Registered Nurse - Inpatient Unit

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Registered Nurse - Inpatient Unit

Reporting to: Deputy Manager

Job purpose: Our Vision is to make every day the best day possible for our patients and their families in South Devon. You will help to deliver this by providing professional care and support to our patients and families on our Inpatient Unit.

Our Values:

Honesty & Integrity Generosity of Spirit Respect Team Player

Key roles and responsibilities:

1. Lead and Co-ordinate the care for patients on our Inpatient Unit, overseeing the work of the team on shift to include Healthcare Assistants, Senior Healthcare Assistants and Volunteers with guidance and support from the Deputy, Manager or Senior Nurse on Call.

2. Play an active role in Multi-disciplinary Team Meetings to agree care for patients.

3. Organise admissions and discharges, liaising with doctors, the administration teams and other agencies.

4. Provide hands on nursing care to patients, including assessing and managing symptoms, writing care plans, adjust medications, administering controlled drugs.

5. Provide emotional support to families.

6. Verify deaths and provide care after death with the support of the Healthcare Assistants and Senior Healthcare Assistants.

7. Liaise with Senior Nurse on call as required.

8. Promote a culture of continuous learning and development and wellbeing. Identify your own learning and development needs and ensure your mandatory and essential training is up to date. Take part in clinical supervision, play an active part in team meetings. Deliver learning and skills development to colleagues. Help to create an environment that is continually critically questioning practice and promoting learning.

Infection Prevention

All Rowcroft employees are required to adhere to the Infection Prevention and Control Policies and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection control at all times to reduce the burden of Healthcare Associated Infections, including MRSA.

You agree to the following:

To decontaminate your hands prior to and after direct patient care or contact with the patient's surroundings.

To take part in mandatory infection control training provided.

To responsibly manage your own infections.

This role has been identified as an on-site worker - works at a Rowcroft site for the majority of their working time. This will be fully discussed and agreed with the postholder to meet individual and business needs.

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience of assessment and care planning.
• Proven experience of contributing effectively within a Multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable

• Medicine management, including IV medication and syringe pumps.
• Experience with CVC lines.
• Counselling course.
• Mentorship module.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Proven assessment and care planning skills.
• Sensitivity and an insight into the needs of patients and their families.
• Good listening skills.
• Good IT skills.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse on Part One (Adult) of the register.

Desirable

• Relevant qualification in palliative care/Care of the Dying or qualification through experience.

Personal Requirements

Essential

• Friendly, welcoming and inclusive.
• Leadership through creative problem solving, a positive can-do attitude and a willingness and desire to ensure all who come into contact with Rowcroft have the best possible experience.
• A desire to be part of a committed and hardworking team in line with the ethics and values of Rowcroft Hospice, acting in the best interests of Rowcroft at all times.
• A commitment to continually learn and develop.
• Flexible across day and night shift rotation.
• Willing and able to volunteer for at least one Rowcroft event each year.

Desirable

• A good understanding of the purpose, values and strategy of Rowcroft Hospice.

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).