Job summary
ACUTE STROKE UNIT
STAFF NURSE - BAND 5
PERMANENT
FULL TIME / PART TIME POSTS AVAILABLE
An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic, caring and
motivated nurses to join our friendly stroke ward team at Worcestershire Royal
Hospital where our services are continuing to evolve following centralisation.
Our Acute Stroke Unit is a 20 bedded unit situated next to our ED
department and also has 8 monitored HASU beds working on 1:2 nurse to patient ratio.
Within the ward we operate a 7 day TIA clinic with dedicated Stroke Support Worker. We have an established Clinical Nurse Specialist team who are based
within the unit and work closely with the nursing team.
The following training/teaching will be offered; ILS course, Swallow
assessment screen training, Stroke and HASU workbooks.
Our patients need care 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, so
you will need to have flexibility to work day, weekend and night shifts. In
return, you will benefit from flexible working patterns and unsocial hours
payments and the opportunity to experience working within a friendly supportive
team.
We welcome new staff and ensure new members of our nursing team receive
appropriate training according to their skills and competences. We offer a comprehensive preceptorship
programme and mentors for newly qualified staff. Once you have the relevant
experience and competencies there are opportunities available within the Trust
to progress to Band 6 and Ward Sister roles.
Main duties of the job
Using your clinical experience
and skills you will work with your team as a named nurse to maintain
accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes
of care within the framework of team nursing.
Acting with compassion you
will put patients at the centre of all you do.
You will communicate
effectively with patients and their carers regarding their care and educate
patients where there is a need.
You will communicate
effectively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure high quality patient
care.
You will show commitment to
sustaining and developing your clinical competence and professional awareness.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will develop, implement and evaluate the
programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient.
You will safeguard vulnerable adults.
You will participate in preceptorship
programmes as appropriate and act as a facilitator / mentor / preceptor /
role model to less experienced staff.
You will educate patients and their careers as
required where a need has been identified, including information on a adopting
a healthier lifestyle.
You will complete patient
documentation correctly.
You will communicate effectively with
patients, carers and members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team.
You will be responsible for developing and
sustaining own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness in
accordance with PREP requirements and to maintain a professional portfolio
with evidence of reflective practice.
You will assist in the training and development
of student nurses and health care assistants and complete assessors training
as required.
You will contribute to research and
development programmes within the ward / department.
You will contribute to the setting and
monitoring of measurable standards of care and be accountable for maintaining
standards.
You will participate in handling complaints in
accordance with Trust policy.
You will maintain a safe clean ward
environment and ensure all appropriate
general risk assessments are carried
out within 24 hours of admission document and plan care accordingly e.g.
manual handling, pressure risks, slips trips and falls, nutrition,
safeguarding.
You will show an awareness of budgeting,
exercising care and economy in the ordering and use of equipment.
You will assist in the assessment of staffing
requirements, report problems to the appropriate manager.
In the absence of a more senior member of
staff and as part of your development programme, with support, will be able
to undertake clinical / shift management within the department.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will develop, implement and evaluate the
programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient.
You will safeguard vulnerable adults.
You will participate in preceptorship
programmes as appropriate and act as a facilitator / mentor / preceptor /
role model to less experienced staff.
You will educate patients and their careers as
required where a need has been identified, including information on a adopting
a healthier lifestyle.
You will complete patient
documentation correctly.
You will communicate effectively with
patients, carers and members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team.
You will be responsible for developing and
sustaining own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness in
accordance with PREP requirements and to maintain a professional portfolio
with evidence of reflective practice.
You will assist in the training and development
of student nurses and health care assistants and complete assessors training
as required.
You will contribute to research and
development programmes within the ward / department.
You will contribute to the setting and
monitoring of measurable standards of care and be accountable for maintaining
standards.
You will participate in handling complaints in
accordance with Trust policy.
You will maintain a safe clean ward
environment and ensure all appropriate
general risk assessments are carried
out within 24 hours of admission document and plan care accordingly e.g.
manual handling, pressure risks, slips trips and falls, nutrition,
safeguarding.
You will show an awareness of budgeting,
exercising care and economy in the ordering and use of equipment.
You will assist in the assessment of staffing
requirements, report problems to the appropriate manager.
In the absence of a more senior member of
staff and as part of your development programme, with support, will be able
to undertake clinical / shift management within the department.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on sub part 1 or 2 of the professional register.
- Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses.
Desirable
- Teaching and Assessing qualification
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Ability to problem solve.
- Ability to prioritise work.
- Flexible to change in demands of service.
- Willing to learn new skills.
- Ability to identify personal development needs.
- Computer literate.
- Good organisational / time management skills.
Experience
Essential
- Can demonstrate a specific interest in area of work.
- Will require a specific speciality related qualification / equivalent experience related to the post or willingness to work towards within 18 months of qualification.
Desirable
- Significant proven knowledge and experience in the speciality.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role.
- Able to work in a team.
- Able to deal with exposure to bereavement and challenging behaviour.
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- NMC Code, its application to practice and requirements of it for own practice.
- Knowledge of person centred care.
- Understands actions necessary to promote peoples equality, diversity & rights.
- Understanding of Clinical Governance .
- Knowledge of the individuals responsibility towards Health & Safety.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on sub part 1 or 2 of the professional register.
- Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses.
Desirable
- Teaching and Assessing qualification
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Ability to problem solve.
- Ability to prioritise work.
- Flexible to change in demands of service.
- Willing to learn new skills.
- Ability to identify personal development needs.
- Computer literate.
- Good organisational / time management skills.
Experience
Essential
- Can demonstrate a specific interest in area of work.
- Will require a specific speciality related qualification / equivalent experience related to the post or willingness to work towards within 18 months of qualification.
Desirable
- Significant proven knowledge and experience in the speciality.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role.
- Able to work in a team.
- Able to deal with exposure to bereavement and challenging behaviour.
Knowledge and Understanding
Essential
- NMC Code, its application to practice and requirements of it for own practice.
- Knowledge of person centred care.
- Understands actions necessary to promote peoples equality, diversity & rights.
- Understanding of Clinical Governance .
- Knowledge of the individuals responsibility towards Health & Safety.
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
