Staff Nurse - Discharge Hub

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly Discharge Hub as a Band 5 Staff Nurse. As part of our multi-disciplinary team, you will be expected to deliver a high quality of care and support to our patients. We are looking for hardworking, motivated, and caring nurses to join our team. You should be a team player, have good communication skills, and be able to deliver a high quality of care whilst working in line with the Trust's CARES values framework.

As a Staff Nurse, you will be expected to participate in all ward nursing activities and take on delegated team leadership responsibilities in conjunction with the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse and Ward Manager. You will also be responsible for assessing care needs and the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care, in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team. In addition, you will be also act as a role model to junior staff and teach/supervise newly-qualified and unqualified staff.

Main duties of the job

• Ensure that research based nursing care within the ward is of a high standard and in accordance with Hospital policies and procedures. By monitoring patient care, supervising juniors, and evaluating the care that is delivered.
• Maintain individual patient care plans, evaluating and updating them as necessary to ensure that the patient's physical, social and psychological needs are met.
• Ensure that all patients nutritional and personal hygiene needs are met.
• To act as leader during the absence of the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse and Sister.
• Assist with the organisation of ward resources e.g. formulating off duty rotas, when necessary.
• To plan, organise and deploy staff according to competencies and workload in order to meet patient needs.
• Support the Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse to maintain and develop ward philosophy and objectives.
• Participate in the induction programme for new staff to the ward, by working alongside them as a competent team member, familiarising them with environment and ward routine.

About us

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services, including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics, and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit, and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress by working in partnership with local GPs, charities, community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals, and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are focused on ensuring that our hospitals provide high quality, safe, and compassionate care, while we drive forward with the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.