Senior Community Nurse Band 6 - Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom - Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Description

ACUTE STROKE UNIT
STAFF NURSE - BAND 5

PERMANENT
FULL TIME / PART TIME POSTS AVAILABLE

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic, caring and motivated nurses to join our friendly stroke ward team at Worcestershire Royal Hospital where our services are continuing to evolve following centralisation.

Our Acute Stroke Unit is a 20 bedded unit situated next to our ED department and also has 8 monitored HASU beds working on 1:2 nurse to patient ratio.

Within the ward we operate a 7 day TIA clinic with dedicated Stroke Support Worker.

We have an established Clinical Nurse Specialist team who are based within the unit and work closely with the nursing team.

The following training/teaching will be offered ILS course, Swallow assessment screen training, Stroke and HASU workbooks.

Our patients need care 7 days a week, 24 hours a day, so you will need to have flexibility to work day, weekend and night shifts.

In return, you will benefit from flexible working patterns and unsocial hours payments and the opportunity to experience working within a friendly supportive team.

We welcome new staff and ensure new members of our nursing team receive appropriate training according to their skills and competences.

We offer a comprehensive preceptorship programme and mentors for newly qualified staff.

Once you have the relevant experience and competencies there are opportunities available within the Trust to progress to Band 6 and Ward Sister roles.

Using your clinical experience and skills you will work with your team as a named nurse to maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the framework of team nursing.

You will communicate effectively with patients and their carers regarding their care and educate patients where there is a need.

You will communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure high quality patient care.
We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward.

Best services for local people
Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

You will develop, implement and evaluate the programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient.

You will safeguard vulnerable adults.

You will assist in the training and development of student nurses and health care assistants and complete assessors training as required.

You will contribute to the setting and monitoring of measurable standards of care and be accountable for maintaining standards.

You will participate in handling complaints in accordance with Trust policy.

You will maintain a safe clean ward environment and ensure all appropriate general risk assessments are carried out within 24 hours of admission document and plan care accordingly e.g.

manual handling, pressure risks, slips trips and falls, nutrition, safeguarding.

You will show an awareness of budgeting, exercising care and economy in the ordering and use of equipment.

In the absence of a more senior member of staff and as part of your development programme, with support, will be able to undertake clinical / shift management within the department.

Evidence of continuing education for more experienced Band 5 nurses.

Flexible to change in demands of service.
Computer literate.
Personal Qualities
NMC Code, its application to practice and requirements of it for own practice.
Knowledge of person centred care.
Understands actions necessary to promote peoples equality, diversity & rights.
Knowledge of the individuals responsibility towards Health & Safety.