Staff Nurse - Ward 6B - Band 5 Boston, England
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the recruitment of both Registered general nurses and Registered Mental Health Nurses to come and join our team. We are looking for motivated, enthusiastic and caring individuals with an avid interest in the development and provision in the care of the older person.
6B is an all-male elderly care ward with 28 beds. 6B specializes in the care of those elderly patients that have complex care needs and those that have also been diagnosed with a cognitive impairment such as Dementia or Alzheimer’s. We also have a special interest in those patients that have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease.
6B prides itself in taking a holistic approach to each individual patient and their care needs. With having our Occupational and Physiotherapists on the ward means that we are able to work very closely with them to ensure that the patients are referred and assessed in a timely manner ensuring the patients stay in hospital is kept to a minimum.
As an experienced RGN/MHN your knowledge and skills will be utilized to ensure that the patients on the ward receive a high standard of care ensuring that all of their care needs are met. Sharing your knowledge and skills within the team to ensure continuity in the patient experience.
Due to the vulnerable nature of our client group we work closely with the Trust and Local Authority Safeguarding Departments and deal regularly with issues relating to Mental Capacity, Best Interest and DOLS. As well as having knowledge of relevant legislation you will also be responsible for assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating nursing care, utilizing flexible and innovative research based practice to improve the patients experience. This will also involve acting as the advocate for patients and carers to ensure that their individual care needs are met.
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!
