Staff Nurse - Medical Day Case Unit

Wye Valley Nhs Trust; Hereford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust in Herefordshire is seeking a named nurse/team leader to coordinate multidisciplinary patient centred care. The role involves administering treatments to medical patients, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care, with the right training and competencies to handle complex treatments.

In the absence of Senior Sister, you will lead the department, maintain governance, supervise staff and students, and foster collaborative working with the MDT while supporting

Qualifications

• Right training and competencies for administering complex treatments.
• Named nurse/team leader responsible for a defined caseload and domain of care.

Responsibilities

• To administer treatments to medical patients in order to assess, plan, implement treatment and evaluate patient care.
• Lead the department in the absence of the Senior Sister, maintaining governance and reporting.
• Supervision and teaching of staff and students.
• Promote collaborative working partnership and effective communication within the MDT.

Job description

To facilitate multidisciplinary patient centred care in the role of named nurse/team leader. To administer and support in allocated Medical interventions with the right training and competencies in order to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.

On a regular basis, accept the responsibility for the management /leadership of the department in the absence of the senior nurse ensuring the governance of the department is maintained according to local and national Policy. To participate in the supervision and teaching of staff and students.

Main duties of the job

To administer treatments to medical patients in order to assess, plan, implement treatment and evaluate patient care. This will involve some additional competencies to ensure safe administration of complex treatments.

To practice as a named nurse/team leader taking responsibility for a defined caseload of patients on a continuing basis and a specific domain of care provision.

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care for unwell patients presenting ad hoc and during planned care in the unit.

In the absence of a Junior Sister effectively manage complaints and report to the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse.

To promote collaborative working partnership and effective communication between all members of the multi-disciplinary team.

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.