Staff Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job overview

To provide effective clinical and holistic individualised patient centred care to the patients and families, ensuring delivery is to the highest standard

You will be motivated and enthusiastic with a desire to work in surgery

Maintaining evidenced based practice is performed at all times, being responsible for updating own knowledge and skills in line with the Trust polices, multidisciplinary team and the NMC Code. Developing leadership skills, actively participating in service development.

Main duties of the job

• To practice in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Trust Policies, Procedures and Guidelines
• To ensure high quality, evidence-based care is provided to patient in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team
• Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical areas. Ensuring high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, planning, implementation, interventions are delivered from admission to discharge
• Delegating care to unregistered carers and retaining responsibility for care
• To be flexible and willing to be redeployed to an area within the sphere of their clinical expertise to provide clinical support and assist with facilitating safe staffing across the Trust when required
• To ensure that all patients’ have a safe and effective discharge plan. To collaborate with the integrated discharge team for complex discharges.
• To undertake the Shift Co-ordinator (nurse in charge) role on a shift basis once competency is achieved
• To consistently organise and deliver individualised patient care, ensuring patient physical, social and psychological needs are met

Liaise with a multidisciplinary approach to care in collaboration with carers, health care professionals and other agencies

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) is proud to care for the communities of West Essex, delivering safe, compassionate, and high-quality services. We are part of the Neighbourhood Wave—a national programme that’s changing how care is delivered by focusing on prevention, early support, and more joined-up services across health, social care, and the voluntary sector.

This means we’re working more closely with local partners to bring care closer to home and support people to live healthier, more independent lives.

We’re a supportive and inclusive organisation that values its people. We offer development opportunities, flexible working, and a strong focus on wellbeing. As a Disability Confident and equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.

Join us and help shape the future of care in West Essex.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Recognise the significance of observations made, and use them to develop and initiate nursing assessments and devise a plan of care.
• Recognise the signs of “deterioration” and take action as required without delay
• Manage clinical emergencies, ensuring that he/she is up to date with hospital life support
• Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication including

controlled drugs, blood transfusion and blood products

• Essential care – Pressure Ulcer prevention, falls, and timely risk assessments.
• Redeployment to other wards and areas in the Trust may take place, in order to maintain safe staffing.
• Health promotion and prevention – smoking cessation, healthy eating etc

Communication

• Privacy and Dignity
• Compassion in care
• Maintain all patient information to the required standard in relation to the admission, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care using the inpatient records
• Communicate with families and carers ensuring they are involved with the planning and delivery of care
• To establish good communication with all members of the ward team, including the clinical, administrative and domestic staff
• Effectively communicate with the multidisciplinary team in order to promote efficient and safe patient care.

For full details please see JD attached

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of recent Continuous Professional Development
• Nursing degree or working towards a nursing degree

Desirable

• Qualifications in mentorship

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrate knowledge of escalation and recognition the deteriorating patient
• Flexibility to work in other areas of Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust
• when/if required to ensure safe patient care

Desirable

• Experience of working in an acute care setting
• Experience of working in a respiratory care setting

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.

Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Princess Alexandra Hospital

Harlow

Essex

CM20 1QX

Employer's website

https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)