Job summary
***INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY***
We are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic and passionate nurses to join our hugely expanded Frailty service at Wye Valley NHS Trust.
At the end of 2023, we opened our new state of the art frailty unit and massively expanded our acute frailty services to provide expert, dedicated care for frail patients and those with living dementia across Herefordshire. This has now been enhanced further by the opening of our Frailty Same Day Emergency Care Unit in September 2023.
We are looking to employ staff nurses who are dedicated to providing the best possible care for these patients and want to be part of growing and dynamic service. Patients are admitted to FSDEC from A&E with the support of our team of Frailty ACPs, with the goal of admission avoidance where appropriate. They may be discharged home with enhanced support, transferred to a community hospital for rehabilitation or to one of our specialist frailty wards for further acute management.
Main duties of the job
To provide patient centred care as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
To champion excellent holistic care for frail older people.
To support and supervise new members of staff and students.
On agreement, to accept occasional responsibility for the management /leadership of the ward department in the absence of senior nurse.
To facilitate a safe working environment by ensuring Risk assessment updated and robust documentation is completed.
To contribute to service improvement projects as required to support better care.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Details
Date posted
20 May 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year pa pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
229-MED-7180902
Job locations
Frailty
Hereford County Hospital
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer details
Employer name
Wye Valley NHS Trust
Address
Frailty
Hereford County Hospital
Hereford
HR1 2ER
Employer's website
https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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