Staff NurseNHS

Job summary

We are looking for a caring, compassionate and motivated staff nurse to join our team on ward 103. We are a busy Emergency Surgery ward, consisting of 27 beds.

We take care of Surgical patients pre and post operatively. If you have an interest in working in this area, please don't hesitate to apply.

Newly qualified and 3rd year students welcome to apply and will be supported.

Main duties of the job

• Care of patients pre and post operatively
• Medicines management
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary team
• Advocate for patients
• Documentation (care plans, risk assessments)
• Prioritisation of workload
• Take on the responsibility and accountability for allocated patients.
• Observations
• Venepuncture and cannulation
• Knowledge of safeguarding policies
• Knowledge of complex discharges
• Knowledge of palliative care
• Knowledge of TVN

Job description

You will be expected to deliver high quality care to patients pre and post operatively.

To be familiar with medicines management policies and administer and store medications safely.

You will be required to complete documentation, which is clear and legible. You will also need to be able to use technology and be familiar with I portal and care flow.

You will be expected to be responsible and and accountable for your allocated patients and be able to prioritise your workload effectively.

To complete skills such as, catheters, observations, venepuncture and cannulation.

To ensure statutory and mandatory training is up to date.

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.