Job summary
Gt Y Acute is an 18 bed mixed ward with the purpose of admission and assessment . We are looking for an experienced RMN who is kind and compassionate to others, and has a focus on person centred care.
You will be working among a team of Doctors, Nurses, clinical support workers, physiotherapists, social workers, psycho therapists and Occupational Therapists. You will closely with the loved ones of service users to integrate life story work into the care planning of service users.
Within this job role you will be offered training, as well as at least monthly support by your line-manager. We believe that within a team it is important that staff feel listened to, and are able to make change happen.
Main duties of the job
- Keeping accurate records, updating care plans and risk assessments
- Monitoring a service users physical health and being able to respond to a deteriorating patient
- Relevant assessments for nurses - such as risk assessments, physical health assessments such as MUST and Waterlow, falls assessments.
- Leading a variety of meetings such as MDT, admission, best interest and discharge planning meetings
- Be able to act in a service users best interests, act as an advocate for those who cannot advocate for themselves
- Be able to assess capacity of a service user
- Supervising and assessing student nurses
- Provide line management supervision to clinical support worker staff
- Be accountable for their work and be a reflective practitioner
- Complete medication rounds and administer IM medication
- Communicate regularly with carers
- Complete nursing assessments such as continuing health care.
- Over see the admission and discharge processes on the ward
- Working within legalities of the job, checking of T2/T3 forms, reading of 132 rights, writing tribunal reports where necessary.
- Management and oversight of the 136 suite
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Date posted
25 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year gross per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
246-GYW7153795
Job locations
Gt Yarmouth Acute
Great Yarmouth
NR30 1BU
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
Gt Yarmouth Acute
Great Yarmouth
NR30 1BU
Employer's website
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