Registered Nurse - Totnes Community Hospital

Job summary

Would you like to join our predominately nurse led inpatient unit here on Dart Ward, Totnes Hospital? We give a high standard care and have recently received our Third Gold award following our third accreditation earlier in the year, the first in the Trust.

Dart Ward is a eighteen bedded community rehabilitation ward situated within the lovely town of Totnes, Devon.

We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic, adaptable and dynamic Band 5 committed to providing high quality care and to become a valued member of our team. We pride ourselves in our commitment both to the local and wider community we serve, working closely within a multidisciplinary approach.

We will consider either a newly qualified Band 5 or those with previous experience. You will need good communication and interpersonal skills, be able to work within a team environment and be flexible to the needs of the service. You will be expected to work twelve hour shifts and internal rotate to nights.

If you feel that you have the right values and qualities, including a good sense of humor to fit in with this well-established team please contact Allie Taylor Deputy Matron on 01803 860846 or email allie.taylor@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

• Act as an advocate for staff, patients and relatives at all times
• Using the information obtained from the assessment of the patient and from subsequent observations, identifies the patient's individual nursing care needs, and plan and implement care
• Be aware of the side effects of any treatment in progress, and adopt a problem-solving approach to minimise the potentially adverse reactions
• Develop knowledge about aetiology, diagnosis, treatment and be able to select, interpret and use the best available evidence and research in the care of patients
• To undertake intravenous drug administration, following successful completion of the Trust training and assessment, within six months of being in post
• Be aware of all hospital policies and procedures and collaborate with other health care professionals to ensure that these are observed
• Recognise patients changing condition and seek the appropriate support and advice from senior staff
• Be involved in the direct delivery of skilled specialised nursing care with supervision until competent. E.g. wound dressings, removal of drains, and insertion of urinary catheters,
• Collaborate with the team leader in the planning of a patient's discharge from hospital
• Make appropriate referrals and collaborate with members of the inter-professional team in the care of patients and their carer's
• Set goals and plan care appropriately for the resolution of each of the identified nursing needs, and help the patient achieve these goals

About us

To work as a registered nurse within a team responsible to the team leader / shift coordinator caring for patients and their carer's.

To fully utilise the learning opportunities available. You will gain an understanding of the physiological, psycho-social, spiritual and cultural needs of the patients and their carer's and to develop a broad spectrum of clinical proficiency to deliver nursing care.

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