Junior Charge Nurse - Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom - Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Description

The endoscopy department at the Royal United Hospital is looking for 3 Band 6 junior charge nurses to join the team and help us expand and deliver high quality care in an outpatient endoscopy setting. The successful candidate will be provided with the opportunity to be supported as they develop into the junior sister role. This post is ideal for a band 5 nurse with endoscopy and gastroenterology experience

Patient satisfaction surveys show us to be dedicated to providing our patients with knowledge-based explanation and information for a wide range of investigations in a caring and compassionate environment

Endoscopy services are advancing. Would you like to be a part of this exciting and innovative service?

Applicants should be keen to learn and develop and understand the national quality and safety standards that affect and inform endoscopy services as well as support a well established team with expanding their knowledge, skills and competence in endoscopic therapies

Main duties of the job The unit has five busy endoscopy theatres offering a range of investigations and therapies supported by three recovery areas. We have close links with outpatients and Specialist nurses who help us make the patient experience valuable. A band 6 in the endoscopy department will support staff in and assist in providing the resource for delivery upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, ERCP and bronchoscopy as well as our new services of trans nasal endoscopy and patient pre assessment prior to their endoscopic procedure

We are a nationally accredited endoscopy unit and Bowel Cancer Screening Centre and want to expand the nursing team in order to support this and our existing services to the high standard our patients have come to expect.

We offer flexible working from Monday to Friday from 8.00 am to 6.00pm and a Saturday and Sunday morning until midday once a month. About us At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research. Job description Job responsibilities Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role. Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Registered Nurse with Nursing & Midwifery Council
• Demonstrable knowledge within the specialty
• teaching and assessing qualification
• 2 years post registration training in Endoscopy

Desirable

• Diploma/Degree
• care of the acutely unwell patient

Knowledge and Experience Essential

• Clinical Endoscopy experience at band 5
• Regular experience of taking charge and delegating duties and problem solving throughout shifts

Desirable

• Theatre/anaesthetic nurse experience
• Evidence of playing a key role in introducing new initiatives/changes in current or previous roles

Specific skills Essential

• Demonstrates evidence of well developed clinical practice including assessment of people's health and well being
• Ability to prioritise own workload and that of others
• able to work under own initiative within the boundaries of the role
• Demonstrates an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives ensure that patients' dignity & respect is maintained at all times
• Demonstrates awareness of importance of working as part of a team.
• Evidence of ability to educate others and enable them to develop able to supervise registered nurses
• experience of consent procedures and nurse consent
• effective communication

Desirable

• Able to appraise staff

Emotional effort Essential

• Abilty to inform service users on emtional and complex issues such as diagnosis and treatment as well as complaints investigation

Desirable

• Able to deal with emotional pressures of managing staff

Values Essential

• Motivated to be kind and caring
• Helps and co-operates with colleagues
• proactive and takes responsibilty
• willing to learn and open to change
• Motivated to make a difference
• Takes a pride in themselves their appearance, their role and where they work

Employer details Employer name Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Address Royal United Hospital Bath

Combe Park

Bath

BA1 3NG Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply #J-18808-Ljbffr