Staff Nurse - South Hams Ward Kingsbridge, England
Job description
South Hams Community Hospital are pleased to be able to offer a vacancy for a Registered Nurse on the Ward. We are a 15 bedded Rehabilitation Unit and take patients from any area requiring General Rehabilitation.
We are a proud committed team who will provide you with experience and skills which will help to enhance your future career opportunities. South Hams Hospital Ward is a very supportive environment to develop your skills in a rehabilitation setting.
Why not come and visit the hospital for an informal visit? We would like to meet you and introduce you to the team - To arrange this please contact Ward Manager Mandy Ostenfeldt via [email protected]
Under the direction of the Nurse-in-Charge and working as part of a multidisciplinary team you will co-ordinate, and deliver effective quality nursing care by assessing the needs, planning, implementing & evaluating the care for the patients under our care requiring rehabilitation or end of life care.
We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment.
South Hams Hospital is located approximately from Plymouth and sits on the estuary close to lovely beaches. PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY.
Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS at Risk staff throughout Devon who is able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.
‘Relocation package may be available’.
Clinical
- Providing and delivering a high standard of nursing care by initiating and co-ordinating the assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating of individual patients needs based on evidence. This includes all aspects of care from admission to discharge.
- Reporting and documenting all relevant nursing/patient needs, communicating changes with other health care professionals in the multi-disciplinary team with ongoing responsibility for patient care as they occur.
- Engaging and interacting with carers and family, encouraging them to be actively involved in patients care planning as outlined in ward / unit philosophy.
- Promoting and delivering health education within the clinical area and advise patient’s family and/or significant others in health promotion issues.
- Demonstrating and undertaking evidence-based practice playing an active part in the introduction of this evidence to improve patient centred care.
- Assisting other clinical areas within the trust if the clinical situation or staffing levels demand.
- Supervising and directing Health Care Assistants with their daily workload.
- Communicating with patients, relatives and outside agencies as appropriate, within the confines of the Data Protection Act and Patient Confidentiality.
- Implementing and sharing good infection control practice.
- Undertaking manual handling assessments and ensuring identified actions are met.
- Initiating the reporting of an untoward incident such as complaints, clinical emergencies, and injury or drug administration errors and taking immediate actions as appropriate.
- Demonstrating an awareness of and compliance with Health and Safety regulations / Procedures that apply to staff, patients and visitors within the trust premises, reporting any deficiencies in equipment, furnishings or matters of hygiene.
- Contributing towards maintaining the set standard of clinical practice. Participating in Audit and quality monitoring.
- Managing the Clinical risk relating to individuals or a group of patients care, reporting issues to appropriate senior staff.
- Efficient and effective use of available resources.
- Attending Ward meetings
- In some circumstances take charge of the ward in the absence of more senior staff.
