Staff Nurse - Harrowby Ward - Band 5

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a staff nurse to join the Harrowby Ward team.

Harrowby Ward is a general medical ward mainly caring for the elderly patient covering a range of illnesses and their management. We aim to provide a patient centred approach putting patients at the heart of their care with the aim of improving patient safety and satisfaction.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will work within a multidisciplinary team providing all care for our patients and planning safe discharges so communication skills are a necessity.

Due to the nature of the post-extended skills such as IV additives, IV cannulation, Phlebotomy, ECG's are desirable.

About us

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details regarding the job role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description
Job responsibilities

For further details regarding the job role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Qualification to degree level in an adult nursing field.
• Professional NMC registration (part 1)
• Willingness to work towards disease specific modules
• Mentorship qualification

Desirable

• Specific CPD modules relevant to specific field.

Skills/Competencies

Essential

• Ability to provide holistic care to patients in a variety of settings through the nursing process: Assess, Plan, implement, review
• Nursing competencies which may include, but are not exclusive to, TV, PEOL, continence Care, holistic care, medication administration

Desirable

• Extended clinical competencies that are transferrable to a community/acute setting

Knowledge

Essential

• Community/acute pathways of care
• Standards of proficiencies for registered nurse

Expereince

Essential

• Decision making, prioritisation and delegation skills
• Autonomous practice in Nursing

Desirable

• Nursing in an acute/community experience

Special attributes/specific requirements

Essential

• Computer literacy
• Ability to travel across the Trust and adapt to a flexible working pattern to work to meet the needs of the service
• Positive role model
• Flexible approach to meet service need

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Be an advocate and role more of the group values

Person Specification
Qualification

Essential

• Qualification to degree level in an adult nursing field.
• Professional NMC registration (part 1)
• Willingness to work towards disease specific modules
• Mentorship qualification

Desirable

• Specific CPD modules relevant to specific field.

Skills/Competencies

Essential

• Ability to provide holistic care to patients in a variety of settings through the nursing process: Assess, Plan, implement, review
• Nursing competencies which may include, but are not exclusive to, TV, PEOL, continence Care, holistic care, medication administration

Desirable

• Extended clinical competencies that are transferrable to a community/acute setting

Knowledge

Essential

• Community/acute pathways of care
• Standards of proficiencies for registered nurse

Expereince

Essential

• Decision making, prioritisation and delegation skills
• Autonomous practice in Nursing

Desirable

• Nursing in an acute/community experience

Special attributes/specific requirements

Essential

• Computer literacy
• Ability to travel across the Trust and adapt to a flexible working pattern to work to meet the needs of the service
• Positive role model
• Flexible approach to meet service need

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Be an advocate and role more of the group values

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 .

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. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
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 .

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. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address

Grantham Hospital

101 Manthorpe Road

Grantham

NG31 8DG

United Kingdom

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