We are looking to recruit a Band 5 staff nurse to work within Respiratory on Ward 12 at Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.
If you are a motivated and enthusiastic staff nurse then why not come and join our Team.
This post is fully rotational between day shift, night shift, weekends and bank holidays.
The post is a full time vacancy but we welcome those seeking part time employment.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
We are a 30 bedded acute respiratory ward which includes a dedicated respiratory support unit where we care for clinical level 2 patients requiring non invasive ventilation.
We meet the needs of adult patients requiring in hospital treatment for a range of respiratory conditions such as COPD, asthma ,bronchiectasis, pleural effusions or respiratory failure.
We work as part of an MDT which includes our Respiratory Specialist Nurses and Respiratory Physiotherapists.
We offer successful candidates:
Specialised respiratory training including training in enhanced level 2 care.
Friendly and supportive workplace
Extensive and varied clinical experience and continued professional development
Gaining experience within the respiratory team could enhance progression within the service into leadership roles or a route to other specialist roles, such as respiratory specialist nursing.
You should have excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills and be able to work effectively as a member of a MDT.
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the ward team under the direction of the Ward Manager.
• To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of nursing services in the ward/dept in the absence of senior staff on a regular basis.
• To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which
• (a) engages, enables and empowers others
• (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement
• (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
This advert closes on Monday 9 Dec 2024
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