Staff Nurse - ENT and Maxillofacial Outpatient Department

Act as patient /carer advocate at all times. To work unsupervised, providing nursing care to patients attending the department, referring to other health care professionals as necessary. To prioritise care and delegate workload and lounge activities appropriately. To effectively and professionally deal with emergency situations. The post is for cross site working at PRH, RACH or RSCH; therefore, the post holder must be prepared to work on any site. To ensure safe practice regarding moving and handling, sharps and infection control etc. Identify and report clinical and non-clinical incidents, taking appropriate action as necessary. Raising Datix when required. To ensure that confidentiality of patient information is maintained, and that written documentation is complete and up to date. Professionally responsible to ensure the post holders practice adheres to all clinic, trust and national policies and procedures that are determined by others. To have appropriate clinical and professional
insight to acknowledge own clinical boundaries and limitations and to work within the Nursing and Midwifery Council [NMC]) codes of practice. To ensure, at all times, responsible and safe use of clinic / trust equipment and resources but the post holder will not have any direct budgetary responsibility. Required to have a personal duty of care for handling patients valuables. Required to use own initiative, take responsibility for decision-making and prioritise own workload within a team context. Required to bring to the attention of appropriate managers/supervisors where workloads/pressures become such that an appropriate level of safe and effective patient care cannot be maintained, before the situation becomes untenable. Able to provide advice, demonstrate own activities or workplace routines to visitors to the department such as student nurses. To ensure that all nurse-led practice falls within NMC Guidelines and within approved University Hospital Sussex (UHS) NHS Foundation Trust
Guidelines in line with vicarious liability. Able to exercise initiative when dealing with issues within own specialist area of competence. Please see attached Job Description for full details.