Job Title - Registered Nurse
Hours - 37.5 hours (Including some night and weekend work)
Salary - £38,242 (including night and weekend enhancements)
Description
St Joseph's Hospital are looking for a Registered Nurses to join our busy clinical team.
The general working days will be Monday to Sunday, working days, evenings, weekends and if required nights.
Duties and responsibilities
- Assess, plan, implement and deliver high quality patient care adhering to relevant hospital guidelines, policies and standard operating procedures at all times.
- To provide a safe, effective, efficient care environment for patients, relatives and carers ensuring that standards around privacy and dignity are embraced.
- Be able to prioritise nursing care as well as being responsive to specific patient needs such as providing acute medical care, managing the deteriorating patient, knowledge of wound and pain management, diabetes management and discharge planning.
- Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and legible written records of care in line with hospital policy and in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct.
- Use effective communication, both written and verbal, with all levels of staff including the multidisciplinary team, patients and relatives/carers.
- Be responsible for the control and administration of medicines (including Controlled Drugs) adhering at all times to the Hospital’s Medicines Management Policy and Controlled Drugs Policy.
- Contribute to creating a learning environment conducive to nursing students and other staff in training.
- Participate in initiatives across the surgical unit to enhance the quality of care embracing evidence-based practice and current research.
- Proactively support the management of incidents and engage with feedback seeking to resolve locally whenever possible whilst always ensuring lessons are learnt and shared.
What you need to know
Essential
- First Level Registration (adult).
- Recent clinical experience in Surgical/Orthopaedic/Gynaecology/Plastic Surgery services.
- Experience of working in a team.
- 6 months experience as a staff nurse in a hospital environment.
- Knowledge of elective surgical pathways.
- Good communication skills.
- Can demonstrate a good understanding of good patient care.
- Knowledge/understanding of good discharge planning.
- Able to work shifts.
- Positive, professional, and polite.
- Able to work under pressure.
Company Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Enhanced annual leave - 35 days holiday as a minimum (full time entitlement)
- Private Medical Insurance for you and a nominated family member
- Private Pension
- Training and development programmes
- Blue Light Card
- Free on-site parking
- Access to Mental Health helpline
- Access to assistance with Medical Diagnostics, Medical Treatment and Physiotherapy
- Subsided freshly made food and drinks
- Eyecare vouchers
- Family Vouchers
- Access to UK GP 24/7
- Discounted gym membership
To apply for the position please email an up to date CV with a covering letter to jillduggan@stjosephshospital.co.uk. Please note that we will only contact you should you be shortlisted for an interview.
We reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the advertised closing date, if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration.
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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
