Job overview

A unique opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and experienced Head and Neck Nurse to work within our department service at LNWH NHS Trust.

The role offers the rare opportunity for staff to work both within the hospital setting. You will be supported by an experienced team including Team Leaders, Clinical Nurse Manager and Matron. The variety of settings offers different learning opportunities as well as a chance to develop management skills.

Each area brings with it a different focus allowing you the opportunity to expand your CV.

If you have any or all of the following qualities please apply for this post:

Proactive with a caring, positive mental attitude?

Focused on your skill development and open to new ways of working?

Driven and enthusiastic with a mind-set that means you are happy to do whatever task is necessary to make the service work?

Keen to join a superb team where career development and opportunities are available for those wishing to expand their skills?

A confident communicator with a passion for helping people?

A committed team player who always acts with integrity and takes accountability?

Have a good nature, be meticulous and patient?

Be proactive and have exceptional attention to detail?

Have a high level of compliance with infection control?

Be able to provide a high level of patient care?

Have excellent patient record keeping?

Manage Stock Control?

Be presentable?

Main duties of the job

Communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients. Their relative/carers, nurse colleagues and members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure care is delivered in an accurate and efficient manner.

To have good communication skills in verbal, formal documentation and electronic (IT) sources and with all members of the nursing, multidisciplinary team, patients and families.

Working in partnership with the patients and family another healthcare professionals in care/discharge planning

Involve patients and carers/family in their care to ensure accurate information and establish good communication.

Identify, discuss and report any relevant nursing/patient needs with the teams/ward staff and patients.

Receives sensitive information regarding patients medical condition at handover between staff.

Recognize the legal implications of nursing documentation therefore maintaining accurate records.

Accept responsibilities; be aware and able to locate all policies relation to good work practice within the clinical area and enable to adhere to both by self and colleagues.

Maintain accurate and legible records of patient care in line with Trust Policies and NMC Code of Conduct.

Adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct and Trust Policies pertaining to patient confidentiality/the Data Protection Act/Caldicott Recommendations. 

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.