Soft tissue and Surgery ward nurse - Part time

Reports to: Head Surgery Ward Nurse

Job Purpose:
The main purpose of the post is to support the smooth operation of the clinical activities 
within the SAH by providing in-patient care for surgical cases and assisting with procedures, 
promoting client communication and working within the Terms of the RCVS Guide to 
Professional Conduct for Nurses.

This will include delivering in-patient care, attending in-patient rounds, organising and 
assisting with procedures, owner admit/discharge and visit appointments and triage of 
advice calls. They will act as a point of contact for the services, both internally and 
externally. They will assist with teaching and support of veterinary and veterinary nursing 
graduates during clinical rotations, to include induction process. They will also prepare and 
deliver training and CPD for internal and external RVNs and other veterinary support staff. 
Other responsibilities will include supporting the Head Surgery Nurse with development of 
SOPs and nursing care plans and assisting with data collection for clinical audit and 
research projects.

Principal Accountabilities:
• Attend daily in-patient rounds with the STS team (when on soft tissue rotation) to assess 
patients and prepare plan for day. 
• Communication with owners regarding in-patients as appropriate, to include liaison with 
the rest of the surgical ward nursing team. 
• Triage of advice calls, to include answering simple queries, managing client expectations 
and acquiring appropriate information to forward to the STS team. 
• Routine admit and discharge appointments, to include instructions on how to carry out 
post-operative care. 
• Co-ordination of emergency and internal referral of patients, to include transfer of patients 
from ICU. 
• Assisting STS and Ortho as appropriate, to include setting up and assisting with 
procedures, sedating patients for diagnostic imaging and assisting with consultations. 
• Development of individual nursing care plans for in-patients, alongside the Rehabilitation 
team and STS/Ortho team. 
• Ensuring Standard Operating Procedures for area are available, relevant and up to date. 
• Ensuring that hospitalisation and treatment fees for in-patients are correctly applied and 
up to date prior to discharge of patient, to include venom coding. 
• Co-ordination and data collection for clinical audit and research projects, to include 
sample collection, non-invasive procedures and liaison with other relevant staff and 
departments.
• Assessment and supervision of BVSc and VNPA undergraduates during clinical rotations. 
To include undertaking the role of Clinical Coach if deemed appropriate.
• Provision of CPD for internal and external nurses, to include webinars and presentations.
• Participation in the OOH rota as required and a flexible approach to working pattern to 
enable cover as required.
• Maintaining a good working relationship with all team members. 
• Communicating in an effective and pleasant manner with clients and colleagues. 
• Carry out all other reasonable duties as requested by the line manager