Staff Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Responsible for co-ordinating and delivering effective, quality nursing care following a patient-centred model of practice and facilitating the allocation of staff in the department to meet clinical demand.
• Provide clinical expertise and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Supervision and direction of junior Registered Nursing staff, Health Care Assistants and learners.
• Works within the boundaries of existing competence, adhering to local and national protocols / standard operating procedures / policies.
• To ensure that the environment is clean, safe, tidy and welcoming for patients and visitors.
• To be able to work flexibly to meet the fluctuating needs of the department as they arise.
• To act as a role model to other staff members.
• In the absence of Sister/deputy, regularly assumes responsibility for the area on a day-to-day basis, utilising knowledge of Trust standards, policies and procedures.
• Contributes to the management of risk in the department by minimising clinical and financial risk.
• Keeps comprehensive clinical records and adheres to all aspects of information governance and safe record keeping.
• Maintains clinical competence within their scope of practise and regularly undertake training to facilitate their ongoing professional development.

• PRIMARY DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

  1. Perform comprehensive assessment of patients nursing needs. Plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to patients health care needs.
  1. Perform comprehensive assessment of simple and complex wounds and be able to competently apply wide range of dressings and techniques including compression bandaging, Topical Negative Pressure therapy and assisting in simple and complex vascular and plastics clinics.
  1. Maintain a safe working environment, ensuring high standards and safe practice are

  maintained by:

  • Teaching staff to understand and accept their responsibilities e.g. environmental cleanliness, maintenance and use of all equipment within clinical setting.
  • Assist the senior team in the monitoring of incidents, accidents and complaints and participating in corrective action and the monitoring of outcomes.
  • Adhering to the guidelines of the Health & Safety at Work Act.
  • Utilisation of Trust Risk Assessment documentation, to ensure that Health & Safety and Clinical risk are reduced in the department.
  1. Management of the area in the absence of a Sister/deputy, including the deployment and supervision of staff. Demonstrating leadership and management skills by overseeing staff and clinics to ensure service efficiency, and working flexibly by adapting to the changing needs of the department as they arise.
  1. To ensure that Trust and Directorate Policies and Procedures are carried out correctly by:
  • Compiling off-duty rotas to make effective use of staff.
  1. Being responsible for efficient and effective usage of the available resources in the absence of the department Sister.
  2. Maintaining training of mandatory and other training competencies as relevant to the role/area.
  3. Establish and maintain effective communication channels within and outside the area by:
  • Promoting teamwork and inter-personnel relationships and encouraging others in the decision making process.
  • Assisting in organising and attending regular Ward Meetings and participating in forums as required.
  • Playing an active role in the integration of Patient and Public Involvement.
    • Effecting change in order to meet changing patient need.
    • Engaging with daily safety briefing and overseeing implementation of new strategies within the workplace.

  • COMMUNICATIONS & WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

    Reporting and documenting all relevant nursing actions and/or patients needs:

    • Communicates changes, with other health care professionals, of patient condition/ needs as they occur.
    • Provide delicate, sensitive and/or complex information concerning patients condition, which requires persuasion and reassurance skills. Some patients have special needs or learning disabilities.
    • Provide and deliver health education and health promotion
    • Engage, interact and teach carers/families to be actively involved in patients care.
    • To ensure patients and carers/family have the relevant knowledge and skills to continue with care after discharge.

    Communicates effectively with;

    • Department Manager and department based nursing team
    • Matron
    • Educational staff
    • Infection Control Team
    • Clinical Nurse Specialists
      • Consultants within area of responsibility
      • Patients and their support network
      • Housekeeping team
      • Portering staff
  • All post holders must:
    • • Work to the Trust values - Put patients first, Take ownership, Respect others, Be positive, Listen, learn and improve.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Valid NMC registration
• Registered Nurse Degree qualification in a health care related subject/or equivalent

Desirable

• Mentoring qualification or equivalent

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of appraisals for lower banded colleagues or willingness to undertake training to do so
• Willingness to undertake training/department based competencies and maintains clinical skills relevant to area of practice.
• Proven evidence of recent Continuing Professional development
• Good demonstrable experience and proven knowledge with wide range of dressing techniques and ability to undertake competencies within 3 month time frame for compression bandaging, sclerotherapy clinics and Topical Negative Pressure therapy

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 Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Address

Derriford Hospital

Derriford Road

Plymouth

PL6 8DH

Employer's website

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