Registered Nurse post on the Frailty Assessment Unit at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a 27-bed acute elderly admissions ward, offered as a secondment. The work centres on assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating nursing care for patients over 80, or with age-related conditions, before they move to specialty wards. The unit is busy and fast-paced, so organising workload under pressure matters, and newly qualified nurses are welcome to apply. Interviews are held in person at the hospital site only.
What the job involves
- Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care, keeping accurate written records
- Maintain a high standard of patient-focused care under Trust policies and procedures
- Support the Ward Manager and Deputy Ward Manager in delivering high-quality acute care
- Act in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct
- Communicate with patients and carers so they have access to appropriate information
- Promote and maintain positive working relationships between staff involved in patient care
- Maintain a safe and clean working environment
- Comply with infection control policies and procedures
- Undertake duties on other wards and departments as service demands require
- Education and training
What's required
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse, Level 1 or 2
Registration & licences
- NMC registration
Skills & knowledge
- Willingness to undertake training as necessary
- Ability to demonstrate and explain skills to other staff
- Knowledge of current issues in health care
- Knowledge of Standards of Professional Practice
Nice to have
- Awareness of the speciality
What's offered
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, with a lump sum and dependants' pension
- 27 days annual leave rising to 33 days, depending on NHS Trust service
- Relocation package of up to 30% of salary, capped at £18k, for hard-to-fill posts
- Range of paid and unpaid leave for emergency and planned leave
- 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme
- NHS Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
- Learning and development opportunities
- Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
