Job overview
Oak Tree Ward at the Woodland Centre offers a dynamic and supportive environment for Band 5 nurses. The role is designed to give you a broad range of responsibilities, from hands-on clinical work like medication rounds and wound management to more strategic involvement in risk assessments and care planning with patients and carers. The emphasis on working alongside senior nurses and maintaining high standards of safety and safeguarding shows that this position is ideal for someone who wants to be part of a collaborative team while continuously improving their own practice.
The focus on staff development is another great highlight. Knowing that many Band 5 nurses have been promoted to Band 6 roles and that further training is encouraged is a big plus for anyone looking to grow within the organization. The opportunity to get involved in Quality Improvement projects means you’ll not only be part of evolving care at Oak Tree Ward but also contribute to broader improvements in service-user experiences.
Main duties of the job
1. Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as
2. safe as possible
3. · Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk
4. from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns
5. when necessary
6. · Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use
7. our services
8. · Being open and transparent about their own practice
9. · Supervising the work of others
10. · Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can
11. be made
12. · Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement
13. · Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records
14. · Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.
15. To uphold duty of candour
Working for our organisation
Oak Tree Ward is an acute inpatient mixed ward for Older adults aged 70+ with mental health conditions, which is located in the borough of Hillingdon. The ward provides 24 hour service, 7 days a week and staff are mainly rostered to work 11.5 hours shifts day and night (break not included). Band 5 nurses work closely with the therapy and medical team to deliver quality standard of care to patients while ensuring carers involvement throughout patients’ clinical care. Patients are admitted with various diagnosis and band 5 nurses play an important role in providing compassionate care to aid patient on their journey of recovery.
In return you will be offered:
16. Development opportunities to help you progress in your career i.e. secondment opportunities, rotations, funded courses
17. Career mapping with focus on your progression and development within the service
18. Flexible shift working hours to provide a healthy work-life balance
19. Working within a dynamic team with visibility of the Senior Management Team (Matron, Service Manager & Borough Director)
20. Excellent staff benefits: our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include: childcare vouchers, health and wellbeing services, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme.
21. Award-winning Staff Networks
22. Hidden Gem & annual award ceremonies
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Patient Safety
23. Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible
24. Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary
25. Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
26. Being open and transparent about their own practice
27. Supervising the work of others
28. Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made
29. Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement
30. Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records
31. Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements.
The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses and all nurses, including Band 5 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.
Clinical Outcomes
Band 5 nurses contribute to the effectiveness of services by:
32. Providing skilled, evidence-based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures
33. Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process including assessing risks and needs
34. Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care
35. Working as autonomous practitioners and taking responsibility for the care they give to patients but within their own limits of competency and confidence
36. Contributing to creating and maintaining high performing teams by:
37. Communicating well with all members of the team
38. Understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its’ objectives
39. Reflecting on their own practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings
40. Identifying how care could be improved
Patient Experience
Band 5 nurses contribute to the people using our services feeling respected and empowered to make decisions about their health and wellbeing by:
41. Working in partnership with patients and their families and carers
42. Gaining consent and, as far as possible, involving people in all decision making
43. Signposting patients and carers to supportive services e.g. the courses provided by the Recovery and Wellbeing College or services provided by the local authority or the voluntary sector
44. Reassuring people by being professional, responsive, knowledgeable and confident
45. Responding to complaints or concerns effectively and quickly in line with the Trust policy
Supporting yourself and others
Engaged staff are more productive and Band 5 nurses play a role in engaging in other staff members in the Trust and the work we do by:
46. Providing supervision and annual appraisals to other staff which helps those staff reflect on their work, understand their objectives and monitors their progress towards achieving them
47. Participating constructively in their own supervision and annual appraisal processes
48. Using continuing professional development funds to consolidate or improve clinical skills and to gain mentorship skills so they can support student nurses
Vaccination
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
49. Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
50. Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the
51. Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.