Job overview
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is a major provider of integrated hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area. This includes Thame (Oxfordshire), Tring (Hertfordshire) and Leighton Buzzard (Bedfordshire). We provide care to over half a million patients every year. We have over 6,000 highly trained clinical staff. This includes doctors, nurses, midwives, health visitors, therapists, and healthcare scientists.
Amersham Hospital is one of several Community Hospitals within the Trust.
Interviews taking place in Chartridge Ward, Amersham Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Staff Nurse at Chartridge Ward is to support patients at the later stage of their inpatient experience.
You will need to have a good understanding of the discharge process as well as a thorough understanding of the implications of prolonged hospital stays and the impact this can have on patients and their relatives.
The Staff Nurse will not only support the patient and their families, but also the discharge team, with sharing of essential information to ensure discharges are efficient and effective.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
1. As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
2. We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
3. We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
4. We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
5. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
6. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
7. Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
8. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
9. Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
10. Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to negotiate
11. Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload with supervision
12. Ability to solve problems and use initiative
13. Ability to develop clinical skills
14. Willingness to undergo training (e.g. medications)
15. Basic IT skills
16. Knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
17. Ability to maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care
18. Adaptable to change
19. Ability to work rotating shifts
20. Diplomatic approach with professionalism
21. Flexible and approachable
Desirable criteria
22. Willingness to develop teaching skills
23. Awareness of the NHSE guidance of clinical governance in order to continuously improve quality of care e.g. quality, safety and ward audit standards
24. Knowledge of care planning, preceptorship, reflection and clinical supervision
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
25. Ability to understand the role of a registered nurse
26. Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
27. Awareness of current professional nursing issues
28. Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality
Desirable criteria
29. Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
30. Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN
Desirable criteria
31. Evidence of further continued professional development
32. Post qualification experience in relevant speciality
33. Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Desirable criteria
34. Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary
35. Maybe required to work in other departments if requested to do
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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