Registered Nurse- General Medicine (Richard Stevens)
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
We are focused on medical patients' safety experience throughout the admission, transfer, and discharge. We are currently looking for a Band 5 Registered Nurse to join our team, and the successful candidate will progress their nursing skills in nursing assessment, admission, treatment of various medical pathways, transfer, and discharge process.
Main duties of the job
1. Communicate effectively with patients and their relatives, ensuring accurate and seamless information is conveyed and documented.
2. Ensure that accurate and legible patient records are kept in line with professional and legal requirements.
3. Act as the identified nurse for critically ill patients by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating their care.
4. Participate in taking an active role in planning effective, timely, and safe discharges.
5. Work to eliminate all avoidable infection by acting as a role model in infection prevention and control to all staff, visitors, and patients.
6. Provide training and support to new and junior staff in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
7. Identify and minimise clinical and non-clinical risk to minimise risk of harm to patients, staff, and visitors.
8. Involve patients in their care and ensure their understanding of treatment plans and care options before gaining informed consent for care delivery and interventions.
9. Ensure that Privacy and Dignity of patients is maintained at all times and work to minimise mixing of male and female patients and sharing of bathroom/toilet facilities.
10. Participate in department meetings when required.
11. Ensure compliance with professional expectations as outlined in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
12. To participate in an annual appraisal with relevant reviews and to follow your personal development plan as agreed with your line manager.
About us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected, and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families, and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK, you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries, please don't hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Recent clinical experience in an acute Trust.
* NMC Registration.
* Delivery of evidence-based practice.
* Demonstrates patient-focused approach.
* Mentor Qualification or ENB998 Completion of Preceptorship.
* Evidence of facilitating learning in practice.
* Evidence of ongoing personal and professional development.
Knowledge
* NMC Code of Conduct.
* Understanding of current issues in nursing.
* Clinical Governance Risk management.
* National Patient Survey.
* Venepuncture/Bladder scans/Catheterisation/Cannulation/IV medications.
Other requirements
* To be aware of and adhere to the Trust's Vision, Mission & Values. Current understanding of key issues facing the NHS both locally and nationally.
* Calm under pressure.
* Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively.
* Good interpersonal skills.
* Ability to work on own initiative using sound decision-making and problem-solving skills.
Skills
* Ability to develop working relationships with others.
* Time management and personal organisation skills.
* Calm under pressure.
* Good interpersonal skills.
* Basic IT skills.
* Demonstrates patient-focused approach.
* Evidence of facilitating learning in practice.
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
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