Rotation Staff Nurse | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £34,089 - £41,498 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | st georges nhs trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6182575/200-6182575-MA-VA-N |
Summary
Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care, utilising research findings as appropriate.
To provide leadership of the ward team to ensure a high and safe standard of patient care
Ensuring that nursing procedures are carried out in accordance with St George’s Healthcare policy taking appropriate action in emergency situations.
Setting, monitoring & maintaining excellent standards of nursing care in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.
Maintaining personal contact with patients, relatives & carers, being sensitive to all their needs and ensuring a friendly environment at all times.
As skills develop, managing the ward or department in the absence of the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse or Deputy, maintaining safe staffing levels, ensuring that polices are followed up and that the Senior Nurse is informed of any problems or incidents that might arise.
Maintaining timely and accurate nursing records and ensuring confidentiality is respected.
Storing, checking and administering drugs including the intravenous route in accordance with Trust policy and NMC standards.
To work with minimal supervision in all areas.
Communicating with and assisting the multidisciplinary team to promote excellence in the delivery of patient care.
To prioritise own workload and that of other staff ensuring that the ward or department is managed effectively.
To contribute to the local resolution, investigation and follow up action of any informal or formal complaints.
We are looking for highly motivated individuals, with excellent communication skills, enthusiastic, hardworking and able to work well within a large multidisciplinary team.
The Rotation Program amongst Cardiology, Vascular, Thoracic and Cardiac surgery is a 12 month programme where you will be offered three different placements, each lasting four months, to gain hands on experience in the area. At the end you will be offered a permanent position in one of the wards in which you rotate.
Our Program offers:
• A 12 month program
• An assigned Practice Educator and the opportunity to participate in peer learning groups
• A bespoke program of Continuous Professional Development tailored to support your individual learning needs
• The opportunity to complete a Preceptorship Program and specialty based competencies (surgical and medical)
• A band 5 development course (in-house training)
• Iv medication and administration study day
• Venepuncture and cannulation training
• Access to available vacancies within the rotation wards Interviews will take place in April/May 2024, where successful applicants will also be able to complete all other aspects of the recruitment process and meet some of the Senior Nursing Team.
The rotation offers the opportunity to enrich your nursing career. It will give the opportunity to experience lots of different disciples, gain invaluable experience for the future before deciding which route to take.
With nearly 9,000 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 2010.
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.
Please see attached Job description and personal specification which contains more information about the role.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Apr 2024
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