Staff Nurse Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England
Job description
We our looking for enthusiastic and motivated staff nurses to join our well established and friendly team on the Day Surgery Unit. It is a very busy , fast paced unit and we care for patients having a variety of surgical conditions, including general surgery, urology, plastics , gynaecology , orthopaedics and oral surgery – meaning no two days are the same. You will be actively involved in our patient’s pathway, from admitting and preparing the patient for surgery to leading their recovery and discharge.
If you are looking to join a welcoming team which is upbeat, innovative, passionate and hard-working then look no further!
Apply now to begin your career in our day surgery unit at Frimley Health Wexham Park!
Note: Previous applicants need not apply and UK pin is not an essential requirement
Our proactive unit is driven to ensure we develop our nurses to the highest standard and you will receive in house training to deliver nurse led discharges and TTA’s. You will, therefore, be an enthusiastic individual who enjoys new challenges and has a keen interest in surgical nursing. You will have excellent communication and organisation skills along with a strong team work ethic and keeps the patient at the heart of everything you do.
Our department is a fantastic environment, if you are an experienced nurse looking for the variety and satisfaction that nursing the Day Surgery Unit can offer you. It’s also a great place if you are a newly-registered nurse wishing to consolidate your skills in an exciting speciality of nursing. In addition to our excellent 12 month preceptorship course with 14 protected study days, we have a dedicated practice development team who will support and encourage your continuous professional development.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other,Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
- Responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without direct supervision.
- To work within a team and assist in monitoring the performance and work of the Nursing Team, providing education and support as appropriate.
- Responsible for the assessment of patient care needs the development, implementation
- To participate and assist in systematic monitoring and evaluation of nursing practice.
- To participate and assist in setting standards of patient care based on sound evidence based findings, implementing these into practice.
- Ensure that the nursing practices of the area comply with the Trust’s Nursing policies and
- To comply at all times with the NMC Code of Conduct.
- Communicate effectively and liaise with all health care staff as appropriate.
- To encourage and maintain good relationship with Medical Staff and other members of thePrimary care & Social Services teams in order to provide the best care.
- To support the implementation and maintenance of Team Nursing within the clinical area, taking responsibility for a small case-load of patients. Within this system of case management, co-ordinate and monitor the progress of patients along their critical pathway, reporting any variance from the pathway. Take named responsibility for co-ordinating individual patient’s discharge.
