About this role
Job summary
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Staff members to join as a Band 6 nurse on Treetops elective Orthopaedic ward.
As a Frimley Health Nurse, you can look forward to a career full of development opportunities, accessible management and the support from an excellent team of healthcare professionals - freeing up your time to concentrate on the most important priorities. Our Orthopaedic Ward gives you the chance to deliver care you can be proud of!
Treetops is a 22 bedded elective Orthopaedic Unit that looks after a range of elective patients for orthopaedic operations and plastics.
It works very closely with the therapists and Consultants on the ward to provide a holistic service to the patients. It's a team of experienced nurses and mentors is well established, and ward uses the evidence based Enhanced Recovery programme to maximise its care of patients.
We are driven to give our patients a holistic approach to their care so you will be confident working with a passionate multi-disciplinary team, along with delivering excellent standards of patient care whilst ensuring patient dignity, safety and confidentiality.
As a friendly, caring individual who is passionate about nursing you will be driven to continuously improve patient experience and assist in identifying improvements to drive our department.
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision
- To pro-actively co-ordinate the patient's discharge arrangements in accordance with Trust Policy
- Ensure that all nursing practice within the clinical area complies with Trust Nursing policies and procedures.
- To always comply with the NMC Code of Conduct (2015)
- To communicate effectively and liaise with all health care staff as appropriate.
- To demonstrate a collaborative approach to planning care through effective communication and decision making between the multi-disciplinary team, patients and significant others.
- Consolidate and extend own clinical skills in all aspects of nursing, furthering own professional knowledge in a rapidly changing environment.
- Provide clinical leadership and development support to the nursing team.
- Where issues of clinical competence are identified, work with the Ward Matron/ Senior Sister to address them.
- Contribute to the local resolution, investigation and follow action of any informal or formal complaints.
- To prioritise own work and others to ensure the ward/department is managed effectively.
- To provide specialist knowledge and expertise within ward/department.
- Participate in and lead quality initiatives to promote and ensure that nursing care is evidence and research based.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too. We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close the advert early if sufficient applications have been received.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current first or second level NMC Registration
- Evidence of recent Continued Practice Development
- Post basic certificate in relevant subject (where appropriate)
- Nursing degree or working towards a degree
- Mentorship/teaching course
Desirable
- Leadership Course
- Postgraduate Qualification in Nursing or can demonstrate experience of working to this level
- Post Registration qualification in specialty.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Leadership skills
- Excellent communication skills (written & verbal)
- Teaching & assessing experience
- Appropriate advanced nursing skills
- Evidence of effective change management skills
Desirable
- Awareness of research processes and evidence-based practice development. oGood knowledge of health and safety and risk
- LCS Level 1b certification
- Good knowledge of health and safety and risk assessments
- Demonstrated knowledge of the care pathways, procedures, and patient management
- Ability to influence current practice and influence change
- Project management skills.
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of up-to-date standards of clinical practice
- Experience of audit
- Able to demonstrate MDT working
- Assess, plan evaluate and implement care ensuring that current research is used
- Post-registration experience in an Inpatient setting
- Experience or being part of any improvement projects
- Confident in teaching and assessing students
- Previous experience of supporting new starters, including inducting them to the clinical environment, supporting with the competency.
- Working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of using EPIC
Desirable
- Awareness of research processes and evidence-based practice development
- Good knowledge of health and safety and risk assessments
- LCS Level 1b certification
- Demonstrated knowledge of the care pathways, procedures, and patient management
- Project management skills
Special Requirements
Essential
- Must be flexible to meet the needs of the service includes Early & Late shifts, weekends and bank holidays
- To work in other areas of the Trust when required.
Desirable
- Willingness to acquire and develop additional skills and qualifications necessary to carry out the role
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Heatherwood Hospital
Brook Avenue
Ascot
SL5 7GB
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)