Staff Nurse - Medical Day Case Unit

Wye Valley Nhs Trust; Hereford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Hereford is seeking a named nurse/team leader to facilitate patient-centred care. Responsibilities include administering treatments, managing a caseload, and ensuring departmental governance. Opportunities for professional development and work-life balance are provided. The ideal candidate will have the necessary training and competencies in medical interventions.

Qualifications

• Training and competencies in administering medical interventions.
• Ability to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.
• Leadership skills to manage the department in absence of senior staff.

Responsibilities

• Administer treatments to medical patients for evaluation and planning.
• Take responsibility for a defined caseload of patients.
• Effectively manage complaints in absence of junior sister.

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. 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.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to Equal Opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community.