Orthopaedic Staff Nurse; Newly Qualified Nurses

Job Overview

Trauma and Orthopaedics is recruiting! Working with us at Frimley Health will give you the chance to deliver care you can be proud of! We work closely as a Multi-disciplinary Team working alongside orthopaedic surgeons, our team of ward-based Ortho- geriatricians, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapist and trauma nurse practitioners, all striving to provide the highest standards of clinical excellence.

Trauma and Orthopaedics is recruiting! Working with us at Frimley Health will give you the chance to deliver care you can be proud of! We work closely as a Multi-disciplinary Team working alongside orthopaedic surgeons, our team of ward-based Ortho- geriatricians, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapist and trauma nurse practitioners, all striving to provide the highest standards of clinical excellence. Once you are settled onto one of our orthopaedic wards there are a number of opportunities available that allow for development and exciting career progression.

Our credited orthopaedic module provides the opportunity to develop further specialist skills such as the nurse-led facia iliac block service Frimley Park Hospital provides patients who have suffered fractured neck of femur. Whilst the opportunity to complete our Spinal Course at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital will set you up with skills to treat our most complex patients.

There are plenty of opportunities to develop within orthopaedics, being supported in the completion of our ward based orthopaedic competency document. This guides you through your first few months on the ward, ensuring you have the right set of specialist skills to best care for our varied patient group. From learning how to care for spinal patients to those with complex fractures and everything in between, you will have the opportunity to shadow our trauma nurse practitioners as well as spend some time in other orthopaedic specialist areas such as theatres, fracture clinic and spinal injuries whilst becoming competent in delivering high quality care.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance;

this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

For a detailed list of tasks and responsibilities please refer to the job description/person specification attached.

Essential criteria

• Registered general nurse
• Current (or pending) NMC registration

Desirable criteria

• Undertaking or completed further academic study
• Relevant specialist course
• Mentorship qualification

Essential criteria

• Experience with working with multidisciplinary teams
• Awareness of current professional nursing issues
• Awareness of Fractured neck of Femur Patient care pathway

Desirable criteria

• Able to train and supervise junior staff
• Experience of caring for elderly patients with dementia
• Post registration Acute experience

Essential criteria

• Effective written communication skills
• Proven leadership and organisational skills, utilising own initiative in prioritising and decision making.

Desirable criteria

• Advanced IT Skills

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the…