Employer: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Burns Ward
Town: East Grinstead
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum plus £1500 New Starter Premium
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 16/02/2025 23:59
Senior Staff Nurse - Burns
NHS AfC: Band 6
Welcome to Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and thank you for your interest.
We are seeking an enthusiastic Band 6 Nurse who wishes to pursue a career in specialist Burns nursing. You will help us provide care, with kindness and compassion during our patient’s journey. From working alongside our talented specialists and allied health professionals, you will develop clinical skills to become an expert practitioner in caring for a wide range of burns and plastics patients. You will have a desire to develop your leadership and mentoring skills and regularly be in charge of the burns ward acting as a strong role model for the wider team.
If you are successfully appointed to this role you will be eligible for a two-stage New Starter Premium of £1500 in total. You will receive £500 on the 6 month anniversary of your start date and another £1000 on the one year anniversary of your start date.
Bank staff and returners to the Trust within 12 months are not eligible for the New Starter Premium.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of a team to provide a safe, effective, efficient care environment for patients, relatives and carers. They will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without direct supervision from senior staff. They are expected to be able to demonstrate procedures, mentor and supervise pre and post registration staff without direct supervision, leading the unit on a day to day basis in the absence of the Matron or Deputy.
You must have substantial ward experience and evidence of recent and regular shift leading. Our aim is to offer excellent career development opportunities to develop both professionally and personally; we will encourage and support our nurses to actively contribute to our continuing development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical
* Carries out a full range of registered nurse duties, including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the patient’s condition.
* Maintains a safe environment when caring for patients, including those patients requiring frequent levels of monitoring.
* Monitors all patient care and treatment, maintaining high standards and quality at all times.
* Carries out instructions from the nurse in charge and implements treatments ordered by members of the multidisciplinary team.
* Is able to prioritise nursing care, recognise deterioration in a patient’s condition and escalate to the site team/clinician immediately.
* Maintains accurate, contemporaneous and legible written records of care.
* Ensure effective communication with all levels of staff including the whole multidisciplinary team.
* Under the direction of the Matron, demonstrates clinical skills to pre and post registered nursing staff.
* Fosters good relationships with other departments, the multidisciplinary team and visitors to the unit.
* Participates in the health education and explanation of treatment to patients and relatives.
Professional
* Adheres to the Trust Uniform and dress code policy.
* Responsible as a trained nurse for the control and administration of drugs within the regulations outlined in the Queen Victoria Hospital NHS FT Medicine Policy and the NMC.
* Participates in and leads ward projects, enhancing the standards of care.
* Assist in the updating of Professional practice/procedures in line with current research.
* Help maintain an environment conducive to the allocation of nursing students and other staff in training.
* Maintain own personal profile.
* Contribute and participate in the development of nurses and nursing practice across the Trust.
* Report to the Matron accidents/incidents and be aware of the Trust policy for voicing concerns.
* Patients, visitors and staff are dealt with sensitively and professionally.
* The dignity of the patient is maintained.
* Ensure they meet the requirements for revalidation.
Managerial
* Participates in the management of the team including delegation of work on a day to day basis for junior staff.
* Provide feedback to the Matron on individual staff progression or identify any concerns and document.
* Be the named nurse responsible on a shift for the continuing care of patients within the unit.
* Is aware of responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act reporting via the appropriate system any faulty or damaged equipment.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Current registration with NMC as a registered nurse
* 2 years post-registration experience
* Emergency Management of Severe Burns course
* Burns & Plastics course
Skills and experience
* High level of knowledge of principles of wound healing
* Experience of shift leading
* Evidence of learning and development
The closing date given is a guide only. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
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