An exciting opportunity has arisen for a committed, enthusiastic and highly motivated Registered Nurse to join our friendly team on Stradbroke ward.
Stradbroke ward is a 27 bedded ward caring for patients with complex Gastroenterology and Surgical needs providing specialist care for patients with nutritional and alcoholic disorders. If you have experience of caring for Gastroenterology and/or Surgical patients, we would like to hear from you.
We pride ourselves in providing a supportive environment to develop knowledgeable and competent practitioners. There are various opportunities to continue to develop skill and a career pathway. For example, we offer training surrounding acute gastroenterology presentations, the deteriorating patient and emergency and elective surgical care.
• You will meet the needs of the Trust with regard to Induction, mandatory and statutory training
• You will work within the framework for Clinical Governance to provide effective, high quality individualised nursing care to patients and relatives/carers and to contribute to the continuing development of nursing practice.
• You will ensure high standards of patient care at all times, in line with Trust policies and guidelines
• You will work as an effective member of the nursing and wider multi-professional healthcare team
• You will work within the Trust’s Competency Framework for Registered Nurses, the Ward/ Department Philosophy and the NMC Code of Conduct/ Professional Standards for the Protection of Patients
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Friday 14 Mar 2025