Hours per week: 37.5 hours per week (weekday and weekend shifts, days and nights) (part-time hours are available)
Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent
Closing Date: 20th December 2024 (subject to change)
Interview Date: 3rd January 2025
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
Main duties of the job
* Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for a specified group of patients.
* Takes charge of the ward as delegated by the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse for a specified period of time.
* Acts as a Team Leader, delegating appropriate tasks and supervising the standard of care delivered by more junior qualified staff, unqualified staff and learner nurses in the ward team.
* Assists the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse in the management of preceptorship of newly qualified staff, returning to nursing staff and the mentorship of nursing students and health care support workers.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to 'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever-evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
Xcellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in-house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job responsibilities
* Undertake and document a comprehensive, systematic and accurate nursing assessment of the physical, social and spiritual needs of the patients where appropriate.
* Create and utilize opportunities to promote health and well-being of patients in their care.
* Lead a nursing team to manage a group of patients throughout a shift.
* Ensure that all staff work within the Policies, Procedures of the Trust in line with NMC Guidance.
* Maintain a positive attitude to continuing professional education in order to enhance knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for safe and effective nursing practice.
* Maintain standards by ensuring that evidence-based practice underpins all nursing interventions.
* Participate in Trust Appraisal system.
* Liaise with Ward/Department Team, other Wards and Departments as appropriate to ensure patients receive optimum care.
Person Specification
Qualification and Professional Training
* RSCN/ RN Child Branch / RN/ RN Adult
* Willing to work towards a post grad qualification in specialty
* Teaching qualification
* Diploma
* Leadership Development
Experience and Knowledge
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Experience within the specialty
* Experience of Research Management
* Experience of audit and resource
Skills and Abilities
* Report writing skills
* Critical analytical skills
* Ability to motivate others
* Good organization
* Ability to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge and professional judgment
* Frequent requirement for concentration where the work pattern is unpredictable
* Ongoing requirement to exert moderate physical effort, pushing trolleys, transferring patients
Personal Qualities
* Ability to have positive working relationships
* Good health record
* Proven leadership skills
* Ability to work under pressure to meet required deadlines
* Evidence-based practice
* Experience of using evidence-based practice
* Ability to assist patients to move using appropriate aids on a frequent basis
* Ability to transport patients using wheelchair/trolley or bed on a frequent basis.
* Ability to deal with patients and relatives during distressing situations
* Ability to manage difficult situations/conflict effectively
* Ability to deal with emotional stress arising
Other
* Ability to apply normal care and attention throughout the shift and deal with competing demands for attention.
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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