Staff Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid enhancements for unsocial hours

Preceptorship development courses for新

Further development opportunities for新

Employee-led staff networks

In-house occupational health and staff

Dedicated Health and Wellbeing team

Job summary

Lings Bar Hospital, part of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, is recruiting for a Staff Nurse on the in-patient wards. This fixed-term maternity cover is 30 hours per week for one year, working on a ward that supports people with complex, long-term conditions and rehabilitation needs.

You will lead discharge planning with a multidisciplinary team, provide high-quality patient care, and support student nurses. NMC registration and a degree-level nursing qualification are essential.

Qualifications

• Professional nursing qualification to degree level or equivalent.
• Current NMC registration.
• Clinical expertise satisfactory for the banding.

Responsibilities

• Plan and lead patient care from admission to discharge on the in-patient wards.
• Lead complex discharge planning and ongoing community care with allied health professionals and medical teams.
• Provide high-level, patient-focused care for people with complex long-term conditions.
• Admit patients from acute services and community step-up.
• Provide 24/7 nursing care across the ward.
• Manage patients with complex conditions and multiple pathologies using clinical knowledge and creativity.
• Use professional decision making and complex care management skills.
• Support student nurses and trainee nurse associates.
• Develop skills across a wide range of long-term physical conditions.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Compassionate care

Flexibility

Nursing assessment & care

IT skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Job description

Fixed-term maternity cover for a Staff Nurse on the in-patient wards at Lings Bar Hospital, 30 hours a week for one year, with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on people with complex, mostly physical long-term conditions and those needing rehabilitation before going home. Nurses lead complex discharge planning alongside allied health professionals and medical teams, and help train student nurses and trainee nurse associates. Fit turns on a degree-level professional qualification and NMC registration.

What the job involves

• Plan and lead patient care from admission to discharge on the in-patient wards
• Lead complex discharge planning and ongoing community care with allied health professionals and medical teams
• Provide high-level, patient-focused care for people with complex, mostly physical long-term conditions
• Admit patients from acute services and community step-up
• Provide 24/7 nursing care across the ward
• Manage patients with complex conditions and multiple pathologies using clinical knowledge and creativity
• Use professional decision making and complex care management skills
• Support student nurses and trainee nurse associates
• Develop skills across a wide range of long-term physical conditions

What’s required

Qualifications

• Professional nursing qualification (mental health, learning disabilities or general) to degree level or equivalent

Registration & licences

• Current NMC registration

Experience

• Clinical expertise satisfactory for the banding

Skills & knowledge

• Good written and oral communication
• Working as part of a team
• Diplomatic, caring and sympathetic manner
• Flexibility and handling conflict
• Assessing, intervening in and evaluating patients' nursing care
• IT skills

Checks & eligibility

• DBS check, paid by the applicant as a deduction from salary over the first two months (standard £26.40 or enhanced £54.40)

Other

• Knowledge of current legislation and clinical risk assessment
• Understanding of the 6Cs
• Acting in line with Trust values: honesty, respect, compassion and teamwork
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

Nice to have

• Continued professional development to maintain registration
• Specialist and area-specific experience
• Awareness of national and local issues affecting nursing care
• Enrolment in the DBS Update Service (£16 a year)

What’s offered

• Paid enhancements for unsocial hours (nights, weekends and bank holidays)
• Preceptorship development courses for newly qualified nurses
• Further development opportunities for experienced staff nurses
• Employee-led staff networks, including EDI, Green Champions, Freedom to Speak Up, Health and Wellbeing and Menopause
• In-house occupational health and staff counselling
• Dedicated Health and Wellbeing team