Job summary
Job Advertisement: Registered Nurse - Discharge Lounge
Are you passionate about patient care and dedicated to making a difference? King's Mill Hospital is looking for Registered Nurses to join our dynamic team!
We are seeking First-Level Registered Nurses to work in our Discharge Lounge. In this role, you will demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills while providing individualised patient care. You will be working with patients who have been transferred to the Discharge Lounge from various hospital areas, including the Emergency Department, Admission Units, Inpatient Medical/Surgical Wards, Day Case, and Clinic areas.
The Discharge Lounge at Sherwood Forest Hospital offers a warm and caring space where medically fit patients can await discharge or transfer. Our priority is to maintain patient safety and comfort while freeing up bed capacity to enhance hospital flow.
If you have a strong commitment to patient care and are eager to make a difference, apply now to join our dedicated team at King's Mill Hospital!
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Well developed communication skills and time management.
- Effective organisational abilities.
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registered Nurse
Desirable
Further Training
Essential
- Change management and leadership skills.
- Supervisory skills.
- 997 and 998 or FLIPS
- Cannulation and venepuncture.
- ILS
Experience
Desirable
- Experience in an acute setting
Contractual
Essential
- Continued Professional Development
- Regular Attendance.
- Ability to work flexibly within working hours of ward/department.
- Demonstrate professionalism and patient advocacy.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Well developed communication skills and time management.
- Effective organisational abilities.
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registered Nurse
Desirable
Further Training
Essential
- Change management and leadership skills.
- Supervisory skills.
- 997 and 998 or FLIPS
- Cannulation and venepuncture.
- ILS
Experience
Desirable
- Experience in an acute setting
Contractual
Essential
- Continued Professional Development
- Regular Attendance.
- Ability to work flexibly within working hours of ward/department.
- Demonstrate professionalism and patient advocacy.
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.
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).
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.
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).
