Registered Nurse

King's College Hospital; Orpington; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Orpington is seeking an enthusiastic Registered Nurse to work across multiple sites, focusing on Women's Health. The role involves delivering high-quality care, supporting patients and their families, and working effectively within a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should be NMC Registered Nurses with strong communication and leadership skills. This position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact on patient care with a commitment to sustainable healthcare practices.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic Registered Nurse with an interest in Women's Health.
• Ability to ensure good standards of care and patient confidentiality.
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standard of evidence-based care to patients.
• Liaise with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Adhere to NMC Code of Professional conduct at all times.

Skills

Patient care

Leadership

Communication

Clinical governance

Confidentiality

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Job description

+ Delivering a high standard of evidence based care to patients. + Ensuring good standards of care for the patients are maintained at all times. + Adhering to NMC Code of Professional conduct at all times. + Involving and supporting patients, relatives, carers and friends in the care process. + promoting well being and involving patients and relatives in health educations. + Ensuring clear and accurate written and verbal information is given at all times. + Ensuring contemporaneous records keeping at all times. + Seeking advice from more senior/ experienced members of staff where appropriate., Delivering high quality, evidence-based and patient focused clinical care through:

Delivering high quality, evidence-based and patient focused clinical care through:

• Delivering a high standard of evidence-based care to patients.
• Ensuring good standards of care for the patient are maintained at all times.
• Adhering to NMC Code of Professional conduct at all times.
• Involving and supporting patients, relatives, carers and friends in the care process.
• Promoting well-being and involving patients and relatives in health education.
• Ensuring clear and accurate written and verbal information is given at all times.
• Ensuring contemporaneous record keeping at all times.
• Seeking advice from more senior/experienced members of staff where appropriate.

Working effectively as part of the immediate team and wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) through:

• Liaising effectively with all members of the MDT to ensure patients' needs are met.
• Exercising leadership and taking the initiative where appropriate.
• Providing support and advice to ward/unit staff (especially junior staff) on clinical and administrative issues.
• Liaising with discharge coordinator / bed manager to ensure effective admission/discharge of patients.
• Keeping the ward/unit sister / charge nurse informed of significant changes and/or anticipated problems.

Upholding a duty of care and clinical governance through:

• Observing a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital.
• Ensuring the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Kings College Hospital NHS Trust Foundation together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations are adhered to at all times.
• Maintaining patient confidentiality, dignity and privacy at all times.
• Adhering to the Trust's policy on valuing equality and diversity.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Registered Nurse with an interest in Women's Health to work across the Princess Royal University Hospital and South Sites in the Gynaecology Outpatients, Early pregnancy and Emergency Assignment Unit, Colposcopy and Ambulatory Unit.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people. King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust's criminal records checking policy.

All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

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