Registered Nurse - Medicine Division

East Suffolk And North Essex Nhs Foundation Trust; Colchester; Sur place; GBP 30 000 - 36 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Colchester is seeking enthusiastic Registered Nurses to join the Medicine Division (MACNEE) at Colchester Hospital. The role offers opportunities to develop a broad range of clinical skills within a supportive multidisciplinary environment.

You will discuss and negotiate your preferred specialty area during recruitment, building a career pathway aligned to your interests.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration and valid status.
• Experience in a nursing or ward environment.
• Experience maintaining accurate patient records and documentation.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to prioritise workload in a fast-paced clinical setting.
• Willingness to supervise students and junior colleagues as appropriate.

Responsabilités

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
• Deliver safe, effective and compassionate nursing care.
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team.
• Recognise and respond to deteriorating patients.
• Contribute to discharge planning and patient flow.
• Support patients and families through complex healthcare journeys.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient records.
• Participate in audit, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
• Act as a professional role model and advocate for high standards of care.

Connaissances

Communication skills

Time management

Professional judgment

MS Office proficiency

Formation

NMC registration

CPD evidence

Teaching/Assessing qualification

Outils

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Description du poste

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and motivated Registered Nurses to join the Medicine Division (MACNEE) at Colchester Hospital.

The Medicine Division provides care across a wide range of specialist and general medical services, including:

• Care of the Elderly
• Frailty
• Gastroenterology
• Endocrinology
• Respiratory Medicine
• Stroke
• Renal Medicine
• General Medicine

As one of the largest and most diverse clinical divisions within the Trust, MACNEE offers excellent opportunities for newly qualified and experienced nurses wishing to develop a broad range of clinical skills within a supportive multidisciplinary environment.

You will have the opportunity to discuss and negotiate their preferred specialty area during the recruitment process, allowing you to build a career pathway aligned to your interests, skills and development goals.

You will be a key member of the ward nursing team, delivering high-quality, compassionate, person-centred care while working alongside a wide range of healthcare professionals to achieve the best outcomes for our patients.

This role is not suitable if you are required to complete OSCE.

Please note that where response levels are exceptional we may close the post before the specified date; therefore, early application is recommended.

Join MACNEE and build your nursing career in the specialty that inspires you most.

Main duties of the job

Working within your allocated ward area, you will:

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
• Deliver safe, effective and compassionate nursing care.
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to deteriorating patients.
• Contribute to discharge planning and patient flow.
• Support patients and families through complex and often challenging healthcare journeys.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous patient records.
• Participate in audit, quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
• Support and supervise students, apprentices and junior colleagues as appropriate.
• Act as a professional role model and advocate for high standards of care.

With guidance from ward managers and senior nurses, you will be encouraged to develop professionally and pursue specialist interests within your chosen medical specialty.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience working within a nursing or ward environment
• Experience of maintaining accurate patient records and documentation
• Experience communicating sensitive information to patients and families
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team

Desirable

• Experience supporting students and junior staff
• Experience of quality improvement and audit activity
• IV therapy and cannulation skills
• Catheterisation competencies
• Experience caring for patients with complex medical conditions
• Leadership or people management experience

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to work independently using professional knowledge and judgement
• Effective time management and organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise workload within a fast-paced clinical environment
• Competence in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint

Education and Qualification

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Teaching and Assessing qualification or willingness to undertake

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).