Staff Nurse - Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom - University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Description

Working within a busy medical outpatient's department.

Post holder will play a key role in the delivering of various services /procedures including venesection and infusions.

There are a lot of interesting nurse-led services within Medical Outpatients.

These include Venesection, MS Day case Infusion services run by our nurses in conjunction with the speciality Clinical Nurses and Nebuliser trials.

Team leading when rostered and assessed as competent to take on the roles and responsibilities of leadership and supervision of staff working clinically and managing a group of patients.

Main duties of the job

• To ensure that all activities on the ward or department are in keeping with the Nursing & Midwifery Council's Code of Professional Conduct and the Statutory Instrument No The Nurses Midwives and Health Visitors' Rules Approval Order
• To follow agreed Divisional and University Hospital of North Staffordshire (NHS) Trust procedures and policies.
• To report on the condition of patients, clearly and concisely, to the Charge Nurse/Sister, nurse in charge, medical or paramedical staff and to receive and follow instructions related to patient management.
• To assist all hospital staff with procedures - maintaining patient privacy and dignity
• Maintain custody of drugs, checking and witnessing and administration of drugs and medicines within the ward, according to Trust policy
• Maintain and promote professional standards of behaviour and dress, acting as a role model to others.
• To have an understanding of the UHNS policy regarding any complaint received from a patient or their relatives.
• To participate in the maintenance of equipment, within the ward or department, with regular checking of all equipment and ensuring that repairs are performed as soon as possible.

About us University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve . Job description Job responsibilities For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager. Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Registered Nurse

Qualifications Essential

• On NMC register

Skills Essential

• oRecognised qualification in teaching and assessing, or evidence of delivering teaching.

Experience Essential

• oExperience in an Acute Hospital setting in care delivery

Employer details Employer name University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust Address Royal Stoke. UHNM

Newcastle Road

Stoke on Trent

ST4 6QG Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply #J-18808-Ljbffr