Staff Nurse (Orthopaedic Trauma Unit)

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; Old Warren; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Preceptorship programme

Advanced trauma teaching & SDs

Two-week ward induction

Job summary

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 Staff Nurse for the Orthopaedic Trauma Unit in Reading. The role involves caring for trauma, spinal, head and polytrauma patients with a strong emphasis on early rehabilitation and postoperative care.

The unit works with a dedicated trauma team and offers ward teaching, an advanced trauma nurse team, and opportunities for level 6 & 7 courses linked to local universities. A two-week induction and preceptorship are provided.

Qualifications

• Experience in NHS acute clinical setting
• Experience in Trauma/Orthopaedics advantageous
• Commitment to CPD and professional development

Responsibilities

• Undertake and record comprehensive nursing assessment and planning.
• Deliver and evaluate high standards of evidence-based nursing care.
• Teach and supervise junior staff and students; act as role model within a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Trauma nursing

Orthopaedic nursing

Education

Registered Nurse - part 1

Current NMC registration

CPD evidence

Job description

Band 5 Staff Nurse (Orthopaedic Trauma Unit)

PLEASE NOTE: Sponsorship is not normally available for this vacancy - applicants must have the right-to-work in the UK for this role by their proposed start date.

Are you an outstanding registered nurse who enjoys working in a diverse, exciting and rewarding clinical area?

Do you like that no two days are ever the same?

Do you have a passion for trauma, spinal injury, head injury and poly trauma patients?

If yes, the Trauma Unit is for you!

We offer great opportunities to develop your career. We hold weekly ward teaching sessions alongside consultant-led teaching. We have an advanced trauma nurse team who hold regular teaching on traction and spinal injuries, bi-yearly trauma specific SDs.

We also offer further development by offering level 6 & 7 courses linked to the local universities. There is a preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses, supported by the trust.

We also have opportunities for link roles if you have a passion in a certain area of nursing and can offer training in that area to improve your role.

Experience (through placement or employment) of working in an NHS acute clinical setting is required.

Main duties of the job

We have an exciting opportunity for a staff nurse to join our friendly, professional, successful and outstanding team.

The Trauma Unit cares for patients during an unplanned admission.

We provide pre & postoperative care, early rehabilitation alongside conservative treatments for our patients.

The trauma team works closely with the dedicated fractured neck of femur unit, collaborating across specialities including ortho-geriatricians, medical and surgical teams.

We ensure that all of our staff are supported in the working environment by always having a band 6 SSN on duty during the day, and during some night shifts.

We have a supervisory band 7 Sister and an active practice education team who can work alongside staff as required.

We offer a two week supernumerary induction programme on the ward to help new staff settle into our team.

About us

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our Trust "CARE" values:Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Job responsibilities

The post-holder is responsible for undertaking and recording comprehensive nursing assessment and planning, delivering and evaluating high standards of evidenced-based nursing care to a diverse group of patients.

Deliver care without direct supervision and be accountable for the care delivered and any omissions of care.

Teach and supervise more junior staff, students and the non-registered nursing workforce.

Be accountable for care or any omissions of care that you delegate to others.

Act as role model, delivering care with empathy and compassion as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details of the job role.

Person Specification

Orthopaedic experience

• Experience of working in the Trauma and Orthopaedic setting (either through placement or employment)

Qualifications/Training

• Registered Nurse - part 1
• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of recent continuous professional development

Experience

• Experience (through placement or employment) of working in an NHS acute clinical setting

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.