Job overview
Band 5 Staff Nurse - Acute Medicine (AMU/AAU/SDEC)
NMC PIN IS ESSENTIAL FOR THIS POSITION
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital
Are you looking to develop your Acute medical nursing skills in a well-supported environment?
Whether you have worked in Medicine, Surgery, Critical Care or Orthopaedics this post will enable you to build on the skills you have.
You will also be able to use your clinical expertise working in our high acuity area and our expanding ambulatory service. You will be supported by the Clinical Matron and ward sisters. Development of staff is key to running our service effectively and we will invest our time in developing you.
No two days are the same on in acute medicine, however what we can promise to offer is an opportunity to develop and enhance your nursing skills within a friendly & knowledgeable team.
Main duties of the job
1. Enthusiastic and passionate registered Nurses with experience who are eager to develop your own clinical practice, knowledge and skills
2. Staff who are able to (or willing to learn) to act as a role model for colleagues and student nurses within our team
3. Nurses who are able to support the team to ensure that clinical services are delivered to a high standard.
4. Registered Nurses who are able to provide holistic care for patient and their families when they are at their most vulnerable
What we Offer:
5. Flexible working
6. In house & university based development & education
7. A friendly well supported environment to work in
8. Enhanced care skills including venepuncture and cannulation, ILS & palliative care
9. An opportunity to look after a wide variety of medical patients (respiratory, gastro, cardiology, endocrinology, neurology & many more)
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
10. Degree level education or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience
11. Professional UK registration e.g. NMC, HPC
12. Computer Literate
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
13. Evidence of Continued Professional Development (CPD) clearly recorded for professional profile
14. Completed clinical placements in a variety of areas
15. Knowledge of the management of in-patients and outpatients including evidence based strategies.
Desirable criteria
16. Experience of staff supervision
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
17. Ability to communicate written and verbal information in English, keeping legible and accurate notes
18. Ability to work with the multi/interdisciplinary team and set goals
Desirable criteria
19. Customer service experience i.e. dealing with complaints