Staff Nurse in Harlow

To provide effective clinical and holistic individualised patient centred care to the patients and families, ensuring delivery is to the highest standard. Maintaining evidenced based practice is performed at all times, being responsible for updating own knowledge and skills in line with the Trust policies, multidisciplinary team and the NMC Code. Developing leadership skills, actively participating in service development.

Main duties of the job:

• To practice in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Trust Policies, Procedures and Guidelines.
• To ensure high quality, evidence-based care is provided to patients in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
• Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, planning, implementation, and interventions are delivered from admission to discharge.
• Delegating care to unregistered carers and retaining responsibility for care.
• To be flexible and willing to be redeployed to an area within the sphere of their clinical expertise to provide clinical support and assist with facilitating safe staffing across the Trust when required.
• To ensure that all patients have a safe and effective discharge plan, collaborating with the integrated discharge team for complex discharges.
• To undertake the Shift Co-ordinator (nurse in charge) role on a shift basis once competency is achieved.
• To consistently organise and deliver individualised patient care, ensuring patient physical, social and psychological needs are met.
• Liaise with a multidisciplinary approach to care in collaboration with carers, health care professionals and other agencies.
• Recognise the significance of observations made, and use them to develop and initiate nursing assessments and devise a plan of care.
• Recognise the signs of deterioration and take action as required without delay.
• Manage clinical emergencies, ensuring that he/she is up to date with hospital life support.
• Responsible for the correct administration of prescribed medication including controlled drugs, blood transfusion and blood products.

We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Staff Nurse to join our busy Surgical Ward at Princess Alexandra Hospital. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced nurses looking to develop their surgical nursing skills within a supportive NHS team. You will deliver high-quality, patient-centred care to individuals undergoing elective and emergency surgical procedures, working closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe and effective care.

What We Offer:

• Surgical Skills Training
• Ongoing training and career development opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Supportive and inclusive working environment

Person Specification:

• Essential Qualifications: Current NMC registration, Evidence of recent Continuous Professional Development.
• Desirable Qualifications: Qualifications in mentorship.
• Essential Experience: Demonstrate knowledge of escalation and recognition of the deteriorating patient, Flexibility to work in other areas of Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust when/if required to ensure safe patient care, Experience of working in general surgical setting.
• Desirable Experience: Experience of working in a urological care setting, Experience of working in an acute care setting.

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.