We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse - Ward 7A who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Ward 7A is our new vascular surgery hub for the region, covering East & North Herts, West Herts, and Essex. We are a 29-bedded ward, comprising of 23 inpatient beds, 6 high-level care beds (HDU), and an outpatient vascular hot clinic.
You will work as part of the wider multidisciplinary team caring for patients pre- and post-surgery, rotating around our general ward as well as our 6 higher-level care beds. The role requires working days, nights, weekdays, weekends, and bank holidays.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Responsibilities include:
1. Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the care needs of patients from admission (or before) to discharge, with the involvement of patients and their relatives/carers.
2. Ensure a high standard of nursing care is always performed and assist in the review and regular update of these standards in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct and trust policies.
3. Participate within a team of nurses and support workers in providing continuity of patient care, ensuring patients' physical, social, and psychological needs are met.
4. Participate in internal shift rotation to provide 24-hour patient care, involving working days, nights, and weekends.
5. Communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, nursing colleagues, the Multidisciplinary Team, and all other relevant personnel.
6. Carry out clinical procedures and treatments in line with the patient’s plan of care.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide. Our 6,000 dedicated staff ensure our patients receive the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in how we work and deliver our services has never been more important.
We Run The Following Hospitals:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability or a life event, such as menopause, please let us know so we can consider your application fairly.
We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek flexible working patterns, and we are committed to listening and considering all requests. Such requests will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
For further details or informal visits, contact:
Name: Matthew Lee-Brenchley
Job title: Ward Manager
Email address: mlee1@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01438 285714 #J-18808-Ljbffr