Job summary
Are you a Band 5 Registered Nurse?
- Is your passion delivering excellent care?
- Are you career minded with motivation, drive and enthusiasm?
- Do you enjoy playing a key role within the multidisciplinary team in acute care?
- Can you make everyone feel welcomed, respected, cared for and reassured that they are always in safe hands because you are communicating clearly and offering excellent person centered care?
Then we may have just the role for you, with vacancies across a variety of our clinical areas, and, for the right candidates, our experienced team will try our best to find the right fit for your valuable skillset!
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Also, if you wish to find out more about a nursing career in our Trust and meet some of the departments that are currently recruiting for nurses like you, please visit our open day (poster attached) and we'd love to have a chat with you!
- Location: Sandford Education Centre, Cheltenham General Hospital
- Date: Saturday 20th April
- Time: Between 9am-12pm
You can find more info or register your attendance here: https://www.gloshospitals.nhs.uk/careers-fair
Main duties of the job
A Registered Nurse who delivers compassionate, professional, skilled and effective person centred, evidence based nursing care by working within a multidisciplinary team, developing collaborative, needs based care plans through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.
About us
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest hospital trusts in the country and we provide high quality acute elective and specialist care across a multitude of specialties. Our hospitals are based across two sites in Cheltenham and Gloucester. We are the second largest employer in Gloucestershire, with more than 8,000 employees.
Our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in the fields of healthcare, teaching and research, and we aim to recruit and retain the best staff possible.
We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In line with the Trust Vision to provide the Best Care for Everyone
Professional values
- conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model
- act with professionalism and integrity, and work within agreed professional, ethical and legal frameworks and processes to maintain and improve standards;
Communication and interpersonal skills
- work in partnership with other health and social care professionals and agencies, service users, carers and families ensuring that decisions about care are shared
Nursing practice and decision making
- assess, plan, deliver and evaluate the nursing care of patients in accordance with UK law, the NMC code of conduct and the Trust values
- deliver high quality essential care to all persons in their care;
- deliver complex care to service users in their field of practice;
- act to protect the public, and be responsible and accountable for safe, person-centred, evidence-based nursing practice;
- practice in a compassionate, respectful way, maintaining dignity and wellbeing and communicating effectively;
- act on their understanding of how peoples lifestyles, environments and where care is delivered influence their health and wellbeing;
- seek out every opportunity to promote health and prevent illness;
Leadership, management and team working
- work effectively as a member of the multidisciplinary team
- manage a patient/caseload of patients within defined clinical area
- use leadership skills to supervise and manage others and contribute to planning, designing, delivering and improving future services
- To organise own time and that of non-registered staff, students and other learners as appropriate
- To support the senior members of staff in the management and supervision of the defined clinical area
- Actively contribute to a good learning environment by taking on the role of mentor/assessor for learners.
Job description
Job responsibilities
In line with the Trust Vision to provide the Best Care for Everyone
Professional values
- conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model
- act with professionalism and integrity, and work within agreed professional, ethical and legal frameworks and processes to maintain and improve standards;
Communication and interpersonal skills
- work in partnership with other health and social care professionals and agencies, service users, carers and families ensuring that decisions about care are shared
Nursing practice and decision making
- assess, plan, deliver and evaluate the nursing care of patients in accordance with UK law, the NMC code of conduct and the Trust values
- deliver high quality essential care to all persons in their care;
- deliver complex care to service users in their field of practice;
- act to protect the public, and be responsible and accountable for safe, person-centred, evidence-based nursing practice;
- practice in a compassionate, respectful way, maintaining dignity and wellbeing and communicating effectively;
- act on their understanding of how peoples lifestyles, environments and where care is delivered influence their health and wellbeing;
- seek out every opportunity to promote health and prevent illness;
Leadership, management and team working
- work effectively as a member of the multidisciplinary team
- manage a patient/caseload of patients within defined clinical area
- use leadership skills to supervise and manage others and contribute to planning, designing, delivering and improving future services
- To organise own time and that of non-registered staff, students and other learners as appropriate
- To support the senior members of staff in the management and supervision of the defined clinical area
- Actively contribute to a good learning environment by taking on the role of mentor/assessor for learners.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Active registration with the NMC as a Registered Nurse
Experience
Desirable
- Experience (through placement or employment) of working in an acute clinical environment
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Active registration with the NMC as a Registered Nurse
Experience
Desirable
- Experience (through placement or employment) of working in an acute clinical environment
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).
