East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
We focus 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 infections 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 minimize clinical and non-clinical risk to minimize 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 the privacy and dignity of patients are maintained at all times and work to minimize 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. Participate in an annual appraisal with relevant reviews and 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.
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse
* Mentor Qualification or ENB 998
Knowledge
* NMC Code of Conduct.
* Understanding of current issues in nursing.
* Clinical Governance
Experience
* Recent clinical experience in an Acute Trust.
* Upholds and models the Trust values.
Skills
* Ability to develop working relationships with others.
* Time management and personal organization skills.
* Calm under pressure.
* Good interpersonal skills.
* Basic IT skills.
* Demonstrates a 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.
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