Staff nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Registered Nurse.

Diploma or Degree in Nursing

Analytical & Judgemental Skills

The post hold will demonstrate the skills for assessing and interpreting specialist, acute and other patient conditions, initiating actions as appropriate.

Planning & Organisational Skills

On a rostered duty can organise own workload and can delegate and supervise other members of the team working in the vicinity

Can prioritise workload to manage the care for a group of patients

When rostered in charge take action to ensure safe staffing levels on each shift

When rostered in charge have an overview of all patients on the ward, receiving handover on all patients and able to give advice to other staff member

• Be trained and skilled once finished supremacy period in all areas of the clinics

Physical Skills

To have digital dexterity to manage fine movements regarding treatments and equipment such as cannulation, medication administration and clinical procedures.

Responsibility for Patient/Client Care

Be responsible for the assessment of needs, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of patient care in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of Professional Conduct and reflect the Trusts policies, procedures, standards and guidelines.

To facilitate the admission and discharge of patients liaising with other agencies to ensure continuity of care between hospital and community.

Ensure the delivery of holistic patient care recognising the individual needs of patients and their relatives.

Responsibility for Policy/Service Development

To have a working knowledge of the policies and procedures of the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, and an ability to perform against those policies

Responsibility for Financial and Physical Resources

Responsible for the security, proper and safe use of all Trust equipment.

To be responsible for the maintenance of equipment within the ward or department with regular checking of all equipment and ensuring that repairs are performed as soon as possible.

Assist in the management of resources by participating in the selection, ordering and monitoring of departmental stock items, keeping within the financial constraints of the allocated budget.

To ensure the safe keeping of patients property and valuables in line with Trust Policy.

Responsibility for Human Resources

Participate in clinical supervision and reflective practice

Participate in teaching and supervision of student nurses and clinical support workers As a shift leader provide support, supervision and direction to clinical colleagues by acting as a professional, credible role model.

Responsibility for Information Resources

Maintain accurate records relating to a patients condition

Responsibility for Research and Development

Undertake surveys as necessary to own work / complex surveys relating to the project.

To ensure that nursing care activities are evidence based

To participate in maintaining and monitoring standards of care to the optimum level

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC REGISTRATION
• Educated to degree level
• oEducated to degree level. oEvidence of higher-level study at Masters Level; Alternatively working knowledge and experience at an equivalent level oProficient in the use of Microsoft office: Word, Excel, access and Power-point oProfessional training delivery qualification or equivalent experience of delivering and facilitating in challenging environments
• oProficient in the use of Microsoft office: Word, Excel, access and Power-point
• oPortfolio of certified/accredited professional development activity undertaken in relevant areas

Desirable

• oQuality Improvement qualification - Improving together level 1-3 or external equivalent. Eg LCS lavel 1a

Knowledge

Essential

• oAbility to prioritise workload in response to service need
• oAbility to motivate and support others to achieve goals
• oAble to utilise initiative to solve problems and develop the service
• oThe ability to integrate theory and practice through the effective development and delivery of learning programmes and events which take full account of relevant learning methodologies, principles and paradigms
• oExperience of delivering training programmes & presentations to various levels of staff.

Desirable

• oAbility to understand, interpret and critically analyse data and information

personal qaulities

Essential

• oPositive mindset in respect of supporting organisational change; learning, and continuous improvement.
• oEffective interpersonal and ointrapersonal skills including high degree of self-awareness and self- regulation
• oConsistently professional, collaborative and compassionate in their approach.

Desirable

• oEmotional effort; the post holder will at times be exposed to distressing and emotional circumstances

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Royal Stoke University Hospital

Newcastle Road

Newcastle under Lyme

ST4 5QG

Employer's website

https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)