Job summary
Registered Nurse Inpatient Ward - Jubilee ward, Upton Hospital, SloughThe successful candidate will join our experienced multidisciplinary team of skilled and highly motivated staff in our 16-bedded inpatient community ward. We deliver quality services for patients requiring generic rehabilitation for older persons, deliver frailty, subacute and discharge to assess pathways. This opportunity will allow you to experience a holistic view of community services and gain knowledge of the full range of health and social services available for patients, both within hospital environment and other services in the community that can help the patient stay in their preferred discharge destinations safely.
Working in a passionate team, you will have access to our Trust-wide Learning and Development programme and be supported in your career and personal growth, with opportunities to help you build your Continuing Professional Development portfolio, enabling you to extend your skills and ensure that you excel.
Main duties of the job
To promote and maintain a high standard of individualised care by actively contributing to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of care, ensuring that care plans are used effectively, adhered to and updated as the patient's condition dictates.
- To maintain a safe, welcoming environment for patients, relatives, visitors, and staff.
- To demonstrate clinical decision-making skills, displaying evidence-based practice
- To deliver patient care using a variety of clinical skills in line with competency framework.
- To be actively involved in promoting self-care for patients and building health promotion into care as appropriate.
About us
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
If you share our values and would like to come and work for us, please submit your application as soon as possible as we'll occasionally close roles early that have a high number of applications.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
- Registered Nurse /Adult Nurse Trained along with complete NMC registration (or in the instance of a final year nursing student able to provide these prior to their agreed start date for the role)
- To work bank holidays/weekends or unsocial hours to meet the needs of the service
- Reasonable level of fitness required
- Good Communicational and Interpersonal Skills
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call Ward Manager Sagal Ali on 07826917320 or email: Sagal.ali@Berkshire.nhs.uk, who will be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The must haves for this role:
- Registered Nurse /Adult Nurse Trained along with complete NMC registration (or in the instance of a final year nursing student able to provide these prior to their agreed start date for the role)
- To work bank holidays/weekends or unsocial hours to meet the needs of the service
- Reasonable level of fitness required
- Good Communicational and Interpersonal Skills
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please dont hesitate to call Ward Manager Sagal Ali on 07826917320 or email: Sagal.ali@Berkshire.nhs.uk, who will be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Recognised education in Care Older People
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in adult healthcare
- Previous experience in Intermediate care and/or rehabilitation nursing
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work in a team.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Good Organisational skills
- Effective communication skills including negotiation, empathy and reassurance
- Presents complex, sensitive contentious information to team members, patients/carers and other professionals
- Ability to identify and develop evidence based practice within a clinical area
- Implements policies guidelines procedures protocols within the ward team
- Knowledge and experience of a range of approaches to nursing.
- High level of interpersonal skills
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential
- Recognised education in Care Older People
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in adult healthcare
- Previous experience in Intermediate care and/or rehabilitation nursing
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work in a team.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Good Organisational skills
- Effective communication skills including negotiation, empathy and reassurance
- Presents complex, sensitive contentious information to team members, patients/carers and other professionals
- Ability to identify and develop evidence based practice within a clinical area
- Implements policies guidelines procedures protocols within the ward team
- Knowledge and experience of a range of approaches to nursing.
- High level of interpersonal skills
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).
