Staff Nurse - Day Surgery Unit

Wye Valley NHS Trust; Hereford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in England is seeking a full-time Staff Nurse to enhance patients' surgical journeys. The role requires experience in anaesthetics and a surgical background, focusing on pre-surgery admission, post-operative care, and discharges. Responsibilities include assessing patient needs, promoting collaborative teamwork, and maintaining patient confidentiality. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong communication and time management skills, with a commitment to delivering high-quality patient care.

Benefits

Great work-life balance

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience within relevant clinical area.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care for a defined caseload.
• Promote collaborative working in multidisciplinary teams.
• Manage clinical incidents in a timely manner.
• Promote health and wellness through education of patients.

Skills

Time Management of self & others

Problem solving

Ability to influence at management & team level

Good knowledge of Government initiatives

Advocate for the profession

Ability to communicate effectively

Competent with Venepuncture and ECG's

Leadership

Experience of Change Management

Education

First / Second Registered Nurse

Job description

We are looking for a full time Staff Nurse to join our friendly team that is passionate to enhance the patient's surgical journey and really make a difference.

Experience in anaesthetics and a surgical background is desirable to enable astreamline nurse-led pre-surgery admission, post-operative nursing care and nurse‑led discharge.

Main duties of the job

• To act on behalf of patients, carers and staff to ensure their views are represented.
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care for a defined caseload.
• To promote collaborative working partnership and effective communication between all members of the multi‑disciplinary team.
• To ensure clinical incident/near misses within the sphere of responsibility are managed in a timely manner.
• Promote health and wellness through practice and education of patients, relatives, carers and staff.
• To maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
• To minimise hazards in the working area and report any identifiable hazards to the line manager.
• To promote awareness of child protection issues referring to area child protection policy and Trust policy.
• To promote awareness of adult protection issues referring to the Herefordshire Multi‑Agency Policy and Procedures for The Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Abuse.
• To manage own time and that of others, through delegations to ensure high quality patient care.
• To act as preceptor/mentor/clinical supervisor for junior staff and students.
• To identify audit topics relevant to the ward/department.
• To identify areas for self‑development and training within the Performance Planning and Development Review structure.
• To participate in the mentorship, preceptorship/clinical supervision

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals 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 we'd 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.

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

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your 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.

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience within relevant clinical area

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Time Management of self & others
• Problem solving
• Ability to influence at management & team level
• Good knowledge of Government initiatives or equivalent
• Advocate for the profession
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people
• Competent with Venepuncture and ECG's
• Leadership
• Experience of Change Management

Personal Attributes

• Flexible & Adaptable
• Team Player
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Effective and sensitive handling of difficult information and situations

Education & Qualifications

• First / Second Registered Nurse

Other Factors

• Able to meet Moving & Handling requirements of job with any aids or adaptions that may be required
• Meet travel requirements of the role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.