Band 5 Surgical Ward 12
An exciting opportunity has arisen for qualified nurses to join the Surgical Division at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
We are seeking dedicated, motivated people to help us provide high-quality care to patients in surgical Ward 12. The ward specialty consists of a mix of General Surgery, Urology, and Gynaecology patients and has 11 beds.
From early 2024 Ward 12 will open the surgical QEH-monitored beds. This will include 4 beds with patients of acuity 1:1.5 nurse ratio. This is an exciting opportunity to expand your skills in caring for more complex patients.
In return for your hard work, we offer well-established, structured mentoring. You will also get support from the senior nursing management team, the Practice Development Nurse, and peer-to-peer support with lots of learning and development opportunities. We will also offer you one of a kind surgical nursing course in affiliate with the University of Greenwich.
Interview venue: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road Woolwich SE184QH
Main Duties/Responsibilities
Accountable to Deputy Service General Manager / Head of Nursing
The post holder will play a key role in supporting the nurse managers in providing high quality care. He / she will be prepared to work within the divisions as a Named Nurse, within a Team taking responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care.
The post holder will be a clinically credible practitioner who can provide effective patient care in a range of clinical settings, having regard for relevant policies and the evidence base nursing.
The post holder will provide support and mentorship for students and junior nurses.
Working for your organisation
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
As an organisation, we’ve made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years. This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of “Good” in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of “Good” that we had already achieved in the Caring domain. Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust’s improvement journey, as we’ve stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention. We’ve also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams.
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