Staff Nurse - Medical & Surgical

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust is seeking registered nurses for full and part-time positions in Hereford, England. The role involves delivering patient care, ensuring safety, and collaborating with healthcare teams. Candidates must be NMC registered and have relevant clinical experience. The trust offers a supportive work environment with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Candidate MUST have a PIN with NMC.
• Experience within relevant clinical areas is required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct and indirect patient care as a registered nurse.
• Ensure nursing and medical teams are updated on patients' conditions.
• Act on concerns regarding cleanliness and patient safety.
• Participate in the induction of new staff.

Skills

Leadership

Time Management

Communication

Knowledge of government initiatives

Change Management

Education

NMC registered

Job description

We offer a supportive and exciting work environment and are committed to the development of our staff here at Wye Valley NHS Trust.

You will support individuals and teams to deliver safe, high quality and effective patient care that is responsive to the needs of our patients and their families. Along the way, you'll build strong relationships with consultants, hospital senior leaders, a wide range of healthcare professionals and, of course, patients.

Candidate MUST have a PIN with NMC

Full Time and Part Time opportunities available within our medical and surgical areas - please specify in your supporting statement your specialty preference.

Main duties of the job

To work as the registered nurse in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care.

• Act on any concerns raised relating to standards of cleanliness, hazards and patient safety within the clinical area.
• To ensure the nursing and medical team are regularly updated on patients' condition and progress.
• To ensure the equipment is clean and in good working order and that damaged or faulty equipment is reported correctly.
• To ensure the environment is clean and tidy.
• To participate with the induction of staff new to the clinical area.
• To minimize hazards in the working area and report any identifiable hazards to the ward sister. To adhere to all safe systems of work applicable to the work area.
• To demonstrate effective communication, both orally and in writing, to ensure dissemination of information.
• To maintain confidentiality at all times.
• To promote awareness of child protection issues referring to area child protection policy and Trust policy. Attend child protection training in accordance with the 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. Attend adult protection training sessions in accordance with the policies and procedures.

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

Education & Qualifications

• NMC registered

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Leadership
• Time Management of self & others
• Ability to influence at management & team level
• Good knowledge of government initiatives
• Experience of change management
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and written

Experience

• Experience within relevant clinical areas

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.