Band 5 Staff Nurse

Bidvane; Uxbridge; A distancia; GBP 26.000 - 35.000; Jornada completa

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Professional development

Career progression support

Speak Up Guardian

Descripción de la vacante

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 Staff Nurse for the Intermediate Care Unit. The role focuses on holistic nursing care, safe discharge planning, safeguarding, and coordinating treatment with the MDT.

Newly qualified RGN applicants are welcome to consolidate their training in a physical ward setting, with weekly geriatrician ward rounds and five-day board rounds to monitor progress and care actions.

Formación

• Adult nurse registration with the NMC.
• Numeracy skills for safe medicine administration.

Responsabilidades

• Deliver holistic nursing care and follow safe practice standards
• Work with the multidisciplinary team to plan and deliver patient care and therapy goals
• Support safe and effective discharge planning
• Attend the morning board round, held five days a week, to discuss patients’ medical and therapy progress
• Contribute to the weekly ward round with the consultant geriatrician and follow up agreed care actions
• Report safeguarding concerns
• Follow Trust policies and procedures
• Work in line with the NMC Code of Conduct

Conocimientos

Holistic nursing

Discharge planning

Safeguarding

Multidisciplinary teamwork

NMC Code of Conduct

Educación

Adult nurse qualification

Descripción del empleo

This Band 5 Staff Nurse post is based in the Intermediate Care Unit at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and is a 12-month fixed-term, full-time role. The work centres on holistic nursing care, safe discharge planning, safeguarding and coordinating treatment with the multidisciplinary team. The unit supports older people recovering physically after falls, with a consultant geriatrician ward round each week and a morning board round on five days a week. Applicants need adult nurse registration with the NMC.

What the job involves

• Deliver holistic nursing care and follow safe practice standards
• Work with the multidisciplinary team to plan and deliver patient care and therapy goals
• Support safe and effective discharge planning
• Attend the morning board round, held five days a week, to discuss patients’ medical and therapy progress
• Contribute to the weekly ward round with the consultant geriatrician and follow up agreed care actions
• Report safeguarding concerns
• Follow Trust policies and procedures
• Work in line with the NMC Code of Conduct

Qualifications

• Adult nurse qualification
• Numeracy skills for safe medicine administration

Registration & licences

• NMC registration as an adult nurse

Experience

• Newly qualified RGN applicants are welcome to consolidate their training in a physical ward setting

Skills & knowledge

• Communicate with the multidisciplinary team in person and by telephone, provide effective handovers and updates, and complete nursing and medical notes and referrals to a high standard
• Maintain accurate, timely, concise and legible electronic and handwritten clinical records in line with CNWL policies
• Assess patients and develop, implement and evaluate care plans
• Empower patients, work in partnership with them, and provide safeguarding and advocacy
• Understand how the Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and equality affect practice, safety, clinical outcomes and patient experience
• Work closely with the MDT in a nurse-led physical health unit supporting older people after falls and their recovery with the therapy team

Nice to have

• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development
• Newly qualified or experienced RGN applicants welcomed
• Empowering and working in partnership with people using services

What’s offered

• Professional development opportunities and career progression support
• Support from a dedicated professional development team
• Access to a Speak Up Guardian for support outside the working environment