Job summary
Responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development of programmes of care and/or the implementation and evaluation of these programmes. Carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision and demonstrate procedures to and supervise qualified and/or unqualified staff. Working as a staff nurse on a busy surgical assessment unit.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for caring for surgical patients requiring admission to the ward. To complete admission paperwork and assess and plan their care. To manage acute surgical patients that may need theatre or assessment form the surgical team. To work alongside a healthcare assistant caring for a team of patients during the shift.
About us
We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 7,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
An opportunity has arisen for a staff nurse to join the Emergency Surgical Unit (ESU) at Royal Blackburn Hospital. The shift patterns are internal rotation including night shifts, 37.5 hours per week over flexible days, to include weekends and bank holidays, included as per rota.
The ESU at Blackburn is a busy, modern unit with a professional but friendly team delivering high standards of care. We are looking for highly enthusiastic, motivated and committed staff nurses to join our forward thinking and ever developing team. You should have good communication, numeracy and literacy skills. You should be able to work effectively as part of a team and deal with complex sensitive information in a professional manner.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for more information regarding this post.
If you are interested please contact the ward to have a look around and meet the team!
- Be able to work in a team.
- Be supportive of team members.
- Able to communicate effectively to patients, visitors and colleagues
- Able to listen actively.
- Able to reflect on one's own work.
- Have effective interpersonal skills
- Be enthusiastic, conscientious and sympathetic
- Able to manage the care for a group of people and prioritise workload with minimal supervision
- Be proficient at calculating drug dose
- Able to write basic reports
- Able to train othersCustomer awareness
- Computer/keyboard skills.
- Able to take on board new ideas, skills and knowledge
- Ability to problem solve
- Be numerate
- Registered 1st Level or equivalent as verified by NMC
- Be able to fulfill; various shift patterns on the ward, inc. nights
- Able to adopt to change.
- Proven ability to keep information confidential
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for more information regarding this post.
If you are interested please contact the ward to have a look around and meet the team!
- Be able to work in a team.
- Be supportive of team members.
- Able to communicate effectively to patients, visitors and colleagues
- Able to listen actively.
- Able to reflect on one's own work.
- Have effective interpersonal skills
- Be enthusiastic, conscientious and sympathetic
- Able to manage the care for a group of people and prioritise workload with minimal supervision
- Be proficient at calculating drug dose
- Able to write basic reports
- Able to train othersCustomer awareness
- Computer/keyboard skills.
- Able to take on board new ideas, skills and knowledge
- Ability to problem solve
- Be numerate
- Registered 1st Level or equivalent as verified by NMC
- Be able to fulfill; various shift patterns on the ward, inc. nights
- Able to adopt to change.
- Proven ability to keep information confidential
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Essential
- Maintains high standards of professional appearance and conduct. Ability to pass pre-employment medical screening Consistent and reliable attendance
- Effective communication skills, both written & verbal Promotes effective teamwork with own team and other members of the Multidisciplinary Team.
- GCSE English Grade C or above or equivalent
- GCSE Maths Grade C or above or equivalent
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Essential
- Maintains high standards of professional appearance and conduct. Ability to pass pre-employment medical screening Consistent and reliable attendance
- Effective communication skills, both written & verbal Promotes effective teamwork with own team and other members of the Multidisciplinary Team.
- GCSE English Grade C or above or equivalent
- GCSE Maths Grade C or above or equivalent
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
