Job summary
Are you interested in a new challenge and work within a variety of both medical and surgical clinics, then this may be of interest to you. We are a friendly, welcoming team and strive to provide the best possible service for our patients. If you are interested, please do contact Outpatients for further information.
Main duties of the job
Acting with compassion you will put patients at
the centre of all you do.
Communicating effectively with patients
and their carers regarding their care and educate patients where there is a
need.
Communicating effectively with the
Multi-Disciplinary Team to ensure high quality patient care.
Showing commitment to sustaining and
developing your clinical competence and professional awareness.
Provide supervision, support and
education to unqualified staff and students.
Showing courage by embracing new ways of
working and doing the right thing by the people you care for, including
speaking up when you have concerns.
Performing patient observations, providing any personal care required during their visit, chaperoning during any examinations/procedures.
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 over 7,000 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.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 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
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- NMC Code, its application to practice and requirements of it for own practice and behaviour
- The 6 Cs Compassion in Practice
- The NHS Constriction and our values and behaviours
- Understanding of the principles of clinical effectiveness and best practice including clinical audit and research
- Knowledge of patient safety initiative, strategies and risk management
SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Excellent time management, prioritisation and organisational skills
- Able to record and deal with facts, figures and information accurately
- Able to follow Trust and departmental policies and procedures
- Effective communicator both written and verbal
- Able to problem solve and be flexible to change in demands of service
- Ability to mentor and provide effective support to unregistered and students.
- Ability to Use technology as required to the role
- Ability to identify and manage risk
- Determination and tenacity in challenging situations
- Ability to identify personal development needs
Desirable
- Significant proven knowledge and experience in speciality
- Compression therapy trained
- Scrub nursing skills
- Phlebotomy trained
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on sub part 1 or 2 of the professional register
- Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses in speciality
- NMC recognised Mentorship qualification or willingness to work towards within 18 months of commencement of post
Desirable
- Teaching and Assessing Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses in speciality
Desirable
- Outpatients experience
- Scrub Nursing experience
- Compression therapy experience
Person Specification
Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- NMC Code, its application to practice and requirements of it for own practice and behaviour
- The 6 Cs Compassion in Practice
- The NHS Constriction and our values and behaviours
- Understanding of the principles of clinical effectiveness and best practice including clinical audit and research
- Knowledge of patient safety initiative, strategies and risk management
SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Excellent time management, prioritisation and organisational skills
- Able to record and deal with facts, figures and information accurately
- Able to follow Trust and departmental policies and procedures
- Effective communicator both written and verbal
- Able to problem solve and be flexible to change in demands of service
- Ability to mentor and provide effective support to unregistered and students.
- Ability to Use technology as required to the role
- Ability to identify and manage risk
- Determination and tenacity in challenging situations
- Ability to identify personal development needs
Desirable
- Significant proven knowledge and experience in speciality
- Compression therapy trained
- Scrub nursing skills
- Phlebotomy trained
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on sub part 1 or 2 of the professional register
- Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses in speciality
- NMC recognised Mentorship qualification or willingness to work towards within 18 months of commencement of post
Desirable
- Teaching and Assessing Qualification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses in speciality
Desirable
- Outpatients experience
- Scrub Nursing experience
- Compression therapy experience
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).
