Registered Nurse, Band 5- Chedworth Surgical Unit

Job description

Job responsibilities

Knowledge, Skills & Experience Required

- Current NMC Adult Nurse registrant

- Preferable experience of working in an acute setting but not essential

- Enthusiasm and self-awareness

- Team focused

- Reliable, adaptable and dependent

- Ability to prioritise

- Excellent communication skills

- Self-motivated

- Ability to appropriately escalate concerns

Leadership and management

- Comply with Trust and Departmental policies and procedures e.g., Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), Manual Handling, clinical equipment competency, risk management, Data Protection Acts and patient confidentiality at all times. This will include demonstrating compliance with the terms of all safeguarding policies and processes relevant to the safeguarding of adults and children in the care of GHNHSFT and to undergo regular mandatory training concerned with safeguarding matters.

- In conjunction with their manager, identify training needs of self, participating in clinical audit and quality projects which contribute to the departmental education programme.

- Report near misses and untoward incidents, complaints, clinical emergencies, injury or medicine administration errors as detailed in the departmental and Trust protocols. Assist lead staff in investigating incidents as required.

- Maintain and contribute to the development of standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with lead staff.

- Ensure a smart, professional image that enhances the public perception of the Trust and the professionalism of its staff is portrayed.Education and training

- Be actively involved in and support departmental education programmes

- To consolidate and learn new skills and competencies to provide holistic care. To develop clinical reasoning and treatment techniques through the active participation in training and development. To consolidate knowledge and skills learned through this process with the direction of senior staff.

- To participate in the supervision, caseload monitoring and clinical education of student nurses and less experienced staff with support of senior staff, as required. Providing support, guidance, training, and assessing and evaluating competence, in order to fulfil clinical governance requirements and retain a skilled workforce.

- Develop the skills to supervise, mentor, support and educate less experienced and non-registered staff in the clinical practice setting.

- Undertake all mandatory training

- Demonstrate a commitment to research-based practice and clinical excellence and play and active part in the introduction of research-based change to improve patient centred care.

Improving quality and developing practice

- Comply with requirements to register with the NMC and identify own learning needs and ensuring own professional development is maintained by keeping up to date with practice developments.

- Work with senior staff undertaking audit and research projects, to further own and teams clinical practice within each rotation. To be involved in making recommendations for changes to practice and procedures for the relevant clinical area, and the implementation of these changes.

- Contribute to the Clinical Governance and Quality agenda by active participation in service initiatives, health and safety and risk management.

- Develop and share own clinical knowledge with other members of the wider clinical team both locally and nationally.

- Engage in clinical supervision in order to gain an appreciation of its value in clinical practice

- Identify own development needs, aligning these to service requirements and personal aspirations. Proactively develop and improve own practice using all available resources

- Understand and contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies/ protocols/ guidelines relevant to the specialist area.

- Openly question and challenge practice in a constructive way so that standards of patient care are continually evaluated and improved.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council NMC
• United Kingdom recognised qualification in Adult Nursing
• Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
• Relevant teaching qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience (through placement or employment) of working in an acute clinical environment

Desirable

• Previous experience in a relevant speciality

Knowledge/ Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates ability to maintain and contribute to the development of standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with team, clinical lead therapist and Unit Manager
• Acts as a role model and are able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's Values and Behaviours are reinforced throughout their area of practice.
• Demonstrates ability to use clinical reasoning skills and techniques to assess and plan care: deliver, evaluate and amend the treatment plan.
• Demonstrates ability to keep up to date with professional issues that influence nursing practice relating to area of clinical practice, management, education and research.
• Excellent presentational, communication and interpersonal skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cheltenham General

Cheltenham

GL53 7AN

Employer's website

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