Employer: Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Leighton Hospital Treatment Centre
Town: Crewe
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/12/2024 08:00
Staff Nurse - Treatment Centre
Band 5
Job overview
An experienced Health Care Professional, competent in all aspects of care planning, and able to carry out a wide range of clinical skills, including area(s) of specialist clinical expertise and advice within the team e.g. infection control, by working collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families.
The post holder will also take an active part in the leadership, education, development and supervision of the team.
Main duties of the job
1. Working autonomously, you will manage your own daily work load, including the pre and post care of patients undergoing surgical intervention with all surgical specialities.
2. Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care according to changing health care needs, including providing clinical expertise, advice and guidance in a specialist area of clinical practice to improve the overall care provided by the team.
3. Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team/agencies to ensure that patient needs are met.
4. Involve patients, relatives/carers in the delivery of care, providing reassurance and support to assist their understanding and co-operation.
5. Prepare the clinical area for safe practice by ensuring that cleanliness is maintained, materials and equipment are ready for use, including clearing away afterwards.
6. Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
7. Collect, collate, and report information, maintaining accurate patient records/documentation.
Working for our organisation
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To manage a work load, demonstrating appropriate time management and organisational skills.
2. Promote the individual needs of the patient, by acknowledging preferences, rights and choices, respecting privacy and dignity, and by promoting anti-discriminatory practice, alerting senior staff if patient care appears to be disrespectful or discriminatory.
3. Establish and maintain effective communication, maintaining confidentiality of information.
4. Lead upon improvements in care and advancing knowledge within own specialist field, by continually monitoring standards of care, and by identifying risks, benchmarking, audit and research.
5. Participate in the effective management of risk, by accurate recording and reporting and correct maintenance of records and documentation.
6. Contribute to the content of policies, procedures and guidelines related to own clinical area/practice.
7. Ensure compliance with Trust policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others, alerting senior staff if practice appears to contravene policy, or if concerned about any aspect of patient care.
8. Contribute to the development of services from the patient’s perspective, making suggestions for change and improvements, including taking part in patient and public involvement activities.
9. Provide expert clinical knowledge and leadership on improvements in own specialist area on behalf of the team to the benefit of patients, carers and relatives.
10. Contribute to the leadership of the nursing team, prioritising patient care, allocating, supervising and evaluating the work of the team under the direction of a more senior professional.
11. Contribute to the development and management of the team by assisting with recruitment and selection, and by providing clinical supervision and staff appraisal.
12. Maintain effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources, alerting senior staff when resources are short, and by implementing improvements to reduce waste.
13. Promote, monitor and maintain a healthy, safe and secure working environment, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, maintaining accurate documentation and reporting any concerns.
14. Take responsibility for own learning by full participation in appraisal and attending mandatory training, developing own “expert” knowledge and skills, maintaining a professional portfolio.
15. Provide induction, work based learning and assessment of others designed to improve knowledge and clinical practice within the team. Comply with plans to improve knowledge/clinical practice within the team, including involvement in supervision and mentorship.
This job description is an outline of the role and function. It is not intended to describe all specific tasks.
Person specification
* NMC Registration
* Cannulation and Venepuncture skills
* Evidence of professional development
* Excellent interpersonal Skills
Key Messages
* Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process.
* We are a flexible working employer, so please talk to us about any flexible working requirements.
All correspondence will be sent to the email address you have registered as your TRAC account.
Selection is based on the Trust's values, and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.
Secondments will be considered for fixed term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application.
Appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period. LED Doctors are subject to a 3-month probationary period.
Please provide a contact email address for referees. We will not request references until after you have been made a formal job offer.
You will be required to pay for your DBS disclosure (where the post requires one). This will be done via 3 monthly instalments from your pay. We encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.
We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.
Employers have a legal responsibility to ensure that their employees have a “right to work” in the UK. If you intend to seek permission to work in the UK via a Skilled Worker visa, please be aware that the UK Government set eligibility requirements e.g. minimum salary requirement and skill levels. Not all NHS roles are eligible for sponsorship. We recommend that you use the information on the Home Office website to check if this role will be eligible.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Address Recruitment Team
Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
Telephone: 01270 904488
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