Endoscopy Pre-assessment Nurse

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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Banbury, Oxfordshire

Full time
Permanent
Onsite working

Posted 1 week ago, 13 Dec | Get your application in now before you're too late!

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job Ref: 376787dd986441e4a0e7a287459b8fa7

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Provide, specialist nursing expertise, facilitating evidence-based patient-centred care and assessment for a defined caseload of pre-assessment patients.
To co-ordinate patients throughout their pre-assessment pathway, with a high level of input into the management and care of patients prior to admission for specified procedures.
To act as a resource and to provide education for patients and health care
Carry out relevant forms of care without direct supervision, working effectively within the multi-disciplinary team
To support of all members of staff within endoscopy, including students of nursing/visiting healthcare professionals
To suggest improvements in care provision, recognising and challenging poor practice, raising concerns to the relevant agencies where appropriate.
Ensure that the nursing philosophy of care for Endoscopy is reflected in practice.
, To ensure provision of a high standard of nursing care to patients attending the Endoscopy Unit working within agreed policies and procedures.
To act as a liaison link with Specialist nurses and contribute to work involved in clinical trials - for example, data collection
Collaborates and consults with the multi-professional health care team and the patient, communicating very sensitive, complex information.
Uses highly developed communication skills to provide guidance, advice and support to the patient .
Whilst communicating complex, sensitive, sometimes distressing information to patient, is able to identify and overcome barriers to patient understanding
Provides verbal and written information to patient, to enable them to give informed consent for treatment, using specialist knowledge.
Establishes partnerships with patients/carers and communicates with them, sometimes in highly distressing or emotional circumstances
Provides, receives, interprets and communicates complex information with a range of health care personnel
Act as patients advocate, ensuring that informed consent, privacy and dignity are maintained (NMC)
Carry out health promotion within job role utilising information leaflets and networking with other specialist healthcare staff around the Trust where necessary
Critically reflect on own performance through supervision/action learning
To maintain active status on the NMC register.

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 four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu

Endoscopy Pre-assessment Nurse

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