A band 5 registered nurse post on Gate 36/37 at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, based in the Surgical Assessment Unit. The work centres on assessing patients' care needs and planning, delivering and evaluating their care within a multidisciplinary team. The unit has 27 beds plus five same-day emergency care trolleys, takes patients from all surgical specialities and runs at a fast, high-turnover pace. Surgical experience is preferred but not essential, and interviews are face to face only.
What the job involves
- Support patients with all aspects of their care
- Work within the multidisciplinary team to keep the patient at the centre of care
- Assess individual care needs and develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care
- Help create and maintain an environment that meets the needs of patients, relatives and carers
- Advocate for patients and their relatives
- Work as an effective member of the team
- Undertake any training required
What’s required
Registration & licences
- NMC registration, or enrolment on an NMC-approved BSc/MSc nursing programme and due to register within 12 months
Experience
- Clinical knowledge gained through degree-level training or equivalent
Skills & knowledge
- Up-to-date knowledge of current nursing issues, research and practice
- Plan, assess, implement and evaluate patient care
- Prioritise tasks and delegate and co-ordinate person-centred care
- Clinical skills with dexterity, such as cannulation, venepuncture and catheter insertion
- Administer medicines by a range of routes
- Excellent communication skills
Other
- Work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships
- Supervise junior staff and learners in practice
- IT skills that can be built upon for hospital administration, information and training systems
- Able to work well under pressure
Nice to have
- Experience of surgery
- Experience of working within the NHS
What’s offered
- NHS pension plan
- Generous holiday allowance
- Employee health and wellbeing services
- Onsite nurseries
- Childcare vouchers
- Home electronics scheme
- Working carers support
- Carer-friendly policies
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
