Staff Nurse - Shrewsbury Elective Surgery Hub

The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital Nhs Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital Nhs Trust is recruiting a Band 5 Staff Nurse for the Elective Surgery Hub at Shrewsbury (SESH). The successful candidate will care for a variety of Surgical patients across day cases and inpatients, collaborating with the MDT to deliver high-quality, person-centred care in a busy environment.

Interview dates are to be confirmed; applicants must have UK registration and be committed to ongoing professional development within acute surgical care.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse required with current UK registration.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional development/qualification relevant to area of speciality.
• Experience of working in an acute health care environment.
• Post-registration experience in a surgical environment.
• Experience in undertaking preceptor/mentor role.
• Evidence of successfully coordinating, managing and leading the team on a day-to-day basis.
• Experience of Nursing audit and Research.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate individualised patient care in partnership with patients, carers and multidisciplinary team.
• Formulate and deliver high quality patient care with limited supervision.
• Recognise deteriorations in patient condition and escalate as needed.
• Maintain patient safety and document adverse events; contribute to investigations.
• Record patient information accurately using electronic and written tools near point of care.
• Utilise clinical data to inform decision-making.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Preceptor/mentor

Nursing audit and Research

CPD/qualification

Education

UK Registration (NMC)

Job description

Job Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Staff Nurse on the Elective Surgery Hub at Shrewsbury (SESH). The successful applicants will gain experience in caring for patients with a wide variety of Surgical conditions. SESH is an extremely busy unit providing care to all elective surgical patients on the Shrewsbury site, both day cases and inpatients. You will be flexible in your approach to the role and respond appropriately to the demands of an ever changing workload. Please note interviews will be held on Friday September 25th PM.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of individualised patient care, working in partnership with patients, their carers and the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the patient's physical, spiritual and emotional needs are met.
• Formulate and deliver high quality patient care without direct supervision.
• Recognise changes in patients' conditions which require the intervention of others and ensure that timely referrals are made or escalation procedures enacted as appropriate.
• Ensure patient safety is maintained at all times. Record and report adverse and potentially adverse events and assist with investigation of such events, ensuring learning is shared with the wider team(s).
• Record information about patients in a safe, accurate and consistent manner using appropriate tools and techniques, including electronic and written formats as close to point of care as possible.
• Access and use patient clinical diagnostic information to inform clinical decisions.

About us

SESH has 10 inpatient beds & 14 trollies providing care for general surgical patients. We can take a variety of surgical patients from admission to discharge. The team are a friendly and motivated group of staff who believe in making the patient journey an excellent experience from start to finish.

The ward has a reputation for delivering high quality of care with a holistic approach. We work closely with a range of multi-disciplinary teams, including the Colorectal Nurse Specialist, IBD Nurse specialist, Bariatric Nurse specialist, Outreach, Nutritional Team and Vascular team.

Job responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Evidence of Continuing Professional development/qualification relevant to area of speciality
• Experience of working an acute health care environment
• Post registration experience in a surgical environment
• Experience in undertaking preceptor/mentor role
• Evidence of successfully co-ordinating, managing and leading the team on a day to day basis.
• Experience of Nursing audit and Research

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).