Registered Nurse - Ward 7B

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse - Ward 7B who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Ward 7B is a Urology and Colorectal surgery, busy and fast paced ward with varying patient concerns and illnesses. No two days are the same, which keeps the job interesting.

We are a thirty bedded surgical ward, with opportunities to learn about two very interesting and diverse specialities.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care needs of patients from admission (or before) to discharge, with the involvement of patients and their relatives/carers.

To ensure a high standard of nursing care is performed at all times and assists in the review and regular update of these standard in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct and trust polices

Participate within a team of nurse and support workers in providing continuity of patient care, patients physical, social and psychological needs are met

Participate in internal shift rotation in order to provide 24-hour patient care

Communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, nursing collages, the Multidisciplinary Team and all other relevant personnel

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.We run the following hospitals:oThe Lister Hospital, StevenageoNew Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden CityoHertford County, HertfordoMount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), NorthwoodWe have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential

• NMC UK registration
• Evidence of training courses relevant to role

Desirable

• Mentorship and preceptorship qualification
• Leadership courses

Previous Experience

Desirable

• Experience of nursing in the acute setting
• Surgical nursing experience

Skills

Essential

• Organizational skills
• Ability to prioritise own workload

Desirable

• Effective leadership skills
• Evidence of team management skills

Knowledge

Essential

• Motivated
• Knowledge of vascular/ general surgery
• Ability to motivate and develop departments

Other Requirements

Essential

• Role model our Trust values every day
• Include
• Respect
• Improve

Desirable

• Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff