Staff Nurse - Acute Medical Unit

The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Telford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Telford is seeking dedicated Staff Nurses to join the Acute Medical Unit. This role involves assessing, planning, and delivering high-quality patient care, working in a supportive and inclusive environment. Applicants are encouraged regardless of their previous experience. The organization is committed to continuing professional development and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Variety of learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Ability to assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate individualized patient care.
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong record-keeping skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality patient care with minimal supervision.
• Recognize changes in patients' conditions and take appropriate actions.
• Assist in maintaining patient safety and reporting adverse events.

Skills

Assessment skills

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Acute Medical Unit, this includes an Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and an Acute Medical Assessment (AMA), with opportunities to work in the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC).

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of individualized patient care, working in partnership with patients, their carers and the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the patient's physical, spiritual and emotional needs are met.
• Formulate and deliver high quality patient care without direct supervision, seeking guidance on actions that are outside agreed defined standards.
• Recognise changes in patients' conditions which require the intervention of others and ensure that timely referrals are made or escalation procedures enacted as appropriate.
• Ensure patient safety is maintained at all times. Record and report adverse and potentially adverse events and assist with investigation of such events, ensuring learning is shared with the wider team(s).
• Record information about patients in a safe, accurate and consistent manner using appropriate tools and techniques, including electronic and written formats as close to point of care as possible.
• Access and use patient clinical diagnostic information to inform clinical decisions.

Working for our organisation

As a Trust, we are passionate about helping our staff to achieve their career aspirations, and can offer a variety of learning and development opportunities to support your continued professional development. Working with the Transforming Care Institute we can also offer in-house training such as degree/master modules, secondments and acting up opportunities.

We are an organisation that strives to provide high quality, safe care for our patients in an environment which our staff are proud to work in. We believe that by adhering to our Vision ("To provide excellent care for the communities we serve") and working with our Trust Values in mind (Partnering, Ambitious, Caring, Trusted) we can achieve the right results for the people that matter most - our patients and their families.

Hospital Transformation Programme (HTP)
As part of our long-term vision to improve patient care and service delivery, our Service will relocate to The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital in 2028. This move will unite specialist services in a purpose-built, modern environment, enhancing care and team experience.

We are actively recruiting and want applicants to be aware that successful candidates will be expected to move with the Service in early 2028. The relocation will follow a formal management of change process, with full consultation and support for colleagues.

Full details of HTP can be viewed on the Hospital Transformation Programme Webpage

Candidate information

We are looking for dedicated Staff Nurses to join our team. Whether you are an experienced nurse looking for your next move, or you are still early in your nursing career, you will find a welcoming and supportive environment here at SATH to encourage you to reach your full potential with the Acute Medical team.

Equality and inclusion

We are committed to offering an interview to applicants from the Armed Forces community who meet the minimum criteria for the position. In addition, for those who are successfully appointed from the Armed Forces community, the Trust is committed to recognising previous service and rank in terms of pay, annual leave and other terms and conditions.

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.

We are committed to making the Trust a great place to work, where all staff can reach their full potential and bring their whole self to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people from an ethnic minority background are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace, that attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Many of our colleagues work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise a fair and equitable process that balances your needs, the needs of our patients and service delivery.

Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.