Staff Nurse - Fracture Clinic Southport

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and dedicated Registered Nurse to join our team in Fracture Clinic.

The successful applicant will work in our diverse department, taking responsibility for the delivery of safe, excellent care to our patients. Excellent organisational and communication skills are essential, as they will be expected to act as a clinical role model to other staff and to work effectively with the large MDT within the department. The successful candidate will work well under pressure and be able to demonstrate excellent clinical and leadership skills.

In return we will continually invest in them, giving opportunities to work with a wide range of specialities and to learn and maintain valuable nursing skills. Development is encouraged and this is a friendly and welcoming team, who will help to make the transition to this new post a smooth one.

Our Department covers both Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals and at times, the post holder may be expected to work across both sites to meet the demands of the service., Leading a team of Nursing and HCAs in fracture clinic and providing a high quality service to our patients, by ensuring the smooth and steady flow of the department by following local policies and SOPs.

Leading in the nurse-led dressings clinic.

Taking an active role in the mentorship of our Student Nurses and development of junior staff.

To actively promote quality improvement within the department.

Participation in audit.

To co-ordinate in the department in the absence of the Department Manager and Sister.

Safe handling of patient information in line with local and national policies.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme