Bank Staff Nurse - Ludlow Community Hospital

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust; Ludlow; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

A community health organization in Ludlow is looking for Registered Nurses to join their Bank. The role demands experience in multi-disciplinary health environments and focuses on delivering high-quality patient care. Candidates must be RGN NMC Registered and should demonstrate strong assessment skills and decision-making ability under pressure. The organization emphasizes a balanced work-life culture and supports diverse applicants. Full job details can be found in the position's description.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a sub-acute environment.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency health/social care environment.
• Knowledge of current professional issues.

Responsibilities

• Formulate and deliver high-quality patient care without direct supervision.
• Recognise changes in patients' conditions and ensure timely referrals.
• Maintain accurate records in line with current NMC guidelines.

Skills

Ability to carry out comprehensive holistic nursing assessments

Ability to prioritise and make sound decisions under pressure

Strong leadership skills

Education

RGN NMC Registered

Professional clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level

Literacy & numeracy Level 2 or equivalent (GCSE A - C)

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel)

Job description

Bank Staff Nurse - Ludlow Community Hospital

Ludlow Community Hospital is looking for a Registered Nurses to join our Bank!

You should be experienced in working in a multi disciplinary / multi-agency health / social care environment with knowledge of IT basic administration systems including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel etc).

You will be patient focussed and have the ability to carry out comprehensive holistic nursing assessments and be able to prioritise and make sound decisions, sometimes under pressure.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Main duties of the job

• Formulate and deliver high quality patient care without direct supervision, seeking guidance on actions that are outside agreed defined standards.
• Recognise changes in patients' conditions which require the intervention of others and ensure that timely referrals are made, or escalation procedures enacted as appropriate.
• Ensure patient safety is maintained at all times. Record and report adverse and potentially adverse events and assist with investigation of such events', ensuring learning is shared with the wider team(s).
• Maintain clear, accurate and contemporaneous records in line with current NMC guidelines and standards.
• Access and use patient clinical diagnostic information to inform clinical decisions.
• Make appropriate and timely referrals to members of the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies to ensure patients' on-going physical, spiritual, emotional and social needs are met.
• Ensure that high standards of nursing care are given and maintained and act when standards are not being maintained.
• Act as an advocate for your patients, ensuring that any barriers to the patient's opinions and wishes being heard are challenged.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Person Specification

Training and Qualification

• RGN NMC Registered
• Professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level
• Literacy & numeracy Level 2 or equivalent (GCSE A - C)

Experience

• Experience of working in a sub-acute environment
• Experience of working in a multi disciplinary / multi agency health/social care environment.
• Experience and knowledge of IT basic administration systems including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel etc).

Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to carry out comprehensive holistic nursing assessment
• Ability to prioritise and make sound decisions, sometimes under pressure
• Strong leadership skills
• Knowledge of current professional issues

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum / pro rata