Bank Staff Nurse- Haywood Hospital inStoke-on-Trent inStoke-on-Trent PUBLISHED
THU 5 DEC 2024
Flexible Shifts, The role allows you to choose your availability, providing a balance between work and personal commitments.
Variety of Experience, Working across different areas within the hospital helps you gain diverse clinical experience and develop professionally.
Supportive Environment, Opportunity to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams, enhancing team dynamics and patient care quality.
Professional Development, Ability to maintain and improve nursing skills while contributing to the team and supporting student nurses.
High-Quality Care Delivery, Engage in providing high-quality nursing care, making a direct impact on patient outcomes and experiences.
Leadership Opportunities, Chance to take charge of the ward in the absence of senior staff, gaining leadership experience.
The role of Bank Staff Nurse at Haywood Hospital, part of Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Stoke-on-Trent, involves providing high-quality nursing care to patients as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The position is within the Trust Bank, which offers flexible work opportunities to cover staff shortages, allowing nurses to choose shifts based on their availability. Key responsibilities include assessing patient needs, administering medication, developing and evaluating care plans, and ensuring the safety and well-being of patients.
The Staff Nurse will also supervise patients, support student nurses, and participate in therapeutic programs and service development initiatives. This role requires adherence to NMC guidelines and the hospital's policies while maintaining professional competence. The post holder will have the opportunity to enhance their skills, gain experience in various areas, and contribute to evidence-based nursing practices within the clinical environment.
The Staff Nurse will also supervise patients, support student nurses, and participate in therapeutic programs and service development initiatives. This role requires adherence to NMC guidelines and the hospital's policies while maintaining professional competence. The post holder will have the opportunity to enhance their skills, gain experience in various areas, and contribute to evidence-based nursing practices within the clinical environment.
The post holder will assist the Ward/Team Manager in providing high quality nursing care and treatment of patients in conjunction with other professionals through the hospital's multi-disciplinary assessment, treatment and care programmes.
The Trust Bank is made up of a pool of staff that provides temporary cover for staff shortages or short term vacancies. If you work for the trust bank, you tell us when you are available and your availability is then matched with shift requirements across the hospital.
Our Bank operates by, booking temporary staff on a flexible basis. It gives you the freedom to choose the shifts you work, depending upon availability.
Can't commit to a permanent job at present?
Have family or other commitments prevent you working full time or to a set work pattern?
Want to keep up your professional skills?
Would like to gain experience in new areas?
- Deliver a high quality clinical service to patients and their families and carers.
- Administer medication, complying with relevant Trust procedures and NMC guidelines
- Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
- Contribute to care plans in cooperation with multi-disciplinary teams within the hospital and under supervision of more senior team members.
- Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient condition
- Ensure the safe custody of all patients as determined by the clinical team. This includes the supervision of patients within the hospital, grounds and the community, as required.
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- Deliver a high quality clinical service to patients and their families and carers.
- Act as named nurse to a group of patients under the direction / supervision of the person identified with continuing responsibility.
- Participate in therapeutic group work programmes.
- Take charge of the ward in the absence of the ward manager and deputy ward manager.
- Administer medication, complying with relevant Trust procedures and NMC guidelines
- Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
- Contribute to care plans in cooperation with multi-disciplinary teams within the hospital and under supervision of more senior team members.
- Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient condition
- Ensure the safe custody of all patients as determined by the clinical team. This includes the supervision of patients within the hospital, grounds and the community, as required.
- Support student nurses on placement within the service.
- Participate in the development of the service to ensure clinical governance processes are actively implemented at team level
- Assist in ensuring that the aims and objectives of the ward/department (as set by the responsible nurse) are fulfilled and to identify factors which may inhibit these from being achieved.
- The post holder will be required to work within the NMC Code of Practice and professional guidelines.
- Maintain an up-to-date level of professional competence within the specific environment.
- Assist in the implementation of evidence-based nursing practice and participate in research and other projects as required.
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