist wound care and treatments in collaboration with the Hands and Plastic Surgery team.
• Coordinate and provide ambulatory care within the HAPI service, including venepuncture, cannulation and patient assessment.
• Assist the Plastic Surgery team with minor surgical procedures in HAPI, including the preparation of surgical equipment, intraoperative assistance, documentation and delivery of post-operative care for patients having a minor plastics procedure under local anaesthetic.
• Facilitate daily meetings to review referrals to the Plastic Trauma Service, actively discussing and managing referrals with the on-call Consultant, in line with established care pathways.
• Act as a key point of contact for the 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, including audits, research activities, staff teaching/training and quality improvement initiatives 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 scheduler 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

Essential and desirable

• 6 month post registratation experience in ward/urgent care/acute setting
• Active registration with the NMC
• Competency in venepuncture/cannulation
• Experience in basic wound care
• Previous experience/training in Plastic Surgery
• Evidence of working as a specialist nurse
• Evidence of mentorship qualification / supporting students
• Previous experience/training in emergency or urgent care

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.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper annum pro rata