Community Ward Staff Nurse - Surrey Downs H&C

Job summary

Surrey Downs Health & Care

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse to join the Community Inpatient Ward at Dorking Community Hospital, part of Surrey Downs Health and Care.

This Band 5 role offers the opportunity to work within a supportive, forward-thinking multi-disciplinary team delivering high-quality, person-centred care to patients within a community hospital setting. You will play a key role in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating holistic care packages, ensuring care is delivered safely, effectively and in line with evidence-based practice and professional standards.

Working collaboratively with colleagues across health and social care, you will contribute to integrated care pathways that promote recovery, independence and wellbeing. You will be supported to develop your clinical skills, enhance your professional practice, and participate in clinical supervision, quality improvement and governance activities.

We are proud of our culture of respect, teamwork and continuous improvement. If you are passionate about delivering outstanding care and wish to be part of a team committed to excellence, safety and compassionate practice, we would welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

• To work as part of the team and be accountable in the provision of a high standard of individual quality client care, within the agreed guidelines.
• To treat all clients as individuals, respecting their privacy and dignity at all times.
• To participate in the assessment process of care needs and implementation programmes of holistic care
• Involving, supporting, informing and educating family/carers.
• To take every opportunity to promote health and wellbeing of clients.
• To work without direct supervision and to maintain close liaison with the Senior Team Member
• To maintain clear and comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records according to company procedures.
• To maintain, develop and monitor standards of evidence based nursing care
• To maintain own professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines.
• To support/mentor team members and participate in clinical supervision activities.
• To work in co-operation and partnership with all other professionals and agencies involved in the care of the client.
• To be aware of and act upon when necessary, procedures that are in place to protect vulnerable individuals.
• To participate in the company's Clinical Governance Strategy.
• To participate in the company's Risk Management Strategy
• To undertake any such other duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with responsibilities and scale of the post.

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
• 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.