Job overview
Do you live in Buckinghamshire area and seek an opportunity to develop your nursing career within a role that will help develop your professional decision making and skills. Why not try this exciting new opportunity to work on the Multi-Disciplinary Assessment Service at Wycombe hospital? The unit provides a Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment to the frail elderly patients living within the Buckinghamshire area, additionally we have an Intravenous Infusion Lounge.
The post involves working within a Multidisciplinary Team to provide nursing interventions to frail elderly patients to avoid hospital admission, as well as, facilitating discharges from the acute settings.
You must be innovative in your approach and willing to work with other members of the Multidisciplinary team and to ensure a high-quality service delivery. You must be willing to develop your own knowledge and skills, you will be supported in your personal development with training.
Experienced and newly qualified staff nurses will be considered for the post. Working days are Monday-Friday, no weekends, nights, or bank holidays.
Main duties of the job
Acts always in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct, and within the principles of the scope of Professional Practice and ensures other members of the team also work within these.
Maintain professional working relationships with all members of the Multidisciplinary Team and effectively contribute to the team’s continual development.
Undertakes the nursing assessment of the patient including risk assessments e.g. Moving and Handling and nutrition
Undertake drug administration and medicine management.
Ensures planned nursing care is delivered safely and effectively considering the views of the patient and their relatives. Advise on health promotion and the prevention of illness.
Maintains absolute confidentiality in respect of all medical and nursing records and interpersonal issues with colleagues.
Interpret the significance of the patient’s clinical observations and records and taking appropriate action but ensuring senior nursing staff are kept always informed.
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
Education, Qualification & Training
Essential criteria
10. Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN
11. Evidence of further continued professional development
12. Post qualification experience in relevant speciality
13. Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
14. Ability to understand the role of a registered nurse
15. Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative
16. Awareness of current professional nursing issues
17. Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality
Desirable criteria
18. Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential criteria
19. Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to negotiate
20. Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload with supervision
21. Ability to solve problems and use initiative
22. Ability to develop clinical skills
23. Willingness to undergo training (e.g. medications)
24. Basic IT skills
25. Knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
26. Ability to maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care
27. Adaptable to change
28. Ability to work rotating shifts
29. Diplomatic approach with professionalism
30. Flexible and approachable
Desirable criteria
31. Willingness to develop teaching skills
32. Awareness of the NHSE guidance of clinical governance in order to continuously improve quality of care e.g. quality, safety and ward audit standards
33. Knowledge of care planning, preceptorship, reflection and clinical supervision
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 so
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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