Job summary
**This
vacancy is currently only open to Internal applicants from Worcestershire Acute
Hospitals NHS Trust**
We have an opportunity on ward 17, our 28 bedded elective and emergency Urology ward for a band 5 staff nurse. The role is for 8 months to cover maternity leave. The ward cares for a wide range of patients under the guidance of our Urology consultant team.
Are you someone who welcomes the chance to learn new things and would welcome a new challenge within a welcoming and friendly team? This secondment is a valuable chance for someone to join our busy ward team and experience Urology care at its best.
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.
You will provide supervision, support and
education to unqualified staff and students.
This role will require you to work variable hours
in order to fulfil the needs of the ward.
You will show 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.
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
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.
You will provide supervision, support and
education to unqualified staff and students.
This role will require you to work variable hours
in order to fulfil the needs of the ward.
You will show 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.
This
key role is central to our core purpose of delivering safe high quality
companionate care. In additional to all the benefits you would expect from
working for an NHS Employer, we will also provide you with an extensive
induction and a preceptorship programme to support you in achieving your on-going
development. As you progress in your career, there are opportunities to develop
into a Band 6 Nurse and undertake specialist training.
You will develop, implement and evaluate 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 carers as
required where a need has been identified, including information on adopting
a healthier lifestyle.
You will complete patient
documentation correctly.
You will communicate effectively with patients,
carers and members of the multidisciplinary team.
You will be responsible for developing and
sustaining your own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness in
accordance with NMC 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 and 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, reporting 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
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.
You will provide supervision, support and
education to unqualified staff and students.
This role will require you to work variable hours
in order to fulfil the needs of the ward.
You will show 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.
This
key role is central to our core purpose of delivering safe high quality
companionate care. In additional to all the benefits you would expect from
working for an NHS Employer, we will also provide you with an extensive
induction and a preceptorship programme to support you in achieving your on-going
development. As you progress in your career, there are opportunities to develop
into a Band 6 Nurse and undertake specialist training.
You will develop, implement and evaluate 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 carers as
required where a need has been identified, including information on adopting
a healthier lifestyle.
You will complete patient
documentation correctly.
You will communicate effectively with patients,
carers and members of the multidisciplinary team.
You will be responsible for developing and
sustaining your own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness in
accordance with NMC 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 and 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, reporting 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
experience
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- this post would suit either a newly qualified nurse or someone who would like to develop in their career.
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
- Willing to undertake any ward specific training
Desirable
- Male catheterisation experience
Internal Job Vacancy
Essential
- This vacancy is currently only open to internal applicants from Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Could you please confirm below that you are a current member of staff.
Person Specification
experience
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- this post would suit either a newly qualified nurse or someone who would like to develop in their career.
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
- Willing to undertake any ward specific training
Desirable
- Male catheterisation experience
Internal Job Vacancy
Essential
- This vacancy is currently only open to internal applicants from Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Could you please confirm below that you are a current member of staff.
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).
