Ward Staff Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Forton; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Staff Nurse with an interest in elderly care for Longridge ward at Chorley Hospital. The role emphasizes high-quality holistic care, clinical leadership, and active involvement in discharge planning.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, promoting patient safety and supporting changes to improve care delivery while advocating for patients and their families.

Qualifications

• Experienced nurse with a special interest in elderly care.
• Ability to lead a ward team and support change management.
• Commitment to patient safety and high standards of care.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality holistic nursing care as part of a 24-hour ward team.
• Lead supervision in the absence of the ward sister and mentor junior staff.
• Identify patient needs, plan care, and ensure safe, effective discharge planning.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Clinical skills

Patient advocacy

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC pin)

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Staff Nurse with a special interest in the care of the elderly. Longridge ward is currently based at Cuerden Ward Chorley Hospital and is a 15 bedded unit that focuses on providing high quality care for patients from within the local adult population with sub-acute health care needs. We are a step down facility that supports recovery and recuperation following medical and surgical illness and also provides palliative care and manages the planning of complex discharge packages.

We are looking for an experienced, dynamic nurse to join our well established multidisciplinary team. You will need to be committed to delivering a high standard of care and support change management. The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator who will motivate, inspire, promote patient safety whilst supporting the ward team to achieve targets; this will be achieved through the provision of visible leadership, ensuring a high profile and presence on the ward.

You will be an advocate for our patients, able to identify changes in need and be instrumental in planning for their current and future care. You will provide clinical and professional leadership for a ward based team of registered nurses and healthcare assistants and deputise for the ward sister in her absence.

Main duties of the job

• To work as part of the 24-hour ward based nursing team, under the direction of the ward sister, providing high quality holistic nursing care to patients.
• The staff nurse role carries delegated responsibility for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based nursing to patients in their own homes and other community settings.
• To assume delegated responsibility for the supervision of the team in the absence of the ward sister when required.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

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