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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our Recovery team at the Queen Mary's Hospital Surgical Treatment Centre, in Roehampton.
We are very proud of the high level of care we provide to our patients which is reflected in our patient feedback and the recent Trust Accreditation where we were rated as a Platinum-level ward following 3 consecutive Gold awards.
We provide holistic perioperative care to patients undergoing General Surgery, Urology, Maxillo-Facial, Orthopaedic, Gynaecology, Vascular, Plastics, Dermatology, Renal, and Ophthalmology (Moorfields Eye Hospital).
The Surgical Treatment Centre plays a vital role in the education and training of nurses ODPs in the specialty of day surgery.
We understand that delivering an excellent learning environment for the staff is vital in maintaining staff growth, so the ethos of new learning and development is keenly supported. The teams are supported in delivering perioperative processes through set protocols that meet local and national standards.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and flexible team player with a keen interest in this specialty.
The post is permanent and includes flexible working patterns.
Previous Day Surgery experience is desirable although not essential.
Main duties of the job
Working within our department, your main duties will include:
- Providing direct patient care, being responsible for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care of patients.
- Identifying individual patient requirements and acting effectively on changing needs, liaising with and directing relevant staff.
- Organising time, equipment and staff to deliver safe and efficient patient care.
- Giving skilled support to medical staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Administering drugs and treatments as prescribed in accordance with Trust Policies and Standard Operating Procedures.
- Demonstrating effective communication within departments and multidisciplinary teams.
- Advising patients, theircarers and other staff on the promotion of health and prevention of illness.
- Recognising situations that may be detrimental to the health and well-being of the individual and institute preventative measures.
- Identifyingthe priorities of care for patients, liaising with and directing relevant staff.
- Delivering high standards of care.
- Currently, there are no Weekends, and Bank Holiday shifts.
With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
Person Specification
Person Specification
Essential
- Register Nurse
- oMinimum 12 months post registration experience
- oMentorship Qualification or Practice Supervisor Course
- oTheatre Practice Course / Recovery course
Essential
- oAbility to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care according to individual needs.
- oAbility to effectively prioritise workload and patient care needs.
- oDemonstrate an understanding of managing resources.
- oDemonstrate an understanding of clinical risk, infection control in theatres.
- oComputer skills
- oAbility to take charge of theatres/recovery in the absence of the ward manager on a regular basis
Essential
- oDemonstrate an understanding of the importance of research and evidenced based practice
- oAble to explain the principles of mentoring and assessing junior staff
- oUnderstands the importance of developing self and others
- oUnderstands the importance of developing self and others
- oAbility to take on small research or audit project
Essential
- oMotivated and demonstrate an enthusiasm for the specialty
- oDemonstrate a caring and sensitive approach to patient care
- oSound verbal and written communication
- oAdaptable and responsive to changing needs
- oAbility to motivate and lead staff for a shift
Person Specification
Essential
- Register Nurse
- oMinimum 12 months post registration experience
- oMentorship Qualification or Practice Supervisor Course
- oTheatre Practice Course / Recovery course
Essential
- oAbility to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care according to individual needs.
- oAbility to effectively prioritise workload and patient care needs.
- oDemonstrate an understanding of managing resources.
- oDemonstrate an understanding of clinical risk, infection control in theatres.
- oComputer skills
- oAbility to take charge of theatres/recovery in the absence of the ward manager on a regular basis
Essential
- oDemonstrate an understanding of the importance of research and evidenced based practice
- oAble to explain the principles of mentoring and assessing junior staff
- oUnderstands the importance of developing self and others
- oUnderstands the importance of developing self and others
- oAbility to take on small research or audit project
Essential
- oMotivated and demonstrate an enthusiasm for the specialty
- oDemonstrate a caring and sensitive approach to patient care
- oSound verbal and written communication
- oAdaptable and responsive to changing needs
- oAbility to motivate and lead staff for a shift
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Surgical Treatment Centre - Queen Mary Hospital
Roehampton
London
SW15 5PN
Employer's website
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our Recovery team at the Queen Mary's Hospital Surgical Treatment Centre, in Roehampton.
We are very proud of the high level of care we provide to our patients which is reflected in our patient feedback and the recent Trust Accreditation where we were rated as a Platinum-level ward following 3 consecutive Gold awards.
We provide holistic perioperative care to patients undergoing General Surgery, Urology, Maxillo-Facial, Orthopaedic, Gynaecology, Vascular, Plastics, Dermatology, Renal, and Ophthalmology (Moorfields Eye Hospital).
The Surgical Treatment Centre plays a vital role in the education and training of nurses ODPs in the specialty of day surgery.
We understand that delivering an excellent learning environment for the staff is vital in maintaining staff growth, so the ethos of new learning and development is keenly supported. The teams are supported in delivering perioperative processes through set protocols that meet local and national standards.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and flexible team player with a keen interest in this specialty.
The post is permanent and includes flexible working patterns.
Previous Day Surgery experience is desirable although not essential.
Main duties of the job
Working within our department, your main duties will include:
With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
Person Specification
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
Essential
Essential
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
Essential
Essential
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Surgical Treatment Centre - Queen Mary Hospital
Roehampton
London
SW15 5PN
Employer's website
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our Recovery team at the Queen Mary's Hospital Surgical Treatment Centre, in Roehampton.
We are very proud of the high level of care we provide to our patients which is reflected in our patient feedback and the recent Trust Accreditation where we were rated as a Platinum-level ward following 3 consecutive Gold awards.
We provide holistic perioperative care to patients undergoing General Surgery, Urology, Maxillo-Facial, Orthopaedic, Gynaecology, Vascular, Plastics, Dermatology, Renal, and Ophthalmology (Moorfields Eye Hospital).
The Surgical Treatment Centre plays a vital role in the education and training of nurses ODPs in the specialty of day surgery.
We understand that delivering an excellent learning environment for the staff is vital in maintaining staff growth, so the ethos of new learning and development is keenly supported. The teams are supported in delivering perioperative processes through set protocols that meet local and national standards.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and flexible team player with a keen interest in this specialty.
The post is permanent and includes flexible working patterns.
Previous Day Surgery experience is desirable although not essential.
Main duties of the job
Working within our department, your main duties will include:
- Providing direct patient care, being responsible for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care of patients.
- Identifying individual patient requirements and acting effectively on changing needs, liaising with and directing relevant staff.
- Organising time, equipment and staff to deliver safe and efficient patient care.
- Giving skilled support to medical staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Administering drugs and treatments as prescribed in accordance with Trust Policies and Standard Operating Procedures.
- Demonstrating effective communication within departments and multidisciplinary teams.
- Advising patients, theircarers and other staff on the promotion of health and prevention of illness.
- Recognising situations that may be detrimental to the health and well-being of the individual and institute preventative measures.
- Identifyingthe priorities of care for patients, liaising with and directing relevant staff.
- Delivering high standards of care.
- Currently, there are no Weekends, and Bank Holiday shifts.
With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
Person Specification
Person Specification
Essential
- Register Nurse
- oMinimum 12 months post registration experience
- oMentorship Qualification or Practice Supervisor Course
- oTheatre Practice Course / Recovery course
Essential
- oAbility to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care according to individual needs.
- oAbility to effectively prioritise workload and patient care needs.
- oDemonstrate an understanding of managing resources.
- oDemonstrate an understanding of clinical risk, infection control in theatres.
- oComputer skills
- oAbility to take charge of theatres/recovery in the absence of the ward manager on a regular basis
Essential
- oDemonstrate an understanding of the importance of research and evidenced based practice
- oAble to explain the principles of mentoring and assessing junior staff
- oUnderstands the importance of developing self and others
- oUnderstands the importance of developing self and others
- oAbility to take on small research or audit project
Essential
- oMotivated and demonstrate an enthusiasm for the specialty
- oDemonstrate a caring and sensitive approach to patient care
- oSound verbal and written communication
- oAdaptable and responsive to changing needs
- oAbility to motivate and lead staff for a shift
Person Specification
Essential
- Register Nurse
- oMinimum 12 months post registration experience
- oMentorship Qualification or Practice Supervisor Course
- oTheatre Practice Course / Recovery course
Essential
- oAbility to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care according to individual needs.
- oAbility to effectively prioritise workload and patient care needs.
- oDemonstrate an understanding of managing resources.
- oDemonstrate an understanding of clinical risk, infection control in theatres.
- oComputer skills
- oAbility to take charge of theatres/recovery in the absence of the ward manager on a regular basis
Essential
- oDemonstrate an understanding of the importance of research and evidenced based practice
- oAble to explain the principles of mentoring and assessing junior staff
- oUnderstands the importance of developing self and others
- oUnderstands the importance of developing self and others
- oAbility to take on small research or audit project
Essential
- oMotivated and demonstrate an enthusiasm for the specialty
- oDemonstrate a caring and sensitive approach to patient care
- oSound verbal and written communication
- oAdaptable and responsive to changing needs
- oAbility to motivate and lead staff for a shift
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
Employer details
Employer name
St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Surgical Treatment Centre - Queen Mary Hospital
Roehampton
London
SW15 5PN
Employer's website
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To work as a Staff Nurse in the UK, you'll need a combination of formal education, clinical skills, practical experience, and personal attributes. Here are the essential skills and qualifications required:
Educational Qualifications:
1. Nursing Degree: A Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSc) or an equivalent nursing degree is typically required.
2. Nursing Registration: You must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in the UK. This typically involves passing an approved nursing program and the NMC's competency tests.
Clinical Skills:
1. Patient Assessment: Ability to perform thorough assessments of patients' health and identify needs.
2. Medication Administration: Knowledge of pharmacology and the ability to safely administer medications.
3. Wound Care: Skills in managing and dressing wounds, observing for signs of infection.
4. Infection Control: Understanding infection prevention practices and how to implement them in a clinical setting.
5. Basic Life Support (BLS): Certification in BLS and other emergency response skills, such as Advanced Life Support (ALS) if applicable.
6. Clinical Procedures: Proficiency in various clinical skills specific to your area of nursing (e.g., IV insertion, catheterization).
Soft Skills:
1. Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with patients, families, and colleagues effectively.
2. Empathy and Compassion: The ability to provide emotional support and understand patients’ perspectives.
3. Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary healthcare team.
4. Problem-Solving: Strong analytical skills to identify issues and implement solutions quickly.
5. Time Management: Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively in a fast-paced environment.
Additional Skills:
1. Attention to Detail: Precision in following medical procedures and documenting patient care.
2. Adaptability: Flexibility to handle changing patient situations and workloads.
3. Technical Skills: Familiarity with medical technology and electronic health records (EHR).
Continuing Professional Development:
1. Lifelong Learning: Commitment to ongoing education and training to stay current with nursing practices and policies.
Employment Considerations:
1. Experience: Many positions may require previous experience in a clinical setting, such as placements during your nursing degree.
2. Specialization: Depending on the area of nursing you wish to work in (e.g., surgical, pediatric, psychiatric), additional qualifications or experience may be necessary.
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