Clinical Nurse Specialist - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Job overview

King's Maxillofacial Team are looking for an experienced Maxillofacial nurse to work in this area. The role will involve utilising your knowledge and skills to develop a specialist nursing role for the care group. You will be working alongside the multi-professional team with patients at the centre of all you do.

We are looking for a dynamic individual with excellent clinical, communication and teaching skills, who will lead quality and safe care while implementing new ways of working to support our patients.

If this sounds like you, then please do apply, promoting your vision as a clinical nurse specialist in this area and how you and this role will contribute to a positive patient experience and  service development or redesign.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of safe and effective care. They will develop speciality nursing expertise and improve the quality of care.

• To deliver and promote high quality evidence based care to maxillofacial patients, within the outpatient and in patient setting.
• To be an autonomous practitioner with the ability to manage, organise and evaluate own workload and clinics.
• To undertake pre-operative and post-operative assessment, including clinical examination and history taking, cannulation, phlebotomy and initiate treatment and investigations as applicable and as per protocol.
• To work towards prescribing standard drugs according to Trust Policy
• To be responsible for reviewing, auditing and improving the quality of care delivered.
• To provide clinical and professional leadership and expertise in maxillofacial nursing.
• To co-ordinate and streamline the provision of services for patients throughout their treatment ensuring continuity of care.
• To co-ordinate repatriation/discharge of patients to other health care institutions as necessary.
• To act as a resource point of contact for maxillofacial patients and their families.
• To liaise effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• To carry out administrative duties to facilitate service provision and processes.

To participate in the maxillofacial and Trauma multi-disciplinary meetings, and support junior doctors in the clinical environment as required

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level. 

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.