Inpatient Staff Nurse - Willow Therapy Unit
Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
NCH&C is hiring several multidisciplinary roles within the state-of-the-art new Willow Therapy Unit. Opening at Norwich Community Hospital in 2024, the new facility will provide a supportive and comfortable environment for 48 patients.
The restorative environment at Willow Therapy Unit will enable patients to make steady, step-by-step improvements and gain independence as they prepare to return to the community. Patients will be supported to play an active role in their own care and feel confident about performing daily activities when they leave.
Healthcare will be delivered by a multidisciplinary team of clinical professionals dedicated to patient recovery and wellbeing.
As an Inpatient Staff Nurse, you must live by our values and use your skills to ensure the ethos becomes part of the culture within the team. Being able to communicate well with a variety of people is an absolute must.
Main Duties of the Job
* Be responsible for delivery of care in a reablement setting.
* Support an environment where all team members are responsible for a reablement ethos using a positive risk-taking approach for patients, their carers, and families.
* Support patients being as independent as possible within their functional limits.
* Work as part of a multidisciplinary team within a quality framework to ensure that the highest standards of care are met.
* Support and deliver innovation within discharge practice and pathways.
* Work with system partners including the voluntary sector to ensure that patients experience a seamless transfer of care both into and onward from the unit.
* Be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of care to a named group of patients.
* Work proactively within the team to achieve unit and trust goals and objectives.
* Work with and promote recognised policies, protocols, and guidelines.
Job Responsibilities
Clinical/Professional
* Be responsible for practice in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council code of professional conduct.
* Plan and assess programs of care with realistic nursing and reablement goals with the consultation of the patient, family, and multidisciplinary team.
* Be sensitive to patients' needs in respect of courtesy, dignity, and privacy.
* Promote effective communication with the multi-professional team.
* Provide information and education that enables patients to make choices about adopting a healthier lifestyle.
* Recommend innovative changes in clinical practice to enhance patient care.
* Participate in audit processes and action outcomes.
* Demonstrate an understanding of research and application to clinical practice.
* Ensure the safe control and custody of drugs within the ward/department in line with Trust Policy.
* Ensure that all patient care is documented accurately and legibly.
* Work collaboratively with outside agencies.
Management/Organisational Responsibilities
* Ensure effective and efficient use of all unit resources.
* Provide leadership to all members of the unit promoting effective teamwork.
* Be responsible for monitoring staffing levels and the skill mix to meet the needs of patients.
* Maintain a positive approach to achievement within the team.
* Assist with the induction of new staff and students, acting as a mentor.
* Participate in problem-solving related to work organisation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register.
* Working towards Degree.
Experience
* Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
* Experience of working with patients with multiple pathologies.
Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
* Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
* Basic computer skills.
* Ability to maintain and improve standards of care.
* Up to date knowledge of current clinical/professional issues.
Communication
* Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English.
Personal Attributes / Behaviours
* Flexible/positive approach to work.
* Enthusiastic and able to work under pressure.
* Able to work collaboratively as part of a team.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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