Staff Nurse Riverbank

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.

Acting with compassion you will put patients at

the centre of all you do.

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.

You will show commitment to sustaining and

developing your clinical competence and professional awareness.

You will provide supervision, support and

education to unqualified staff and students.

This role will require you to work variable hours

in order to fulfil the needs of the ward.

You will show courage by embracing new ways of

working and doing the right thing by the people you care for, including

speaking up when you have concerns.

You will develop, implement and evaluate programmes

of care including discharge planning for each patient.

You will safeguard vulnerable children and

young people.

You will participate in preceptorship

programmes as appropriate and act as a facilitator / mentor / preceptor /

role model to less experienced staff.

You will educate patients and their carers as

required where a need has been identified, including information on adopting

a healthier lifestyle.

You will complete patient

documentation correctly.

You will communicate effectively with patients,

carers and members of the multidisciplinary team.

You will be responsible for developing and

sustaining your own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness in

accordance with NMC requirements and to maintain a professional portfolio

with evidence of reflective practice.

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 research and

development programmes within the ward / department.

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 and 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.

You will assist in the assessment of staffing

requirements, reporting problems to the appropriate manager.

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.

You will rotate between Riverbank Childrens Ward and Paediatric Assessment Unt

Ability to undertake manual handling and movement

tasks and wear appropriate protective equipment.

Prepared and able to work variable shift patterns

early, late, night shifts over 7 days of the week.

Awareness of self-presentation to patients and

relatives.

You may be asked to assist other departments where 0-17

year olds presents on an ad hoc basis and with support.

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 more than 7,000 strong, and our

caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred

care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to

work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our

everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewise

accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working

within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a

DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check

(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting

Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Qualifications

Essential: - Registered nurse on sub part 1 of the professional register.

Desirable: - Registered Children's Nurse.; - Evidence of continuing education in speciality for more experienced Band 5 nurses.

Experience

Knowledge and Understanding

Skills and Abilities

Desirable: - Significant proven knowledge and experience in speciality.