Trauma Nurse Coordinator – Trauma and Orthopaedics

Job overview

This is an exciting time for the Trauma and Orthopaedics Clinical Nurse Specialist and Specialty Support Nurse Team at CUH as we have a new Band 6 post providing an opportunity for the right candidate to come and join us!

Our dynamic, motivated team of specialist nurses work across both inpatient and outpatient settings.

We aim to provide ongoing professional development and are proud of our in-house and local university education opportunities associated with this role. This clinically based role requires you to complete the Level 7 Advanced Clinical Assessment Skills university module with support from the Trust.

We deliver support and training and are a resource for both patients and staff including the wider MDT. We are responsible for managing the discharge advice line to triage and address patient concerns. We also facilitate teaching to patients in hip and knee classes and provide drop in sessions and bootcamps for staff of all bands to enhance their existing knowledge and clinical skills.

The trauma coordinator role specifically involves regular coordination and communications with theatre staff and surgeons to ensure a smooth journey for planned surgery. We coordinate all trauma activity in both inpatient and outpatient setting – arranging admissions from home and those in hospital and ensuring the patients are kept informed of any changes.

Main duties of the job

We work closely with the on call team on a daily basis to help support and plan any admissions that will need surgery and liaise with the appropriate surgical team for theatre planning.

We attend the daily trauma post take meeting and ward rounds to ensure we have a forward plan for new patients.

Part of the TNC role is to support clinics including the multi-professional virtual fracture clinic and update the patients following this.

The trauma coordinator role can be very busy though equally it is very rewarding when patients have a good outcome and can commence recovery for their injuries.

This is an exciting and varied role for the right candidate; we are looking for a self- motivated, enthusiastic nurse with experience in Trauma and Orthopaedics who is keen to expand their knowledge and skills

If you are keen to discuss further we would be pleased to hear from you. Please contact: [email protected] , [email protected] , [email protected] or [email protected].

Working for our organisation

Come Nurse with us…

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?

• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

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A welcome subsidy of £1000 is available to all Band 5 and Band 6 Nurses, Midwives, ODPs and Radiographers and Band 5 Orthoptists taking up substantive employment with the Trust.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 5 September 2024

Interviews are due to be held o 17 September 2024

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered nurse.
• Relevant experience in surgery
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Teaching or mentoring qualification
• Post registration qualification in speciality or willingness to complete

Desirable criteria

Degree

• Research Module

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate expert nursing skills
• Evidence of mentorship/preceptorship roles
• Accept personal accountability for own practice
• Experience of formal/informal teaching
• Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding of evidence based practice
• Understanding of Clinical Governance
• Understanding and knowledge of specialist field

Skills

Essential criteria

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
• Adaptable to changing situations due to both workload and colleagues needs
• Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients
• Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time management.
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Commitment to multidisciplinary working.

Desirable criteria

• Assertiveness/perceptive counselling skills
• Documentation, audit and presentation skills
• Leadership Skills

Additional Requirements

Essential criteria

• To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct
• Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic institutions.
• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
• Employer certification / accreditation badges

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