Hands and Plastic Injury Specialist Nurse

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

7/24/2025

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen within the Plastics Trauma Service for a Specialist Nurse based in the Hands and Plastic Injury (HAPI) Clinic. The HAPI Clinic is an urgent care facility at the John Radcliffe Hospital, providing specialist Plastic Surgery assessment, treatment, including minor operations, and ambulatory care to patients across Oxfordshire. HAPI Clinic operates daily from 07:30 to 18:00, including weekends and bank holidays, with the Ambulatory Care service provided until 20:00 each day.

As a Specialist Nurse in the HAPI Clinic, you will be responsible for coordinating the care of patients referred to the emergency Plastic Surgery service and oversee the day-to-day running of the clinic. You will assess and provide specialist care to patients with acute hand and soft tissue injuries, including burns, and assist with minor operations in our designated procedure suite. In addition, the post holder will act as the key point of contact within the Hands and Plastic Trauma Service, actively coordinating care.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and flexible individual with a genuine interest in Plastic Surgery and urgent care. The role requires strong problem-solving skills and initiative to ensure high standards of care. Further specialist training and professional development opportunities will be provided as part of the role.

• Coordinate and supervise the daily running of the Hands and Plastics Injuries (HAPI) Clinic, which includes the ambulatory care service and minor operations (HAPI MOPS).
• Work at an enhanced level as a Specialist Nurse in Plastic Surgery, undertaking comprehensive assessments and delivering specialist care to patients with hand and soft tissue injuries, including children.
• Act as a role model and key point of contact within the Plastic Surgery Trauma Service, consistently promoting the Trust values.
• Coordinate and manage referrals to the Plastic Trauma Service in close collaboration with the on-call Plastic Surgery team
  
  

Over a thousand patients and colleagues assisted us in developing a set of values that will help us achieve our ambition of delivering compassionate excellence. To help us live out those values in our work, we have defined the types of behaviours that will either ensure we met the high standards we have set.

These Are The Values That Should Characterise All That We Do And Our Behaviours With Our Patients And Families And Each Other. Our Values And Expected Behaviours Are

• Compassion: Putting patients at the heart of what we do and recognising different needs
• Respect: Encouraging a spirit of support, integrity, respect and teamwork
• Excellence: Taking pride in the quality of care we provide for our patients and customers
• Learning: Learning from successes and setbacks
• Delivery: Delivering high standards of health care for our patients and customers
• Improvement: Striving to improve what we do through change and innovation
  
  

These values and behaviours are extremely important to us and we expect everyone who works with us in any capacity, including employees, bank staff, contractors, agency staff, students and volunteers to share and uphold these values and behaviours.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Bipanjit Puar Job title: Lead Nurse for HAPI clinic Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01865 220 967

Please do not hesistate to email Bipanjit Puar, Eleni Fragkouli ([email protected]) or Claudio Ferreira ([email protected]) for more information about the service.