Treatment Room Nurse

Provide evidence-based nursing care

within Treatment Rooms, including wound management, dressings, sutures, and

post-operative care.

Carry out clinical assessments,

triage, and escalation to senior staff or other services as appropriate.

Maintain accurate, timely patient

records in line with professional and organisational standards.

Promote infection prevention and

control, ensuring safe use of equipment and adherence to policies.

Provide health promotion, advice, and

education to patients and carers to encourage self-care and independence.

Work collaboratively with GPs,

community nurses, and other healthcare professionals to ensure continuity of

care.

Supervise and support junior staff,

students, and healthcare assistants as required.

Contribute

to service development and quality improvement initiatives within the Treatment

Room service.

Job Purpose

The post holder actively supports the Treatment

Room Service by undertaking responsibility for delegated patients within a

clinical setting.

Undertakes the assessment, planning and

evaluation of patients care needs.

Liaises with the Treatment Room Coordinator and Treatment Room

Team Leader to ensure information sharing in relation to patient

care / changes to care plan and the continuity of care and reviewing of

complex care packages.

Mentoring, Teaching and Assessing.

Liaises with all health care professionals and

other agencies to ensure effective service delivery.

Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical

To promote the health

and well-being within the family unit and community as a whole.

Perform comprehensive

assessment of patient nursing needs as the named nurse.

Plan, assess and evaluate programmes of care

according to changing health needs under the direction of the wound care specialist

Nurse.

To support the team leader in the co-ordination

of complex and continuing care.

Maintain accurate records in accordance with

NMC.

Attend a multi-disciplinary case conference as

the named nurse if appropriate.

To communicate and

collaborate with other members of the PHCT, voluntary and statutory

organisations to support individual patient care.

To establish and

maintain effective communication with patients, relatives and carers in complex

and potentially challenging situations.

To competently

perform clinical skills related to the post.

To be professionally

responsible for a delegated caseload under the supervision of the Treatment

Room Team Leader.

To assess health

needs at individual, practice and community level.

To undertake chronic

disease management reviews using appropriate template.

To work without direct supervision.

Managerial

To access support from the Treatment Room

Coordinator within the group for the day-to-day workload in the absence of the Team

Leader.

Clinical Governance

Support clinical supervision within the team.

Maintain professional portfolio that demonstrates evidence

of on-going professional development.

Ensure that practice is evidence based through undertaking

audit and critically appraising literature.

Maintain clinical standards through reflective practice and

clinical supervision.

Conduct. Scope of Professional

Practice. Administrations of

Medicines. Records and Record keeping.

Identify any limitations/gaps in professional or clinical

Contribute to the development of and implementation of

policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work.

Promote peoples equality, diversity and rights.

Teaching and

Learning

Act as a mentor for pre-registration nursing students.

Support the development of the nursing team by teaching and

assessing junior members of the team including nursing auxiliaries.

Undertake mandatory in-house training and other training

that supports the role.

Access clinical supervision.

Undertake training that is specific to the post.

Teaching of patients / carers and other professionals to

support patients to maintain their optimum level of independence.

Personal Issue

Participate in the PDP process.

To adhere to all Trust Policies.

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM) serves more than one million residents across the Halton and Warrington boroughs and the wider North West region.

Bringing together community and out-of-hospital services (formerly provided by Bridgewater Community Healthcare) with inpatient and elective care (formerly Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals) we provide services at two hospital sites and more than 70 community hubs and facilities.

Our mission, vision and values are at the heart of North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (NCM).

They underpin everything we do and everything we aspire to be as an organisation.

Our mission

We will be exceptional for our patients, our communities and each other

Our vision

We will be a great organisation providing excellent healthcare and opportunities to work and learn

Our values

Right to Work

Relationships

Experience

Skills and Knowledge

Qualifications

Job Specific Requirements