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Please do not submit an application if working overseas and do not hold NMC registration.
FULL AND PART TIME HOURS AVAILABLE
Ward A1 is an General Medical/Escalation ward with 24 beds and you will work part of a multidisciplinary team. We have an excellent team of staff and offer ward based training.

What we will offer you?

• Welcoming and friendly team
• Corporate and local ward induction
• Support with professional development
• Professional working environment
• To be part of an amazing team

What we would like from you?

• Be a team player
• Provide a high standard of care
• Adhere to the Trust Values
• Work within the NMC code of conduct
• Be able to communicate well with the MDT
• Excellent standard of written documentation
• Support patients with care delivery
• Care of NG's, PEG's and PICC lines
• Venepuncture and cannulation (training available)
• Work well within a team
• Able to supervise and support our health care workers
• Be able to care for acutely unwell patients
• Be willing to part take in further education and learning
• Work and maintain high standards in line with the Trust accreditation and CQC standards.
• Working days and nights

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Communicate with patients, carers, family and relatives as part of effective patient care.
• Liaising with the multi-disciplinary team in relation to patients care and needs.
• Provides feedback to the department from courses undertaken.

Responsibility for Patient Care

• Assessing the individual's care needs, developing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care to meet needs of patients and undertake all forms of care within the clinical environment.
• Working in partnership with relatives and carers to develop and implement /improve standards of patient care.
• Liaising with staff from multi-disciplines in matters relating to patient care and equipment relevant to nursing care.
• Maintain accurate and timely patients’ records and documentation ensuring confidentiality.
• To uphold the Trust’s dignity and respect standards – First Impressions.
• Ensure that nursing care is appropriate, provided and is consistent with clinical guidelines.
• Using professional judgements is able to analyse a range of patient conditions and act appropriately.
• Maintaining high standards of patient care by personal example and professional conduct.
• Promote the safeguarding of vulnerable patients in line with national and local policy

Planning and organising

• Responsible for prioritising own workload.
• As Shift Leader be responsible for discharge planning, liaising with Social Services and for organising safe and effective handover of patients.
• Actively contribute and participate in the Trust’s clinical governance agenda.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £43.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated and you would like some advice or information, including how to get vaccinated, please email [email protected]. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.