Job summary
Are you an experienced nurse looking to either change direction, or develop and grow within your career?
- If yes, then Frimley Health Foundation Trust is your choice of employer!
- We are one Trust with 3 hospital sites across Frimley, Ascot and Slough
Wexham Park Critical Care is looking to appoint a Band 5 staff nurse to join our Critical Care Team. We are seeking to appoint a motivated and dynamic Registered Nurse who wishes to pursue a structured Band 5 critical care development program.
Wexham Park Critical Care Unit has 16 beds consisting of a mixture of ITU/HDU patients (Level 3 and Level 2). We care for a wide range of patients with complex needs across medical and surgical specialties, including post-operative, emergency, post primary coronary intervention providing varied services as mechanical support ( IABP, hemofiltration). Our education programs, supported by our practice education team, aim to provide staff of all grades with the essential knowledge and skills required to work on our busy, friendly unit.
Note: previous applicants need not apply.
Main duties of the job
Under the supervision of the nurse in charge the postholder will be responsible for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individual patient care of the critically ill person (L1 - L3)
The postholder will work as part of a team and be accountable for the total provision, organization and direction of the nursing care for the patients in their care.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We brought together Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to create Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust on 1 October 2014.
Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other,Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation andevaluation of patient care of the critically ill patient (L1-L3) under the supervision of the band 6 and band 7cirtical care nurses.
- Participate in the setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of patient care.
- To actively support in the promotion of health.
- Demonstrate a sound knowledge of infection control standards and promote these within unit environment.
- To participate in and set standards of patient care based on sound research findings.
- To participate and assist in the systematic monitoring and evaluation of nursing care.
- Provide legible and comprehensive patient records to agreed Trust and NMC standardsand guidelines.
- To liaise with Team Leader on untoward incidents, complaints and Team/Staff issues.
- To act in accordance with trust policies and nursing procedures.
- To maintain your own personal profile.
For a full list of responsibilities, please see the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation andevaluation of patient care of the critically ill patient (L1-L3) under the supervision of the band 6 and band 7cirtical care nurses.
- Participate in the setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of patient care.
- To actively support in the promotion of health.
- Demonstrate a sound knowledge of infection control standards and promote these within unit environment.
- To participate in and set standards of patient care based on sound research findings.
- To participate and assist in the systematic monitoring and evaluation of nursing care.
- Provide legible and comprehensive patient records to agreed Trust and NMC standardsand guidelines.
- To liaise with Team Leader on untoward incidents, complaints and Team/Staff issues.
- To act in accordance with trust policies and nursing procedures.
- To maintain your own personal profile.
For a full list of responsibilities, please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN level 1 or level 2
- Current NMC registration
Desirable
- Mentorship qualification
- I.V training
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post-registration experience
- Current or previous experience in hospital based care environment
Desirable
- Acute ward experience
- Working with multi-disciplinary teams
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult / stressful situations
- Self motivated and uses own initiative
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN level 1 or level 2
- Current NMC registration
Desirable
- Mentorship qualification
- I.V training
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post-registration experience
- Current or previous experience in hospital based care environment
Desirable
- Acute ward experience
- Working with multi-disciplinary teams
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult / stressful situations
- Self motivated and uses own initiative
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
