Staff Nurse

Wye Valley Nhs Trust; Nunnington; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the United Kingdom seeks a named nurse/team leader to manage patient care and lead the team in the absence of senior staff. This role involves facilitating multidisciplinary approaches to improve patient outcomes and integrating clinical governance practices. Candidates should possess strong management, supervisory, and communication skills to thrive in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Multidisciplinary care management skills.
• Up-to-date knowledge of clinical governance.
• Ability to supervise and teach staff.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate patient care as named nurse/team leader.
• Oversee ward management in absence of senior nurse.
• Represent views of patients and staff.

Job description

Overview

To facilitate multidisciplinary patient care in the role of named nurse/team leader. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care. On a regular basis, accept the responsibility for the management/leadership of the ward/department in the absence of the senior nurse. To participate in the supervision and teaching of staff and students.

Responsibilities

• To demonstrate up to date knowledge of national and local professional issues and to lead/facilitate the implementation at a local level.
• To undertake any other duties, required by the line manager appropriate to the grade and relevant to the post.
• To act on behalf of patients, carers and staff to ensure their views are represented.
• To implement the local and national Clinical Governance agenda.

About the Trust

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

The Trust encourages applications from people outside of the NHS and welcomes the valuable experiences and skills they can bring to the organisation.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.