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Site: Royal Preston Hospital
Town: Preston
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum/Pro Rata for part-time
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/03/2025 23:59
Interview date: 17/03/2025
Job overview
Are you looking for a new career opportunity that will both challenge and reward you at the same time? We have vacancies for Experienced or Newly qualified Band 5 Staff Nurses to develop as a nurse in acute medicine.
We are a busy acute medical unit with 34 core beds and 2 assessment areas. If you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where 2 days are not the same then this job is for you!
This position would be suited to an individual looking to gain experience in the acute setting. Eager to learn new skills in a thriving and supportive workplace, ensuring high quality care is given to our patient group while working with a dedicated team of staff who are devoted to improving the quality of care and enhancing patients’ experience.
We are seeking highly motivated, flexible individuals with strong interpersonal skills that will look forward to the challenges of nursing patients who have a variety of acute medical problems. Ideally, the post holder will have experience of working in an acute hospital setting and be able to demonstrate clinical knowledge in caring for acutely unwell patients. In return, bespoke training opportunities will be tailored to your personal needs to enable your development into this challenging role.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for planning, delivering, and evaluating the personalised health and wellbeing care needs of patients, in line with the Trust’s Values & Nursing & Midwifery Professional Framework goals. Responsibilities include:
* Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to meet patients’ needs in accordance with agreed local and national standards and evidence-based guidelines.
* Support and provide patient education and health promotion.
* Be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of care, through appropriate professional practice, delegation and supervision of duties carried out by junior staff.
* Proactively manage risk and maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
* Assist in setting, monitoring and maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care.
* Communicate all relevant information to the multidisciplinary team internally and with external organisations as required, to ensure seamless care.
* Maintain accurate and complete records of all care activities, in a timely manner, adhering to local and professional standards for documentation.
* Act as a role model, presenting a positive image of self, team and the organisation.
* Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals.
* Ensure the environment of care is safe, well equipped and compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
* Participate in the education and training of junior staff.
* Maintain and develop own professional competence and seek to extend the scope of personal knowledge and skills within the scope of role and professional practice.
* Proactively engage with Trust wide or local changes and developments in nursing practice.
* Actively try to resolve issues and complaints at local level and report the outcome to line manager.
Person specification
Qualifications and Education
* Appropriate NMC registration.
* NMC recognised mentorship qualification or willingness to work towards within 18 months of commencement in post.
* Evidence of continuing education or development.
* Manchester Triage.
* Venepuncture & cannulation.
* ECG recording.
* Degree.
Knowledge & Experience
* Willing to expand clinical role e.g. IV additives, venepuncture and cannulation.
* Awareness of changes within Nursing practice.
* Knowledge of clinical governance and the relevance to practice.
* Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures.
* Knowledge of ethical issues.
* Evidence of clinical competence in area of speciality e.g. surgery.
* Knowledge of leadership and management.
* Experience of mentorship and ability to identify learning and development needs.
* Research and development.
* Experience working in acute medicine.
Thanks for taking the time to view this advert; we’re looking forward to receiving your application. You should be aware that the vacancy may close earlier than the published date if sufficient applications are received so it would be best to apply as soon as you can. We’ll contact you by e-mail to update you on the progress of your application so please check the e-mail account that you applied from (including spam/junk) regularly.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, neurodiversity or veteran status are encouraged to apply for this post.
To support you in your application process we’ve created a What we can offer you guide that shows what you can expect when you join our hospitals. The guide includes links to our strategic aims and objectives as well as our values, development support and rewards and benefits.
We recognise that the recruitment process may present barriers for some and you may need personal adjustments to enable you to participate in our recruitment process. Please make contact with the recruitment team at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
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