Staff Nurse

NHS Jobs; Peterborough; On-site; CAD 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated healthcare assistant to support inpatient units. You will perform physical health checks, assist with clinical stocks, and promote a positive patient experience through attentive care and teamwork.

Responsibilities include accurate nursing notes, patient observations, personal care with compassion, and collaboration with staff to maintain a clean, safe ward environment. Full training and supervision provided.

Responsibilities

• undertakes physical health checks including venepuncture, and other tasks as required.
• to work across inpatient units if required
• Support the nurse in charge in inpatient units in maintaining essential clinical stocks.
• To promote a positive service user experience throughout their stay through proactive listening, being responsive to issues raised and through resolving issues and concerns raised by service users with colleagues and senior members of the team.
• To observe and report to a registered member of the team, any changes which may indicate an alteration in the general well being and safety of a service user.
• This would include observations around the service users presentation, behaviour, mood and verbal content.
• To provide service users with personal care, where and when required, and demonstrate empathy, dignity, respect and compassion at all times.
• Ensuring that any entries made by the post holder in the nursing notes are current, relevant and accurate, and the content will then be reported & counter signed by the registered nurse or relevant professional.
• Working in partnership with the service user to access a range of activities and services to maintain their independence.
• Promoting healthy activities and lifestyle choices.
• Ensure that the ward environment is clean and tidy at all times.
• To liaise with the ward housekeeper regarding cleanliness.
• To promote and support registered staff with the physical health, comfort and wellbeing of service users, including physical observations and taking blood pressure, temperature and pulse under their guidance and supervision.

Job description

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities To undertake physical health checks including venepuncture, and other tasks as required. To work across inpatient units if required Support the nurse in charge in inpatient units in maintaining essential clinical stocks. To promote a positive service user experience throughout their stay through proactive listening, being responsive to issues raised and through resolving issues and concerns raised by service users with colleagues and senior members of the team. To be responsible for maintaining and conducting oneself in a professional manner towards service users, carers, colleagues and other agencies, at all times. To participate in working collaboratively with other Trust services and external agencies to provide seamless care for service users. To observe and report to a registered member of the team, any changes which may indicate an alteration in the general well being and safety of a service user. This would include observations around the service users presentation, behaviour, mood and verbal content. To provide service users with personal care, where and when required, and demonstrate empathy, dignity, respect and compassion at all times. Ensuring that any entries made by the post holder in the nursing notes are current, relevant and accurate, and the content will then be reported & counter signed by the registered nurse or relevant professional. Working in partnership with the service user to access a range of activities and services to maintain their independence. Promoting healthy activities and lifestyle choices. Ensure that the ward environment is clean and tidy at all times. To liaise with the ward housekeeper regarding cleanliness. To promote and support registered staff with the physical health, comfort and wellbeing of service users, including physical observations and taking blood pressure, temperature and pulse under their guidance and supervision.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust