Senior Staff Nurse- Surrey Downs H&C

Job summary

Surrey Downs Health & Care

Are you a current Band 5 staff nurse with experience and skills and working near a Band 6 level and looking for career opportunities?

Cobham and Oxshott Primary care community Network are looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic and skilled band 6 nurse to cover a secondment opportunity for 12 months.

The successful post holder will responsible for the continuing management of the patients and/or staff within their clinical setting, without supervision alongside their team lead and taking the chain of command in the absence of their team lead.

This includes the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, the setting and maintaining of standards and the supervision and deployment of staff, if appropriate.

To work closely with the senior team member to facilitate patient focused, innovative research based practice, in line with Surrey Downs Health and Care objectives.

Main duties of the job

- Work as a role model within the team undertaking lead responsibilities providing skilled nursing care to patients, assessing their immediate and long term needs and that of their family/carers, by informing, preparing and reviewing plans of care.

- Participate in and promote nursing research and project work within the clinical area to promote the delivery of skilled high quality care within the team and encourage others within the team to diversify their skill set. Maintain own professional and clinical integrity in line with NMC guidelines.

- Treat all patients as individuals, respecting their privacy and dignity at all times involving, supporting, informing and educating family/carers where appropriate

- Take every opportunity to promote the health and wellbeing of the patient

About us

Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people's own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:

• The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
• CSH Surrey
• Epsom and St Helier's University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Surrey Council County

Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.

It's on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed - we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.

In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.