Registered Nurse - Baddow Ward

VerseOne Group; Herne Bay; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

VerseOne Group is seeking a Registered Nurse to join Baddow Ward on a permanent basis (full or part-time). The ward specialises in elderly care medicine and offers the chance to work with a multidisciplinary team supporting patients from admission to discharge.

Applicants must have current UK nursing registration (NMC) and be able to provide high quality, individualized care. OSCE support is not available at this time.

Qualifications

• NMC registration

Responsibilities

• To provide a high standard of individualised care to patients, whilst maintaining privacy and dignity
• To assess care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care
• To contribute to supporting the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse
• To support the maintenance of high standards of cleanliness in their own clinical area
• To communicate effectively with patients, relatives/carers, nursing colleagues and the multi-disciplinary team to ensure care is delivered accurately and efficiently
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Establish and maintain good communication with Ward/Department staff
• To keep patients and relatives/carers fully informed of treatment, progress and discharge plans

Education

Diploma/degree in nursing

Job description

Job summary

Baddow Ward is looking for enthusiastic, well-motivated registered nurses with a strong commitment to providing high levels of care to our patients and families, on a permanent full or part time basis.

Baddow is a 26 bedded ward specialising in elderly care medicine. The successful candidate will be expected to work with our extensive multidisciplinary team whilst supporting patients and their relatives through their journey from admission to discharge, providing them with the highest quality healthcare and patient experience.

In terms of the variety of experience you will gain as a registered nurse, it will be challenging but highly rewarding and will certainly develop your clinical and discharge planning skills as well as offering some great leadership opportunities.

Whether you are a newly qualified or an experienced nurse - this is a chance to develop your skills as part of a highly capable team where you're guaranteed opportunities to learn how to care for patients requiring a variety of nursing interventions.

Please note that we are unable to support applications from candidates still requiring an OSCE.

Main duties of the job

As a Registered Nurse you are required:

• To provide a high standard of individualised care to patients, whilst maintaining at all times their privacy and dignity
• To assess care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care
• To contribute to supporting the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse
• To support the maintenance of high standards of cleanliness in their own clinical
• To communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, their relatives/carers, nursing colleagues and members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure care is delivered in an accurate and efficient manner
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Establish and maintain good communication with the Ward/Department administrative, housekeeping and domestic staff
• To be responsible for ensuring all patients and their relatives/carers are kept fully informed of patients' treatment/progress and discharge plans/after care.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

Qualifications

• NMC registration

Desirable

• Diploma/degree in nursing

Knowledge and Experience

• Ability to evidence experience/knowledge in an acute care setting
• Understanding of acute healthcare
• Ability to deliver a high standard of individualised care

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.