Nurse Associate - ADCU
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Join the Admission and Day Case Unit (ADCU) at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Birmingham. Where Compassion Meets Excellence.
Are you looking to join a dynamic, supportive team in a fast-paced clinical environment that truly values high-quality patient care? The Admission and Day Case Unit (ADCU) is a friendly, forward-thinking 20-bedded unit dedicated to both day cases and inpatient admissions. Our state-of-the-art facility includes 8 consultation rooms and a comfortable 20-chair waiting area, all designed to support a smooth, patient-centred experience.
We care for a diverse range of patients, including those undergoing joint replacements, spinal procedures, oncology treatments, and small joint surgeries. Our patients range in age from 17 to the elderly, and we're proud to play a vital role in helping them on their journey to better mobility and improved quality of life.
At ADCU, nursing excellence is at the heart of everything we do. Our team has made significant strides in developing robust and efficient clinical pathways, ensuring that every patient receives outstanding care from admission to discharge. We're passionate about continuous improvement, and we're always pushing ourselves to go further, for our patients and for each other.
Main duties of the job
Safe care of pre and post operative patients recovering from a variety of orthopaedic surgeries. Appropriate escalation of concern.
Pain management and medicines administrations according to NMC guidance and local policy.
Effective communication with both patients and staff.
Co-ordinating care with ward based therapy teams. Facilitating ward based investigations and procedures.
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to achieve best patient outcomes.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC PIN Nurse associate
Desirable
- NMC held or pending
- Evidence of Post graduation training
Relevant Experience
Essential
- Orthopaedic or oncology experience during training
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable
- Evidence of orthopaedic or oncology experience during trainig or post graduation
- Recent acute hospital experience.
Knowledge
Essential
- Basic understanding of common procedures carried out in a day case unit (e.g., minor surgeries, scopes, infusions).
- Knowledge of vital signs monitoring and early identification of patient deterioration (e.g., NEWS2).
- Knowledge of the changing NHS, clinical governance.
- Supervision of the care of a group of patients.
Desirable
- Knowledge of the patient journey from admission to discharge in a same-day care setting.
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, verbal, written and listening.
- Self-motivated to develop personal learning and skills.
- Able to prioritise workload.
- Able to work under pressure.
About the employer
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest specialist orthopaedic units in Europe. We offer planned orthopaedic surgery to people locally, nationally and internationally.
Our Trust is a very special hospital; big enough to deliver world class services and small enough to offer exceptional patient and staff experience. We offer a working experience unique in the West Midlands and we're always on the lookout for passionate people to join our award-winning team.
The ROH is an equal opportunities employer. We employ people of difference and are committed to growing an inclusive culture, where difference is celebrated, and people feel able to bring their whole and authentic self to work.
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a range of inclusive, family friendly and flexible working arrangements and policies, to support our people in the workplace. Flexible working requests will be considered.
The Trust is committed to the Disability Confident Interview Scheme and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy and consider them on their abilities.
If you have a disability and need any support with your application or require any reasonable adjustments to be implemented please do get in touch with the Recruiting Manager for this position so that the team can support you.