Newly Qualified Staff Nurse Crewe, England
Job description
If you are a student nurse due to qualify in 2023 as a Registered Adult or Paediatric Nurse, then read on…
Are you looking for the best place to begin your nursing career? Are you a qualified Nurse looking for a change?
Don’t look any further…MCHFT is the Trust for you!
Making the transition from student to newly-qualified nurse can seem like a big step.
It’s not unusual to feel anxious about what will be expected of you and how much support you’ll get on your preceptorship or initial training period.
As a newly qualified band 5 nurse, you will be supported to be the best you can be, with opportunities for education and development throughout your career.
We offer full time and part time positions across our Surgery and Cancer, Emergency Care , Women's and Children's and Diagnostic Divisions. We also have opportunities within our community based teams CCICP.
Please put your preferred area of work in your supporting information. This cannot be guaranteed but we will do our best to accommodate your request.
Our Trust is a friendly and supportive place to work. We're committed to providing a supportive and safe environment for Nurses to work in, providing careers not just jobs. In return we’re looking for caring, skilled professionals who are able to deliver the care our patients deserve.
Your aim is to improve your patients’ quality of life, whatever their situation. You’ll need to take lots of factors into account and juggle many priorities to get the best possible results for your patients.
Your nursing career will mean working with all ages. They may suffer from one or more long or short-term physical health conditions. This could include heart disease, injuries from an accident, pneumonia, arthritis, diabetes or cancer.
You could work in a variety of settings including hospital wards, outpatient units, patients' home and clinics. You'll be part of the multidisciplinary teams with other professionals such as occupational therapists, pharmacists, radiographers and healthcare assistants. You'll also work closely with patients' families and carers.
Wherever your nursing career path takes you, let Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust guide your way.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.
We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.
The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.
At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
JOB PURPOSE
An experienced health care professional competent in all aspects of care planning, who is able to carry out a wide range of clinical skills, including area(s) of specialist clinical expertise and advice within the team e.g.
infection control, by working collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families. The post holder will also take an active part in the leadership, education, development and supervision of the team.
CLINICAL SKILLS
1. Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care according to changing health care needs, including providing clinical expertise, advice and guidance in a
specialist area of clinical practice to improve the overall care provided by the team.
2. Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team/agencies to ensure that patient needs are met. 3. Involve patients, relatives/carers in the delivery of care, providing reassurance and support to assist their understanding and co-operation
4. Prepare the clinical area for safe practice by ensuring that cleanliness is maintained, materials and equipment are ready for use, including clearing away afterwards.
5. Provide escort and transfer for patients as directed by the multidisciplinary team.
6. Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
7. Collect, collate, and report information, maintaining accurate patient records/documentation.
CLINICAL GOVERNANCE
8. Promote the individual needs of the patient, by acknowledging preferences, rights and choices, respecting privacy and dignity, and by promoting anti-discriminatory practice, alerting senior staff if
patient care appears to be disrespectful or discriminatory.
9. Establish and maintain effective communication, maintaining confidentiality of information.
10. Lead upon improvements in care and advancing knowledge within own specialist field, by continually monitoring standards of care, and by identifying risks, benchmarking, audit and research.
11. Participate in the effective management of risk, by accurate recording and reporting and correct maintenance of records and documentation
12. Contribute to the content of policies, procedures and guidelines related to own clinical area/practice
13. Ensure compliance with Trust policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others, alerting senior staff if practice appears to contravene policy, or if concerned about any aspect of patient care .
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