Staff Nurse - General Outpatients 1&2 - Maternity Cover

NHS; Reading; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Reading seeks a Band 5 Staff Nurse for General Outpatients to deliver high standards of nursing care. The role includes nursing duties, managing emergency situations, and working as part of a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate will be NMC registered with experience in an outpatient setting and minor surgery. This is a full-time, maternity cover position with a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience working in an outpatient setting.
• Experience in minor surgery (e.g., scrub nursing).

Responsibilities

• Undertaking nursing duties including scrub nursing, leg dressings, and IM injections.
• Recognising and responding to emergency situations.
• Maintaining accurate patient records on EPR.

Skills

Sound clinical knowledge

Teamwork

Information technology literate

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Education

NMC registered

Job description

Staff Nurse - General Outpatients 1&2 - Maternity Cover

Staff Nurse - General Outpatients 1&2 - full time (1 year fixed term Maternity cover)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

The post holder works and effective team member:

Undertaking and recording a comprehensive nursing assessment and planning, delivering and evaluating high standards of evidenced based nursing care to a diverse group of patients.

Deliver care without direct supervision. Accountable for the care delivered and any omissions of care.

Teach and supervise more junior staff, students and the non-registered nursing workforce.

Accountable for care or any omissions of care that he/she delegates to others.

Act as role model, delivering care with empathy and compassion as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Develops competences and practices relevant clinical skills required to deliver care to the patient/client group.

Main duties of the job

• Working as part of the multidisciplinary team focusing on the department team
• Responsible for the efficient running of various outpatient clinics
• Undertake nursing duties including: scrub nursing, leg dressings and IM injections
• Recognises, responds to and appropriately manages emergency situations.
• Work autonomously in a nurse led unit.
• Maintaining accurate patient records on EPR.
• To assist with ordering and maintaining the clinical area.

About us

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Job responsibilities

For further details on the job role, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• NMC registered

Experience

• Experience working in an outpatient setting
• Experience in minor surgery (e.g. scrub nursing)

Skills

• Demonstrates sound clinical knowledge and up to date nursing practice with evidence of critical thinking and problem solving
• Demonstrates ability to work effectively within a team.

Other

• Information technology literate.

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.