Triage Practitioner - St Helens, United Kingdom - St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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St Helens, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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An exciting and challenging opportunity has become available for a Band 3 Triage Practitioner.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring immediate care to the relevant patient group and will work within the pre-operative assessment and admission service.

We are a busy department assessing all patients undergoing surgery, many with multiple co-morbidities.

You will work closely with a wide MDT, including other hospitals and GP services to ensure a smooth, safe and positive journey for all our patients.

We also support weekly Anaesthetics clinics, for complex patient assessment and planning.

You will be able to provide initial direct patient care. You will be expected to perform a variety of roles that include performing routine observations, swabbing, ECG, Phlebotomy etc.

You will be assisting the team and will work within a 'buddy' system with a senior colleague to ensure patients are fully optimized and fit for surgery, whilst high standards of quality of care are delivered and maintained.

You will work autonomously and be a team player who works flexibly in order to deliver the highest quality care to our patients.

You will be enthusiastic, innovative with excellent communications skills along with a willingness to contribute to the improvement and development of services within pre op.

We provide this service Monday to Sunday which includes late night clinics.

You will be expected to undergo the required training for ECG, Phlebotomy and care certificate.

Triage a set template of patents

Perform height / weight and urinanyalsis

Pre Op health check patients

Perform phlebotomy

perform ECG

Clinic prep


St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and one of the few in the entire country, to achieve the title of OUTSTANDING, rated by the Care Quality Commission.


We provide a full range of acute adult services to our local population of circa 360,000 and provide tertiary services across a much wider area in the North West, North Wales and Isle of Man.

We are a Major Trauma Unit and the Mersey Regional Burns Unit.


Our '5 Star Patient Care' strategy is at the heart of all that we do; supporting our vision to provide world class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time.


Our latest achievements include:


  • Acute Trust of the Year
  • HSJ Awards November 201
  • Trust rates Outstanding by the CQC
  • Inspection August 201
  • Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers and Health Service Journal)
  • Best acute Trust in the North West for quality of care (NHS Staff Survey 2021)
  • Best place to work in the North West (NHS Staff Survey 2021)
In the NHS Staff Survey 2021 the Trust scored the highest marks in the North West for the following areas;

  • Standard of care
  • Best place to work
  • Care of patients being the Trust's priority
  • Staff engagement
  • Staff morale
  • Compassionate and inclusive
  • Providing a safe environment for staff

KEY DUTIES
To ensure that privacy and dignity of patients is paramount and is not compromised.


To ensure that all patient information is confidential and is not disclosed to a third party except with permission of the Nurse in Charge.

To report any untoward incidents/occurrences via the datix system

To ensure that all patient care is delivered with the highest degree of professionalism.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES


To be able to provide care and emotional support to patients and their relatives who are planned admissions for general Anaesthetics surgical procedures.


To participate in the holistic pre-operative assessment of patients, to recognize and organize individual patient care needs and to be able to manage own workload and prioritize care.


Make appropriate observations of physical, emotional and psychological state of an individual and report any abnormalities to the relevant practitioner.

Complete relevant documentation as per protocol.

To develop own knowledge/practice and have willingness to learn new skills.

To contribute to the setting, maintaining and monitoring of pre-operative assessment modernization standards within the unit.

To have responsibility for the security and maintenance of equipment belonging to the unit.

To demonstrate awareness of Infection control policies and procedures


ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES


Ensure patient records are kept up to date and accurate and recording is done in line with Trust policies and procedures.

TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSBILITIES

To attend and manage own competencies, actively ensure that you are up to date with e-Learning, on line training and bar code training

To participate in an annual performance review undertaken with the Manager to identify personal development needs.


To participate in the teaching of bank staff and colleagues through the in-service training of health care assistants, and to participate in the induction of new starters.

RESEARCH & AUDIT

To commence and
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