Are you a nurse looking to either change direction, or develop and grow within your career?
* If yes, then Frimley Health Foundation Trust is your choice of employer!
* We are one Trust with 3 hospital sites across Frimley, Ascot and Slough.
An opportunity has arisen for you to join the Medical Acute Dependency Unit (MADU) nursing team within the Medicine directorate at Frimley NHS Foundation Trust, Frimley Park site.
We also consider newly qualified nurses nearing the end of their training wishing to join our team and will ensure they have the appropriate training and support they need.
We positively promote staff development with the support of our Respiratory specialist Practice Development nurse, and you will have the opportunity to develop your skills with the aid of the nationally recognised Skills competency Framework.
We offer:
* Comprehensive Competency pack to support your learning and development.
* Opportunities to undertake both degree/masters courses including our own in-house accredited respiratory module.
* Bespoke study days/events for tracheostomy care, NIV and many other topics.
* Support of our in-house specialist practice development nursing team to support your own professional development.
As a department, we take extreme pride in our staff, ensuring that individual development is paramount. If you wish to broaden your clinical skill set or gain further knowledge in the field of acute medicine, then this is the opportunity for you!
Main duties of the job
Our MADU is a 12 bedded unit and has facilities for full cardiac monitoring and non-invasive ventilation. We provide level one and two care to patients with a variety of conditions from GI bleeds, DKA, type 1 and type 2 respiratory failure requiring non-invasive ventilation, CPAP, Oxygen Therapy, Heart failure, severe electrolyte imbalance, central lines and arterial lines monitoring, amongst others.
We are looking to appoint a dynamic individual with strong interpersonal skills and an enthusiasm for caring for acutely ill medical patients.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We brought together Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to create Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust on 1 October 2014.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other: Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for full details of the job responsibilities.
* With minimal supervision, be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient needs.
* To participate in extended role nursing procedures e.g. intravenous injections/Inotropes/CPAP/BiPAP according to Trust policies and follow appropriate training and certification.
* Demonstrate a sound knowledge of infection control standards and promote these within the ward environment.
* To maintain high standards of patient care based on sound research findings.
* To participate and assist in systematic quality monitoring, standard setting and evaluation of nursing care.
* Provide legible and comprehensive patient records to agreed Trust and NMC standards and guidelines.
* To participate in the checking and administration of prescribed drugs (including controlled drugs) and other substances in accordance with Trust policy.
* To act in accordance with Trust policies and nursing procedures.
Person Specification
Experience
* Minimum 18 months experience working in an acute UK hospital.
Values
* Demonstrates trust values in personal statements.
* Degree Level Qualification or working towards.
* Current NMC PIN.
* Evidence of good written communication skills.
* Previous respiratory nursing experience.
* Flexible working a combination of day and night shifts.
* Evidence of post-registration study e.g. Resp Module, Cardiac Module.
* Minimum 6 months recent experience working in an Acute Hospital Setting.
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.
£31,469 to £38,308 a year per annum pro rata incl of HCAS.
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