Job overview
Clifton ward are looking for Registered Nurses that have the desire to deliver holistic nursing care in a supportive environment. Through the delayed discharge pathway you will continue to provide patient focused care, improving outcomes and reducing readmissions. You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team including, physios, social services and the Complex Discharge Team. Clifton is very much a nurse led service.
Flexible working patterns will be considered for all nursing applicants!
Main duties of the job
What we look for:
1. Experience of working in an elderly care/ medical environment would be preferred but not essential.
2. An interest in care that encompasses rehabilitating patients to discharge.
3. Passion and dedication to enable positive outcomes for our patients, and supporting them at the end of their hospital admission.
What we offer:
4. The chance to develop your expertise through the variety of complex needs of our patients.
5. You will be welcomed in to a Team that strives to achieve excellence through close working with both the patient and their families to deliver truly focused compassionate patient care.
6. Your life outside HHFT is important and the Trust are happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements; this can be discussed at interview.
7. Fairness of allocation of training opportunities and annual leave.
8. Option for excellent NHS pension.
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
For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person specification
Training and qualifications
Essential criteria
9. Professional UK Registratation
Desirable criteria
10. Additional training in looking after older people
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
11. Evidence of continous CPD
12. Completed clinical placements in a variety of areas
13. Knowledge of the management of in-patients and outpatients including evidence based strategies.
14. Multidisciplinary team working
15. Understanding of Health Environment policies and legislation including Clinical, HR, E&D, Governance
Desirable criteria
16. Has worked or had a placement within an elderly care field
17. Awareness of local and national agenda within the speciality
Skills and ability
Essential criteria
18. Able to demonstrate CARE values in application, ability to work with patients with Dementia
19. Show evidence of being self-motivated and motivate others
20. Understanding of Clinical Governance and the implications for clinical services including experience of quality issues and audit.
21. Clinical Skills appropriate to the relevant area
Desirable criteria
22. Communication skills
23. Customer service experience i.e. dealing with complaints