This post is only open for applications for individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Care System.
Organisations within scope are as follows:
* Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
* Southern Health Foundation Trust
* Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
* University Hospital Southampton
* Solent NHS Trust
* South Central Ambulance Service
* Isle of Wight NHS Trust
* Hampshire Hospitals
Are you ambitious, motivated, and passionate about nursing? Do you want to make a real difference to every one of your patients? If so, we would love to hear from you!
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust are seeking qualified, NMC Registered Nurses, to join our fantastic nursing team. We are proud to be developing a team of like-minded individuals, those that can live and breathe our core values, and help us to provide unprecedented levels of care that we know each and every patient deserves.
We know the secret to our success is through investment in our staff, so in return for your passion, dedication, and hard work we promise you:
* Bespoke induction and training programme, based on your needs and aspirations
* Access to our free Beach Hut, on-site gym, swimming pool and nursery
* Superb NHS benefits, including cycle to work scheme, salary sacrifice for electrical goods, annual leave and pension to name but a few
If you are ready to feel valued, and where your work has real meaning, get in contact with us today!
Main duties of the job
* Promote and set high standards of nursing care and maintain the delivery of quality care within the trust policies, protocols, and guidelines.
* Provide and deliver a high standard of evidence-based nursing care through the assessment, planning, and evaluating of individual patients needs based on evidence. Initiate and co-ordinate care in the clinical area for haematology oncology patients.
* Recognise and respond to a change in patient status undertaking first line interventions within scope of practice and refer on to the appropriate clinician as required.
* Actively promote safe and effective working practices to prevent harm to the patients within your care and maintain high quality standards.
* Communicating and working with the multidisciplinary team to improve quality of care, and informed clinical decisions. Promote innovation and share any new ideas to improve patient care.
* Communicate complex/sensitive information with empathy and respect ensuring understanding.
About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
* Promote and set high standards of nursing care and maintain the delivery of quality care within the trust policies, protocols, and guidelines.
* Provide and deliver a high standard of evidence-based nursing care through the assessment, planning, and evaluating of individual patients needs based on evidence. Initiate and coordinate care in the clinical area for a specified group of patients.
* Recognise and respond to a change in patient status undertaking first line interventions within scope of practice and refer on to the appropriate clinician as required.
* Actively promote safe and effective working practices to prevent harm to the patients within your care and take part in safety audits to maintain high quality standards.
* Communicating and working with the multidisciplinary team to improve quality of care, and informed clinical decisions. Promote innovation and share any new ideas to improve patient care.
* Participate in the allocation of workload and ensure efficient bed management and effective patient flow.
* Coordinate care for a clinical area once deemed competent to do so.
* Liaise, report and document any relevant nursing/patient needs with other health care professionals with on-going responsibility for patient care, communicating changes as they occur.
* Ensuring that accurate and timely patient records are maintained.
* Implement the trust values and beliefs ensuring they are embedded into everyday practice and evaluate their impact on the patients experience.
* Engage and interact with carers and family encouraging them to be actively involved in patients care planning care as outlined in the ward, unit philosophy.
* Ensure concerns raised by patients and their families are escalated and dealt with in an open, honest and transparent way, in line with trust policies, procedures and Duty of Candour legislation.
* Maintain and continually develop in-depth specialist knowledge of nursing practice relevant to the individual clinical area.
* Achieve competence in the use of medical devices/equipment by accessing training and maintain these.
* Promote health education within the clinical area and advise patient, family, and others in health promotion issues, making every contact count. Promote the health and wellbeing of staff, patients, and their carers.
Please see Job description for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Current RN, registration with NMC and any other relevant post registration qualifications
* Degree in relevant field
* Evidence of recent CPD
* Managing resources and contributing to departmental budget
* Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources
* An awareness of research and evidence-based practice relevant to clinical area
Desirable
* Computer literate, knowledge of patient administration system
* Driving licence
* Day unit/outpatient experience
* Haematology/Oncology experience
* Working at peripheral sites
Experience
Essential
* Clinically competent at Band 5.
* Good communication and interpersonal skills
* Teaching and mentoring skills
* Team building skills.
* Ability to prioritise workload, instruct and direct others
* Organisational skills and able to work as part of a team
* Able to support development of others
* Articulate and knowledgeable of current professional nursing issues
* Health promotion
* Advocacy skills
Desirable
* Ability to adapt to change within working situation
* Intravenous Therapy Skills
* Mentorship Course
* Venepuncture skills
* Knowledge of central venous access devices
Employer details
Employer name
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Address
Queen Alexandra Hospital
Southwick Hill Road, Cosham
PO6 3LY
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