Staff Nurse - Waterside Unit

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is a major provider of integrated hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area. This includes Thame (Oxfordshire), Tring (Hertfordshire) and Leighton Buzzard (Bedfordshire). We provide care to over half a million patients every year. We have over 6,000 highly trained clinical staff. This includes doctors, nurses, midwives, health visitors, therapists, and healthcare scientists.

Amersham Hospital is one of several Community Hospitals within the Trust. We have three inpatient areas: Chartridge Ward, Waterside Unit, and Buckinghamshire Neuro Rehabilitation Unit.

Waterside Unit has exciting opportunities for Band 5 Staff Nurses to join their team. This post would be suitable for newly qualified nurses, those due to qualify in the near future, or individuals who already have post-registration experience. Where relevant, we will support you to undertake our Trust Preceptorship programme, offering you the structured support needed to transition your knowledge into everyday practice successfully.

Waterside Unit is a 21 bedded ward within the Integrated Elderly Care Division. We provide inpatient rehabilitation for older adults working closely with our therapy team until ready for discharge home with support or a placement in a Nursing or Residential Home. Our patients often have multiple health needs & chronic conditions.

Main duties of the job

• Identifying the needs for nursing care of individual patients in the context of prescribed medical care.
• Undertakes the nursing assessment of the patient, including risk assessments, e.g. Tissue viability, falls etc. and re-evaluates.
• Planning and delivering an individual programme of nursing care for each patient, incorporating objectives, and re-evaluates.
• Supervising qualified / unqualified staff, to ensure the optimum application of skills necessary to provide the care planned for each patient.
• Recording nursing care given and evaluating its outcome in relation to achievement of objectives; modifying care plans accordingly.
• Acts as a health educator throughout the patients stay.
• Responds sensitively to the needs of patients families and visitors

About us

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We'recommitted to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

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Person specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

• Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN

Desirable

• Evidence of further continued professional development
• Post qualification experience in relevant speciality
• Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification

EXPERIENCE

Desirable

• Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload with supervision
• Basic IT skills
• Knowledge of the NMC code of conduct

Desirable

• Knowledge of care planning, preceptorship, reflection and clinical supervision