Registered Nurse

The key activities/roles for this post in relation to the fracture clinics include, but are not limited to, supporting the effective running of clinic both from the plaster room and/or the clinic base. In terms of plaster room activity, the postholder will be expected to undertake and assist in the application of plaster casts for fractured bones (once competent), undertake wound assessments and wound care when required (including suture removal), offer advice to colleagues (registered & non-registered) and patients regarding wounds/wound care, provide information surrounding the care of casts, administer medications as necessary (analgesia, anticoagulants, Entonox), give medication advice (such as VTE and anticoagulants), be involved in the ordering of necessary consumables used in the plaster room. Role activities in relation to other clinics include, but again are not limited to, chaperoning in clinic, undertaking and documenting physiological observations to aid the Doctors in the direct care of patients (such as height, weight, blood pressure), being actively involved in the care of unwell patients when necessary and supporting their colleagues in these events, carrying out investigations within the department such as phlebotomy or urinalysis/pregnancy testing or sign-posting patients to other department when the investigations are external to the department for example X-ray or ECG. The post holder will also be expected (once competent) to undertake Wound assessment/wound care in the other clinics that require it as part of the patient journey for those clinics for example vascular or plastics. The registered nurse, once competent, may also assist Doctors with procedures in clinic, such as Skin/Tissue biopsy, See & Treat clinics and Banding as part of the colorectal clinic and offer post-procedure care/advice to the patient once the procedure is complete. The Registered Nurse is also necessary to ensure staff staffing levels across the full working / operational times of the department. The post-holder will also be expected to support both medical and nursing students who may be on placement/education days in the department, helping them to have a positive experience of the Outpatient environment. Registered nurses within the outpatient department act as role models and are a source of support and leadership for their junior and/or non-registered colleagues, undertaking annual appraisals with a small number of junior colleagues, and being involved in wellbeing activity/tasks with the same small group of junior colleagues; it is expected that on occasion the registered nurse may co-ordinate the department as the senior nurse.