Staff Nurse - Acute Frailty Unit
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Job summary
Are you a registered nurse with the passion for caring for patients with medical conditions? Do you wish to be part of an established ward team? If the answer is YES and you think you have what it takes to join a forward thinking, innovative team then we want to hear from you!
The Acute Frailty Unit are looking for a team members with a range of skills within medicine to work on the unit. We have 16 acute frailty beds, a FAB clinic taking day cases and a discharge lounge area.
Have you just qualified? Recently returned to nursing? Are you looking for a new challenge? Then this could be the right team for you.
This role will operate within the clinical governance framework of the organisation and will work in a collaborative approach with the multidisciplinary team.
Part time hours available.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high standard of individualised care to patients, whilst maintaining at all times their privacy and dignity.
To assess care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
To contribute to supporting the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse.
To support the maintenance of high standards of cleanliness in their own clinical area.
To practice in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Trust policies procedures and guidelines.
To consistently organise and deliver individualised patient care, ensuring patients physical, social and psychological needs are met.
To communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, their relatives/carers, nursing colleagues and members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure care is delivered in an accurate and efficient manner.
To contribute to supporting the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse to maintain/improve and develop high standards of patient care, and thereby ensuring that the patients are treated with privacy, dignity and respect.
About us
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.
We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
Details
Date posted
01 February 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£28,407 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
390-MED-BR-3015
Job locations
Broomfield
Court Road
Chelmsford
CM1 7ET
Employer details
Employer name
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Broomfield
Court Road
Chelmsford
CM1 7ET
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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