Trauma and Orthopaedic Band 5 Nurse

Job summary

The purpose of this role is to provide high quality nursing care to our elective trauma and orthopaedicpatients.

Main duties of the job

• Patient Care Responsibilities

• Acting as a Named Nurse, to maintain accountability for admitted, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the framework of team nursing and discharging patient's.

• To co-ordinate the patients' discharge arrangements in accordance with the RUH Discharge Policy.

• To promote a patient focused approach to care in collaboration with all relevant health professionals.

• To educate patients and their carer's as required where a need has been identified.

• To provide information which enables patients to make choices about adopting a healthy lifestyle.

• To complete patient documentation to Trust standard.

• To maintain a safe ward/department environment.

• To assist in establishing and monitoring protocols/care pathways.

About us

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in thetop 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.