Job Overview Are you a nurse looking to either change direction, or develop and grow within your career? If yes, then Frimley Health Foundation Trust is your choice of employer! We are one Trust with 3 hospital sites across Frimley, Ascot and Slough An opportunity has arisen for you to join the Medical Acute Dependency Unit (MADU) nursing team within the Medicine directorate at Frimley NHS Foundation Trust, Frimley Park site. We also consider newly qualified nurses nearing the end of their training wishing to join our team also and will ensure they will have the appropriate training and support they need. We positively promote staff development with the support of our Respiratory specialist Practice Development nurse, and you will have the opportunity to develop your skills with the aid of the nationally recognised Skills competency Framework We Offer Comprehensive Competency pack to support your learning and development Opportunities to undertake both degree/masters courses including our own inhouse accredited respiratory module Bespoke study days/event for tracheostomy care, NIV and many other topics Support of our in house specialist practice development nursing team to support your own professional development As a department we take extreme pride in our staff, ensuring that individual development is paramount. If you wish to broaden your clinical skill set or gain further knowledge in the field of acute medicine then this is the opportunity for you! Main duties of the job Our MADU is a 12 bedded unit and has facilities for full cardiac monitoring and non-invasive ventilation. We provide level one and two care to patients with a variety of conditions from GI bleeds, DKA, type 1 and type 2 respiratory failure requiring non-invasive ventilation, CPAP, Oxygen Therapy, Heart failure, severe electrolyte imbalance, central lines and arterial lines monitoring, amongst others. We are looking to appoint a dynamic individual with strong interpersonal skills and an enthusiasm for caring for acutely ill medical patients. Working for our organisation Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria NMC registration Desirable criteria Degree level registration ILS Experience Essential criteria Recent experience within an acute medical nursing environment Skills & Knowledge Essential criteria Competent in basic life support and IV administration Effective communication skills (written and verbal) Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult / stressful situations Effective working with multi-disciplinary teams Special Requirements Essential criteria Able to work flexible shifts, weekends and bank holidays as required To work in other areas of the department when required Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities. We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park. We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment. Our three core 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. Apply online now