Staff Nurse - Tenbury Community Hospital inTenbury Wells inTenbury Wells PUBLISHED THU 21 NOV 2024

We are looking for an enthusiastic team player to come and join our nursing team. If you have an interest in elderly care and rehabilitation and want to work in a high functioning team to support patients and their families during the most challenging of times, this could be the post for you. Tenbury Community Hospital is a rural inpatient setting of 22 beds that supports patients as a step down to receive ongoing medical treatment, rehabilitation, discharge planning or end of life care which no longer requires acute support but cannot be managed in the community

Tenbury Community Hospital is :-

• A team that champions the culture of inclusive and supportive teamwork
• Working in an environment that is passionate about holistic patient focused care
• Caring for a caseload of patients with varying needs, supporting dynamic practice and professional experience and development
• Working collaboratively with colleagues
• Ward environment up to date and spacious.
• Strong community links

If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you get in touch with the recruiting manager, details can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert.

If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you get in touch with the recruiting manager, details can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert.

As a Staff Nurse you will be responsible for providing care to people admitted to our ward for rehabilitation. We work closely as a multi-disciplinary team. Our focusispromoting the comfort and wellbeing of patients, enablingthemto live as independently as possible. Tenbury is a small but friendly team to work with. As a team we encourage ongoing learning and development through reflection and clinical supervision which we try and embed in our daily practice. Our nurses are required to facilitate the day to day running of the ward, administering medications, working alongside all members of the MDT as well as patients, their families and carers to provided 24/7 rehabilitation to enable the highest level of independence and quality of life. Our nurses are required to attend meetings as needed such as MDT and CHC or Discharge Planning.

About us

• Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on day to day basis.
• Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
• Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.
• Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patients care within the Ward/unit, working in accordance with the philosophy of patient centred care and to NSF and other Trust standards.
• Practice as a member of the Community Hospital Nursing team, to support and work in partnership with the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Planning and Delivery of Individual Nursing Care under Direction of Senior Staff

• Work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Assess, plan, and, implement and evaluate patient focused nursing care.
• Document care given and maintain contemporaneous records.
• Maintain records in accordance with the Trusts policy and that of NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Assist in implementation of health promotion strategies, as agreed by Ward Manager.
• In consultation with senior qualified staff, provide and monitor patient centred care within Trust agreed standards.
• In collaboration with other team members organise the reception and discharge of patients ensuring effective communication in transfer of information.
• Carry out delegated nursing care.
• Use and participate in research / audit in care delivery.
• Adhere to and promote all clinical practice, health and safety and corporate Trust Policies and Guidelines.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.