Staff Nurse - Malvern Community Hospital

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

The closing date is 09 October 2024

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic team player to come and join our nursing team. If you have an interest in elderly care and rehabilitation and want to work in a high functioning team to support patients and their families during the most challenging of times, this could be the post for you.

A team that champions the culture of inclusive and supportive teamwork

Working in an environment that is passionate about holistic patient focused care

Caring for a caseload of patients with varying needs, supporting dynamic practice and professional experience and development

Working collaboratively with colleagues

Ward environment up to date and spacious.

Strong community links

The Hospital is a rural inpatient setting of 24 beds that supports patients as a step down to receive ongoing medical treatment, rehabilitation, discharge planning or end of life care which no longer requires acute support but cannot be managed in the community. ANPs and GPs cover the hospital allowing for provision of care for local residents. You will be caring for a caseload of patients with varying needs, requiring dynamic practice and supporting professional experience and development. As a hospital we feel passionately about patient care, promoting a holistic and compassionate experience for those we treat. We have strong links with community teams and resources that promotes home first. We pride ourselves on a culture that champions an inclusive, empowering and supportive teamwork.

Main duties of the job

As a Staff Nurse you will be responsible for providing care to people admitted to our ward for rehabilitation. We work closely as a multi-disciplinary team. Our focusispromoting the comfort and wellbeing of patients, enablingthemto live as independently as possible. Malvern is a small but friendly team to work with. As a team we encourage ongoing learning and development through reflection and clinical supervision which we try and embed in our daily practice. Our nurses are required to facilitate the day to day running of the ward, administering medications, working alongside all members of the MDT as well as patients, their families and carers to provided 24/7 rehabilitation to enable the highest level of independence and quality of life. Our nurses are required to attend meetings as needed such as MDT and CHC or Discharge Planning.

If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you get in touch with the recruiting manager, details can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022 Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer

27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service

Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours

Flexible and agile working opportunities

Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support

Wide range of staff networks such as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)

Health service discounts and online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice schemes

Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.

Date posted

26 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9798-0742

Job locations

Malvern Community Hospital

185 Worcester Road

Malvern

Worcestershire

WR14 1EX

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Variety of evidence based clinical skills
Confidence to teach student nurses, patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team
Understanding of evidence based nursing, multidisciplinary working, clinical governance
Awareness of Audit
Evidence of on-going continuing professional development

Skills & Abilities

Essential

Ability to communicate effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
Able to work competently without supervision
Compassion and empathy skills
Self-motivated
Basic IT skills

Experience

Essential

Experience gained during pre-registration training

Qualifications

Essential

RGN/RMN
NMC Registered
I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

Variety of evidence based clinical skills
Confidence to teach student nurses, patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team
Understanding of evidence based nursing, multidisciplinary working, clinical governance
Awareness of Audit
Evidence of on-going continuing professional development

Skills & Abilities

Essential

Ability to communicate effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
Able to work competently without supervision
Compassion and empathy skills
Self-motivated
Basic IT skills

Experience

Essential

Experience gained during pre-registration training

Qualifications

Essential

RGN/RMN
NMC Registered
I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer

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).