Ludlow Community Hospital is looking for a Registered Nurse who is experienced in working in a multi-disciplinary / multi-agency health / social care environment with knowledge of IT basic administration systems including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel etc).
You will be patient-focused and have the ability to carry out comprehensive holistic nursing assessments and be able to prioritise and make sound decisions, sometimes under pressure.
Bank positions are also available for this role.
Responsibilities include:
1. Formulate and deliver high quality patient care without direct supervision, seeking guidance on actions that are outside agreed defined standards.
2. Recognise changes in patients’ conditions which require the intervention of others and ensure that timely referrals are made, or escalation procedures enacted as appropriate.
3. Ensure patient safety is maintained at all times. Record and report adverse and potentially adverse events and assist with investigation of such events, ensuring learning is shared with the wider team(s).
4. Maintain clear, accurate and contemporaneous records in line with current NMC guidelines and standards.
5. Access and use patient clinical diagnostic information to inform clinical decisions.
6. Make appropriate and timely referrals to members of the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies to ensure patients’ ongoing physical, spiritual, emotional and social needs are met.
7. Ensure that high standards of nursing care are given and maintained and act when standards are not being maintained.
8. Act as an advocate for your patients, ensuring that any barriers to the patient’s opinions and wishes being heard are challenged.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
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