Staff Nurse - Surgical Admissions Unit

Job summary

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 5 staff nurses to join our highly successful and forward thinking multi-professional team.

We are a fast- paced acute surgical unit consisting of 16 inpatient beds and 11 trolley based assessment spaces providing care for Urology, General Surgery, ENT, Orthopaedics. Max-Fax and Gynae. We care for patients directly referred from primary care, Emergency Dept. and Urgent Treatment Centre. The ward has recently undergone a total refurbishment to create a modern and state of the art facility.

SAU also helped to develop the nationally recognised Emergency Surgical Assessment Unit. This clinic as well as an Emergency Urology clinic is also run from the ward.

We are looking for a caring individual who has a flexible approach to working, with a problem solving approach, ideally with experience working within surgical specialties or a keen interest in surgical nursing. We are looking for dynamic, motivated nurses, who will deliver excellent patient care and contribute to a positive team ethos.

The job will involve working primarily 12 hour shifts including days and night shifts. So if you are passionate about delivering the highest standard of care, for your patients and enjoy the challenge of a fast paced acute surgical environment where every day is different this is the job for you. If you can go that extra mile come and join our team and make a difference.

Main duties of the job

Acting as a Named Nurse, to maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the framework of team nursing

To co-ordinate the patients' discharge arrangements in accordance with the RUH Discharge Policy

To promote a patient focused approach to care in collaboration with all relevant health professionals.

To educate patients and their carers as required where a need has been identified.

To provide information which enables patients to make choices about adopting a healthy lifestyle.

To complete patient documentation to Trust standard.

To maintain a safe ward/department environment.

To assist in establishing and monitoring protocols/care pathways.

To participate in the promotion and maintenance of effective communication.

To ensure patient confidentiality.

About us

At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.