Overview
Team work makes the dream work! We are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic, motivated, quick thinkers to join our friendly team to deliver care to acutely unwell patients. Our patients are admitted directly from the Emergency Department and our medical team rapidly assess and formulate treatment plans in AMU. Patients then move to other wards, to Community Hospitals or go home.
You will be willing to learn, partake in, or be experienced in: delivering high standards of personal care to patients; supporting the Registered Nurses to deliver plans of care; escorting patients to other wards and departments; working shifts on rotation of days and nights including weekends. We will support you to reach your potential by providing in-house training and a broad range of opportunities within the Trust for the right candidates.
Responsibilities
* To assist the registered nurse in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care.
* To report any concerns to the registered nurse relating to standards of cleanliness, hazards and patient safety within the clinical area.
* To ensure the registered nurse is regularly updated on patient condition and progress.
* To ensure the equipment is clean and in good working order.
* To ensure the environment is clean and tidy.
* To participate in the induction of staff new to the clinical area.
* To minimize hazards in the working area and report any identifiable hazards to the line manager. To adhere to all safe systems of work applicable to the work area.
* To demonstrate effective communication, both orally and in writing, to ensure dissemination of information.
* To maintain confidentiality at all times.
* To promote awareness of child protection issues referring to area child protection policy and Trust policy. Attend child protection training in accordance with the policy.
* To promote awareness of adult protection issues referring to the Herefordshire Multi-Agency Policy and Procedures for The Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Abuse. Attend adult protection training sessions in accordance with the policies and procedures.
About the Trust and Location
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye. We are a progressive and forward-looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we would want for our family and friends. More than 3,500 people work for the Trust; they tell us it\'s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire. We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential. Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.
For more information about the role and responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.
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