Staff Nurse - Surrey Downs H&C ***£2,000 Welcome Payment

Job summary

***Welcome Payment of £2000

As a thank you for choosing us as your new employer, all successful applicants will receive a Welcome Payment of £1000 on commencing and a further £1000 after successful completion of your first 6 months. T&C's apply.

Surrey Downs Health & Care

Here at Dorking Community Hospital we are part of the community healthcare family and we all look after each other and support each other. We have an amazing team here, really passionate about making a difference for our local neighbourhoods and we feel very proud of each and every one of our nurses and clinicians.

At Dorking Community Hospital, we provide 24 hour nursing care for people needing rehabilitation. The aim is to help patients return to living independently, or with care or other support.

Care can include rehabilitation, such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy, as well as nursing care, such as pain control, wound care and continence assessment. We have close links with other services, such as social care and District Nursing and Community Matron teams, to ensure that care continues after discharge.

We encourage informal visits and calls. Please feel free to get in touch and come in and see us, we are always happy to show you around and discuss all your queries

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible with the continuing management of the patients and/or staff within their clinical setting, without supervision alongside their team lead and taking the chain of command in the absence of their team lead.

This includes the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, the setting and maintaining of standards and the supervision and deployment of staff, if appropriate.

The post holder will undertake facilitation of educational programmes for basic, post basic and in-service training, in close liaison with the Learning and Development Team.

To work closely with the senior team member to facilitate patient focused, innovative research based practice, in line with Surrey Downs Health and Care objectives.

About us

Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people's own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:

• The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
• CSH Surrey
• Epsom and St Helier's University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Surrey Council County

Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.

It's on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed - we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.

In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Band 6 job description and person specification

Thank you in advance for your interest in this role we look forward to hearing from you.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Professional development

Experience

Essential

• Role model to others in both clinical and team cohesiveness
• Post registration experience

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).