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Salary: £28,771 - £35,023 per annum (£29,970 - £36,483 full time equivalent)
Jupiter Ward is a 37-bed medical ward which specialises in caring for our elderly population.
Job Summary
Hours: 36 per week
We are a unique organisation in the sense we are the only integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire system. We provide acute care for the Great Western Hospital, run adult community services across Swindon and manage primary care practices in Swindon, providing care for 30,000 patients.
Our 5,600 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year.
Main duties of the job:
* Plan, deliver and evaluate compassionate nursing care to meet the patients' individualised needs.
* Ensure the highest standards of care and safety are maintained.
* Support the nurse in charge with the day-to-day planning and delivery of a high-quality nursing service.
* Ensure effective communication of sensitive information regarding patient assessments and clinical details.
* Act as a role model, ensuring high-quality, professional standards are maintained.
* Document observations, assessments, results, decisions, and actions effectively in patients' notes.
* Provide legible and comprehensive patient records to agreed Trust and NMC standards.
* Develop and maintain effective communication links with all levels of staff within the Trust and external agencies.
* Participate in the audit cycle of clinical practices and procedures including infection prevention & control initiatives.
* Assist in monitoring and protecting groups and individuals whose health and well-being may be at risk.
* Promote and maintain the dignity and privacy of patients.
* Participate in research, service modernisation, clinical governance, and National Service Frameworks.
* Develop and sustain own knowledge, clinical skills, and professional awareness.
* Encourage service users & carers for feedback and work with the outpatient team to develop action plans.
* Promote best practice and monitor support workers' practice.
Qualifications
Essential:
* First Level Registered Nurse.
* Current/live registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable:
* Diploma/Degree qualification.
* Teaching/Assessor Qualification e.g. ENB 998 or equivalent.
* Qualification or experience in teaching and assessing.
* Leadership qualification.
Experience
Essential:
* Recent experience nursing patients in an acute/community setting or recently completed a Return to Nursing course.
* Able to demonstrate effective consolidation of nursing knowledge and practice after qualification and Preceptorship.
* Working within a multi-disciplinary team environment.
* Experience within a range of patient/client care groups.
Knowledge
Desirable:
* An understanding of the structure for the delivery of Community and social care services.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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.
Employer name: Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Great Western Hospital, Marlborough Road, Swindon, SN3 6BB
Employer's website: https://www.gwh.nhs.uk/
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