Junior Sister / Charge Nurse - Forrester Brown

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust; Bath; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Foundation Trust in Bath is looking for dedicated nursing staff to enhance patient care within their orthopaedic specialty. The role involves assessing and implementing care programmes, coordinating discharge arrangements, and promoting a recovery-focused approach. Candidates should be prepared to educate patients, maintain clinical documentation, and ensure a safe working environment. With a strong emphasis on staff well-being and inclusivity, the trust offers numerous benefits aimed at fostering a supportive workplace.

Benefits

Holistic well-being support

Opportunities for learning and innovation

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate programmes of care within a nursing framework.
• Co-coordinate patients' discharge arrangements ensuring necessary agency involvement.
• Promote patient-focused recovery approaches in collaboration with health professionals.
• Educate patients and carers as identified.
• Provide information to help patients make healthier choices.
• Ensure correct completion of clinical documentation by the nursing team.
• Maintain a safe ward/department environment.
• Assist in establishing and monitoring protocols/care pathways.
• Promote effective communication with all stakeholders.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and ensure understanding among staff.
• Supervise junior staff through monitoring and mentoring.
• Provide emergency cover within the unit.

Job description

At RUH, our orthopaedic specialty is dynamic, forward‑thinking and constantly striving to improve the patient pathway.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the framework of team nursing incorporating the Named Nurse initiative.
• Proactively co‑coordinate the patients' discharge arrangements in accordance with RUH Discharge Policy ensuring involvement of other agencies as necessary.
• Promote a patient‑focused enhanced recovery approach to care in collaboration with all relevant health professionals.
• Educate patients and their carers as required where a need has been identified.
• Provide information thus enabling patients to make choices about adopting a healthier lifestyle.
• Ensure that all clinical documentation is completed correctly by members of the nursing team.
• Maintain a safe ward/department environment.
• Assist in the establishment and monitoring of protocols/care pathways.
• Promote and maintain effective communication within the ward/department, GPs and community staff and other hospitals with regard to ongoing patient care.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and ensure all staff understand the relevance of this.
• Supervise junior staff in the delivery of care, through effective monitoring, mentoring, clinical supervision and reflective practice.
• Provide emergency cover, where possible, within the unit.

Benefits

We value staff well‑being, with a well‑established programme of support spanning physical, emotional, spiritual and financial well‑being. We offer a holistic approach to living a healthy life and a supportive environment that champions diversity, kindness and civility.

Our team is recognised among the top 20 best hospitals in the country, and we are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment with robust staff benefits and opportunities for learning and innovation.