At Colchester hospital, we are seeking to recruit a dynamic, motivated and enthusiastic nurse to join our friendly and busy day surgery unit to provide exemplary care to our patients admitted to the unit.
Elmstead Day Surgery Unit is a 23+ bedded day surgery ward adjacent to 5 operating theatres. We are a nurse led discharge unit who admits all day cases as well as taking post-operative day cases from other theatre units within the trust.
This post is integral to the effectiveness of our busy and forward thinking department and provides an exciting opportunity for you to play a fundamental role in caring for a patient undergoing a surgical procedure in the Colchester Hospital.
In our progressive, supportive and forward thinking team, you will be supported in your continual professional development.
In this role, you will work with a multi-disciplinary team to ensure high quality and effective care to our patients.
You will need to be proactive, forward thinking and innovative as well as professional, passionate and supportive. In addition, you will need to be flexible, organized, and possess well-developed communication and change management skills, sharing in our vision and commitment to continuously develop and improve.
If you feel that you are ready for a change and would like to contribute to a fast moving, rapidly changing department, then please apply.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals, we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
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