Staff Nurse

Job summary

Here at The Princess of Wales Community Hospital we are passionate about delivering outstanding care to our patients and continually strive to provide a seamless transition from a hospital environment back into the community.

Our wards are predominantly Nurse and Therapy led allowing our passionate RNs to exercise their clinical practice alongside developing management and leadership skills in a friendly, dynamic and supportive environment.

We want your courage, your ambition, your ability to respond and willingness to learn and develop.

We want you to feel empowered to make a real difference to your patients, enabling the frailest to feel supported as they transition into the next stage of their lives.

Whatever your nursing background, it is your ability to inspire your team, adapt and integrate methods of care to support your patients that will help us all, at HWHACT, to ensure we can continually deliver our vision and values by working together for outstanding care.

To discuss informally if this is the right role for you, get in touch with Recruiting Manager which can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert.

This is a fixed term post to provide cover for absence for specific purpose that we anticipate will be required for 12 months. We reserve the right to end this contract sooner with appropriate notice.

Main duties of the job

As a Staff Nurse you will be responsible for providing care to people admitted to our ward for rehabilitation, working to uphold the highest standards. We work closely as a multi-disciplinary team. Our focus is promoting the comfort and wellbeing of patients, enabling them to live as independently as possible. This is a small but friendly team to work with. As a team we encourage ongoing learning and development through reflection and clinical supervision which we try and embed in our daily practice. Our nurses are required to facilitate the day to day running of the ward, administering medications, working alongside all members of the MDT as well as patients, their families and carers to provided 24/7 rehabilitation to enable the highest level of independence and quality of life. Our nurses are required to attend meetings as needed such as MDT and CHC or Discharge Planning.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person specification

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
• Role modelling good behaviour.
• A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.

Experience

Essential

• Experience gained during pre-registration training.

Desirable

• Experience gained working in an inpatient setting.

Knowledge

Essential

• Variety of evidence based clinical skills.
• Understanding of evidence based nursing, multidisciplinary working and clinical governance.

Qualifications

Essential

• RGN/RMN/RNLD.
• NMC Registered.
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Desirable

• Practice Supervisor and/or Practice Assessor Training.