Fantastic Head Equine Nurse Role In Sussex
1 month ago 
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Sussex, United Kingdom
My client in Sussex is looking for a full time Head Nurse working 08:00am – 17:00pm Monday to Friday.
They offer a 1-hour unpaid lunch break ensuring you take that much deserved break throughout the day.
Manager to:
• 4 qualified nurses
• 3 nursing students (this can vary)
• 1 Equine Nursing assistant
Sole Responsibility for:
• All hospital-based equipment ensuring good functioning and maintenance, broken equipment and equipment needing servicing is reported to the Dispensary and Equipment Manager.
• All clinical and equipment training and quality control of your whole team. The training needs to be held in a timely manner and refreshers planned throughout the year.
• Planning off the OOH rota
• Have weekly catch up meetings with the Clinic Receptionist and Head Groom to assist in planning the workload for the week ahead.
• Work with the Clinic Receptionist to ensure all Student nurses have 1 hour a week to spend with their clinical coach.
• To ensure all PPE is worn and policies and procedures are adhered to by whole of your team.
Weekday duties include (but are not strictly limited to):
• Assisting with general inpatient care, critical care, neonatal critical care and nursing in the isolation unit. Ensuring that medical records are professionally written, clear and complete
• Providing an excellent service to the clients in a professional manner
• Assisting with lameness examinations
• Radiography - obtaining high quality radiographs and assist with plate holding.
• Ultrasonography - Patient preparation and assisting during the procedure
• Gamma Scintigraphy – Patient preparation, acquisition of images, image processing and patient care during the procedure
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging – Patient preparation, acquisition of images, patient monitoring and care during the procedure, liaising with MRI provider
• Maintaining a clean and tidy working environment within the clinic grounds: treatment rooms, barns and stalls, diagnostic areas, surgery suites and imaging suites and record as such on the boards.
• Following biosecurity measures outlined in the standard operating procedures
• Maintaining adequate stock in all treatment rooms, surgery areas and barns and checking sheets.
• Preparation of patients and instruments for aseptic surgery
• Assisting the surgeon during various procedures in the standing or anaesthetised patient
• Organise your team for the cleaning of surgical instruments and sterilisation of instruments
• Assisting with routine reproductive procedures
They employ both week-day and weekend grooms who will muck out the inpatient stalls, get feeds/hay-nets ready, keep the yards tidy etc, However, it will be your responsibility to assign nurses to assist with these tasks when the hospital is at high capacity or the groom team are short due to sickness or holiday.
Weekend/On Call Duties:
On a weekend you will be on call from 17:30 on Friday until 08:00 Monday. You may be called at any time, day or night, to assist with general duties similar to those expected during usual working hours. Any work that is required will be authorised by the senior clinician on call or a Director of the practice. After a weekend on call, you are entitled to the Monday am/pm off.
Salary will be negotiable and DOE.
Get in touch with Tash now for more details: 01395 200189 / [email protected]
Tel: 01395 200189
Address:
Sussex, United Kingdom