Staff Nurse - Older Persons Assessment Unit (OPAU)NHS
Job summary
Exciting Opportunity for Newly Qualified Nurses
Are you a compassionate, motivated nurse looking to broaden your career in a supportive and dynamic environment?
The Older Persons Assessment Unit is a 20-bedded front-door acute frailty assessment unit, providing rapid assessment and early intervention for older adults who present with acute or complex needs.In addition, OPAU has Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) capacity, including 7 trolleys and 2 chair spaces, enabling us to manage patients promptly, avoid unnecessary admissions, and support effective patient flow across the hospital.
Our multidisciplinary team works collaboratively to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care that promotes independence, dignity, and safe, timely discharge planning.
This is an excellent environment to develop strong clinical skills, gain confidence in acute care, and build a solid foundation for a lifelong nursing career.
We welcome applications from:
- Individuals with a passion for frailty and high-quality older adult care
You should be caring, motivated, eager to learn, and committed to delivering excellent patient care.
Main duties of the job
To work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse or key worker (with facilitation) for a defined group of patients and take responsibility for:
The assessment of care and health education needs
The development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient.
To gain experience and skills in:
Clinical practice
Facilitation and teaching
Management (as appropriate)
To work in accordance with the RUH Nursing Strategy and contribute towards achieving its objectives and maintain effective communication and participate in clinical supervision as appropriate and to teach and act as a facilitator/mentor/preceptor/ role model to less experienced staff.
Job description
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about the role.
About us
At the RUH we 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 proud to be in thetop 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.
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.