Job Summary
We are looking for a part-time (23 hours per week, 12-month fixed contract) enthusiastic team player to join our nursing team. Evesham Community Hospital is a 50-bedded stroke and general rehabilitation unit. The nursing staff work alongside the therapy team and adopt a multidisciplinary team approach to providing rehab to the patients.
We require an innovative, enthusiastic, motivated individual interested in all areas of rehab. You will be required to plan, implement, evaluate, and take responsibility for the nursing care of the ward patients on a daily basis. You will be expected to facilitate and support the patient and their families throughout their pathway from admission to discharge.
Evesham Community Hospital plays a critical role in the delivery of local NHS services, providing more care and treatment closer to people's homes. Emphasis is to reduce length of stay while ensuring excellent care that is safe, effective, personalized, and compassionate, to the standards you would expect for your family and friends.
Main duties of the job
As a Staff Nurse, you will be responsible for providing care to people admitted to our wards for rehabilitation. We work closely as a multi-disciplinary team.
Our focus is promoting the comfort and well-being of patients, enabling them to live as independently as possible. As a team, we encourage ongoing learning and development through reflection and clinical supervision, which we try to embed in our daily practice. Our nurses are required to facilitate the day-to-day running of the ward, administering medications, working alongside all members of the MDT, as well as patients, their families, and carers to provide 24/7 rehabilitation to enable the highest level of independence and quality of life. Our nurses are required to attend meetings as needed, such as MDT and CHC or Discharge Planning.
About Us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfill your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer;
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
* Flexible and agile working opportunities
* Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
* Wide range of supportive staff networks
* Health and wellbeing opportunities
Job Description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Responsibilities
Job description Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
* Experience gained during pre-registration training in an inpatient setting.
Desirable
* Experience gained working in the frailty care setting.
Additional criteria Essential
* Able to carry out physical requirements of the role e.g. using mechanical hoists to move patients.
Qualifications Essential
* RGN NMC Registered Adult Nursing.
Desirable
* Practice Supervisor and/or Practice Assessor Training.
* Accredited courses in Palliative Care, Tissue Viability, Diabetes, Dementia.
Knowledge Essential
* Confidence to teach student nurses, patients, carers, and members of the multidisciplinary team.
* Understanding of evidence-based nursing, multidisciplinary working, clinical governance.
* Awareness of Audit.
* Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development.
Skills and abilities Essential
* Ability to communicate effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
* Able to work competently without supervision.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
Evesham Community Hospital
Waterside
Evesham
Worcestershire
WR11 1JT
Employer's website
https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/careers #J-18808-Ljbffr