Outpatient Nurse

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Lightpill; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Outpatient Nurse to support the Outpatients Department, providing patient-centred care and facilitating clinics with a multi-professional team. The post is permanent and part-time (27 hours per week), aligned to NHS standards and preceptorship opportunities.

As a Band 5 nurse, you will work under supervision, administer medications, participate in audits, and contribute to safe staffing and excellent patient experience across 55

Qualifications

• Qualified Band 5 with NMC pin.
• Previous experience of working in a hospital.
• Knowledge of IT systems used in OPD.
• Evidence of working as a team player.
• Experience in outpatient settings is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, patient-centred care to service users and families.
• Lead the department in the absence of a Senior Nurse and maintain safe staffing levels.
• Participate in clinics and perform chaperone duties when required.
• Undertake clinical tasks such as venepuncture, cannulation, ECGs as competent.
• Administer medications as prescribed and ensure accurate record keeping.
• Engage in clinical audits and patient satisfaction surveys.

Skills

NMC pin

Hospital experience

Teamwork

Clinical observations

Chaperone duties

Tools

OPD IT systems

Job description

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Outpatient Nurse

The closing date is 09 November 2026

THIS POST IS OPEN TO internal and external applicants

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 27 hours per week.

The role of the Registered Nurse is to support the efficient running of the Outpatients Department to enable patients to receive care closer to home from visiting Specialists including Nurses, Allied Health Professionals and other Consultants/Registrars in their field of speciality. Staff will help to promote the health and well-being of the Service users, sign posting services users to additional services, providers for health and social care.

We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module "Preceptorship for Healthcare" (AP7026).

Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.

Main duties of the job

Deliver a safe and effective patient centred care to our service users, their families and carers

Ensure the clinical care requirements of patients are communicated effectively.

To lead the team in the overall running of the department in the absence of a Senior Nurse on duty and ensuring safe staffing levels - including informing senior staff/managers of any problems and providing solutions.

Participate in clinics, acting as a chaperone when required.

Undertake assessments and making onward appropriate referrals.

To be competent in the administration of medications as prescribed by Consultants.

Responsible for ensuring patients records are kept up to date, accurate and in line with the Trust's Record Keeping Policy.

Undertake Link Worker training and act as a Link worker for a specific role (e.g. Basic Life Support, Infection Control, Fire etc.) and support the HCAs training. This includes attending meetings pertaining to their speciality on behalf of their Team and disseminating information back via Team meetings.

Undertake clinical audits to identify and improve patient safety and care.

To undertake Patient satisfaction surveys.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

• Perform and record clinical observations including blood pressure, temperature, respirations, pulse
• Undertake clinical tasks including venepuncture, cannulation, ECGs appropriate to competence and setting
• Demonstrate understanding of caring for individuals with particular conditions for example dementia, mental illness, learning disabilities
• Engage in reflective practice including management of self and reflection on own reactions, asking questions and reflecting on answers given
• Signposting patients to services which may be of benefit to their wellbeing, promoting community connections and make best use of local assets.
• To administer medications in accordance with NMC code.
• Demonstrate knowledge of clinical audit and clinical effectiveness

This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the Governments UK VISA and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information please visit https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

Person Specification

Prevous experience of working in a hospital

• Qualified Band 5 with and NMC pin number
• Previous experience of working in a hospital
• Knowledge of IT systems used in OPD
• Evidence of working as a team player
• Previous experience of working in an Outpatient setting
• Working as a team
• Knowledge of IT systems used in Outpatients
• Evidence of on-going training and development

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.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

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