Registered Nurse

EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Lancashire is seeking dedicated nurses to join their Community Intermediate Care Directorate. Candidates should possess excellent communication and compassion while providing patient care in multidisciplinary settings. The role involves administering medications, educating patients, and collaborating with healthcare teams. The ideal candidate must hold a nursing degree and NMC registration. This position offers a fulfilling opportunity to support patients with complex health needs, ensuring safe and effective care.

Qualifications

• You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
• Experience in providing rehabilitation to patients with complex health needs.
• Ability to share information with a variety of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Work within the ELHT behaviour framework.
• Provide safe, personal and effective care.
• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed.
• Assist in ensuring excellent patient care.
• Contribute to standards in nursing care.
• Act as a teacher to student nurses.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Empathy

Compassion

Teamwork

Education

Degree in nursing or equivalent experience

NMC registration

Job description

This is an exciting time to join the Community Intermediate Care Directorate. Our aim is to enhance and improve our community in patient care, working with patients, families, multi-disciplinary teams and partner care agencies ensuring the most appropriate treatment plans are devised for our patients leading to safe discharges for our patients. There are five in-patient wards within the Directorate, one of these is committed to neuro rehabilitation. There are three wards based on the Burnley General Site who provide intermediate care, dermatology, ophthalmology and complex discharge planning, with access to 24 hour medical cover. There is one ward based at Clitheroe Community Hospital and Albion Mill which promote rehabilitation, these wards have medical cover from Monday to Friday, Albion Mill and Clitheroe are supported by the out of hours GP service. As the majority of our patients have complex health needs we provide, alongside their rehabilitation support, education with their health issues, thus allowing them to take control and manage their health as best they can, both physically and emotionally., To have excellent communication skills, be able to demonstrate empathy and compassion to the patients and families we care for

Responsibilities

• All staff are expected to work within the ELHT behaviour framework
• To work with the multi-disciplinary team to provide safe, personal and effective care.
• To work with colleagues to ensure equipment and resources are available to deliver excellent nursing care, prioritising as necessary.
• To administer medications and treatments as prescribed, with safety and accurately in line with Trust ensure safety in medication administration.
• To be able to share information with a variety of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, patients.
• To assist senior staff in ensuring excellent patient care, which is planned and individualised to each patient, and to partake in the multi-disciplinary team meetings.
• To act as a teacher to student nurses and trainee nurse associates and to ensure their ongoing education for caring and supporting patients.
• To contribute to setting of standards in nursing care, evaluating the quality of care given to patients, to apply that learning and findings to nursing practice.
• Takes responsibility for personal development and education and to discuss with senior members of the team through their annual performance development review.
• Maintains and promotes the Trust's vision and values as discussed below, collaboratively with the therapy teams in ensuring care plans are produced which support the individual patient to reach their goals. To be able to identify and discuss nursing problems with patients, relatives and colleagues.
• To work with colleagues to ensure equipment and resources are available to deliver excellent nursing care, prioritising as necessary.
• To administer medications and treatments as prescribed, with safety and accurately in line with Trust Policy. To complete the medicine management and patient group directive e-learning modules to ensure safety in medication administration.
• To be able to share information with a variety of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, patients and their relatives, colleagues, social workers, therapy teams and medical colleagues as appropriate.
• To be able to provide direction and hands on nursing care to patients and to facilitate and support the patient in achieving their goals.
• To assist senior staff in ensuring excellent patient care, which is planned and individualised to each patient, and to partake in the multi-disciplinary team meetings.
• To act as a teacher to student nurses and trainee nurse associates and to ensure their ongoing education for caring and supporting patients who require intermediate, palliative, or rehabilitation care are met.
• To contribute to setting of standards in nursing care, evaluating the quality of care given to patients, measuring standards of excellent care through evaluation, under the direction of the senior nurse.
• Has the ability to seek out knowledge of nursing and health, develop new skills and being able to apply that learning and findings to nursing practice.
• Handles initial complaints by patients, members of the public and colleagues in accordance with Trust Policies and assist the senior members of the team to maintain safe systems of work, abiding by the legal requirements and statutory rules relating to practice, eg NMC Code of Practice.
• Takes responsibility for personal development and education and to discuss with senior members of the team through their annual performance development review.
• Maintains standards of conduct and dress, to ensure confidence with the public, patients and families.
• Maintains and promotes the Trust's vision and values as discussed below. To have excellent communication skills, be able to demonstrate empathy and compassion to the patients and families we care for.
• All staff are expected to work within the ELHT behaviour framework.

Qualifications

• To work, NMC registration, Degree in nursing or equivalent experience, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Equal Opportunities Statement

We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background. We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.

Application Process

• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
• This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
• Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.

Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained. The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed. The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £55.38 and for a Standard Disclosure will be £27.38.