Job overview
Are you an experienced Registered Nurse looking for your next challenge?
We have an opportunity to join our Team at the Emergency Multidisciplinary Unit (EMU) in Witney, up to 25 working hours per week .
The Emergency Multi-disciplinary Assessment Unit based at Witney Community Hospital provides sub-acute care for patients over the age of 18 years. Each patient receives an individualised MDT assessment, diagnostics and treatment, with a commitment to patient-centred care. The Team comprises of doctors, nurses, paramedics, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and social care.
This post would suit a registered nurse from either an acute background or community setting. We need a wide range of skills for our patient group, and support and development is available to achieve this.
EMU works closely with Abingdon EMU, RACU and Hospital at Home to provide care for patients that is closer to home, with aim to prevent any unnecessary hospital admissions.
The Unit opening times are currently 10-8pm/ 9-7pm Monday-Friday, and weekends 10-4pm.
We welcome informal visits or telephone discussions. Please call 01865 903659 and ask for Tendai Mugariri (Clinical Lead).
Main duties of the job
The nursing role encompasses a mixture of general and specialist skills to provide care integrated with primary and secondary care. Nursing skills include advanced patient assessment, coordinating complex discharges, communicating with, and teaching patients and families, phlebotomy and cannulation, administration of IV drugs and blood and care of the acutely ill patient.
We are looking for someone who has excellent communication skills, is reliable, punctual and works well in a team. Creative thinking is a benefit in this changing environment. You will need to be able to work calmly and efficiently within a busy and intensive environment dealing with unpredictable situations whilst working collaboratively to remaining focused on providing a person-centred approach to care and treatment.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
1. Excellent opportunities for career progression
2. Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
3. 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
4. NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
5. Competitive pension scheme
6. Lease car scheme
7. Cycle to work scheme
8. Employee Assistance Programme
9. Mental Health First Aiders
10. Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
11. Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
12. NMC or HCPC registered
Desirable criteria
13. Adult Nursing Diploma/Degree
Experience
Essential criteria
14. Range of clinical experience
15. Patient Assessment Experience
16. Working with multi-disciplinary teams and other professionals
17. Supervisory and management skills
Desirable criteria
18. Ambulatory care
19. Acute or Community Experience
Skills
Essential criteria
20. Reflective practitioner
21. Assessment Skills
Desirable criteria
22. Evidence of Leadership skills
23. All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
24. Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
25. We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
26. Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
27. We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
28. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
29. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
30. Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing