Staff Nurse (Tocketts Ward)

Job summary

Staff Nurse (Maternity Cover) - Tocketts Ward, East Cleveland

Opportunities to experience care within the community hospital setting for a fixed term contract which may lead to permanent employment if successful.

We are looking to recruit experienced or newly qualified nurses to join our friendly team and positively contribute to continuing our high standards of patient care.

Tocketts Ward is a 30 bedded community hospital providing care for patients with long term health needs who have also been admitted to hospital following an acute episode of illness. Patients have a range of conditions and can be admitted for palliative care or rehabilitation. The Ward has a blend of ring-fenced beds for consultant led beds and general practitioner led beds.

Are you interested in joining an innovative, motivated and enthusiastic team which puts patients at the heart of everything? Do you want to work on a ward that is committed to providing the highest quality of care and maintaining consistently high standards in a professional and friendly atmosphere? Then this could be the exciting and challenging opportunity you are looking for!

Main duties of the job

We are looking for hard working, highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, who can personally deliver a high standard of nursing care. Integral to this role is the ability to effectively communicate with the patient, families and carers, and the multi-disciplinary team including therapists and social services; as some patients will require complex discharge planning.

You will be expected to act as a positive role model to junior and unregistered staff, demonstrating an active interest in the development of the ward and working towards maintaining and improving the standards of care.

We pride ourselves on delivering high standards of care and you will need to demonstrate how you will ensure this through your application and as part of the interview process.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims too Explore leadership within the NHSo Promote Trust Values and Behaviourso Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skillso Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your roleAfter you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

East Cleveland Hospital

Alford Road

Brotton

TS12 2FF

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

East Cleveland Hospital

Alford Road

Brotton

TS12 2FF

Employer's website

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

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