Staff Nurse

Job summary

Are you looking to be part of a dynamic organisation, with an overall aim to deliver outstanding patient care? Do you have excellent clinical skills and a desire to further develop your knowledge and skill base.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within surgical services, across all of our speciality inpatient wards for full and part time staff nurses to come and join our busy and interesting departments

Our surgical assessment unit and surgical same day emergency care is a fast paced area that cares for patients with general surgery, urology, ENT & trauma & orthopaedic conditions.

Our busy surgical wards specialise in Colo-Rectal surgery, trauma and orthopedics, urology and ENT. There are 8 level 1 beds within this area, making it an excellent opportunity to develop your surgical skills

We offer a supernumary induction period where you will receive comprehensive support from the ward teams and where you will also be supported by our dedicated PDN team. The Trust also offer a preceptorship programme which you will be supported to complete.

Main duties of the job

Within this role you will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient careto ensure that care is delivered in a safe and effective manner.

Maintaining excellent communication with staff, patients and their relatives and working as part of a team to ensure the best outcome for our patients.

To supervise the work of student nurses and support workers.

To comply with NMC and local standards for record keeping.

To be aware of the psychological/emotional needs of the patient/carer responding and reporting appropriately.

To undertake administration of prescribed medication and supervision of patient's self-medication.

To work as part of the multidisciplinary team and to regularly lead a team of junior nursing staff on a day to day basis reporting appropriately to the nurse in charge.

Take responsibility for own professional development, developing own skills within the Scope of Professional Practice and the Trust Staff Nurse Development Programmes, attending any training required by the Trust and maintaining own personal development profile.

Promote clinical excellence through participating in setting, maintaining and monitoring standards of care within clinical governance framework and take part in audit and benchmarking.

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it.Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust

Lyndon

West Bromwich

B71 4QH

Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust

Lyndon

West Bromwich

B71 4QH

Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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