Staff Nurse – Orthopaedic Rehab

This ward will now include the post operative care of Orthopaedic, Elective and Emergency Surgical patients transferred from Southport District General Hospital, as part of their recovery pathway.

The successful applicants will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge and clinical skills within the clinical setting with support of our dedicated nursing team in Planned Care at Ormskirk.

Whether you are an experienced nurse who is looking for a new challenge or a newly qualified nurse at the beginning of your career pathway we have the role for you.

This opportunity, on the Ormskirk site will enhance your professional development through evidence-based practice alongside offering a programme of support in your induction and ongoing training.

There is also opportunity to work on our elective orthopaedic ward.

You will find working within our Planned Care Teams at Ormskirk extremely rewarding as we are dedicated to providing the best possible care and experience to all our patients.

You will be joining our Trust at an exciting time as we grow and improve our services on our elective site. If you know you are ready to make a positive difference and contribution to its future this job is for you.

You Will Be Required To

• Care for our patients and support their ongoing management and safe discharge
• Work closely with dedicated therapy staff
• Continue professionally developing and providing evidence based practice

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Louise Appleby Job title: Ward Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01695 656603