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Staff Nurse - Richmond AMU | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 October 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,964 - £43,780 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 November 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW17 0QT |
| Company: | st georges nhs trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6686358/200-6686358-GO-SC |
Summary
Do you want to give outstanding care every time?Do you want to feel really proud of where you work? If you want to consistently deliver the fundamentals of patient care, then we want to work with you.
Richmondis a 51 bedded Acute Medical unit incorporating a 15 bedded Acute Dependency Unit and a Consultant Led Ambulatory Assessment Unit/Clinic area. You will be caring for patients with acute medical conditions and those requiring high dependency nursing care in a fast turnover environment.
This is a chance to develop your skills as part of a highly capable team where you’re guaranteed opportunities to learn how to care for patients requiring a variety of nursing interventions.
You will be supported by our practice educators and senior nurses to help you develop:
• Communication and awareness competencies – including dementia nursing, safeguarding, electronic clinical record keeping, deprivation of liberty and mental capacity.
• Clinical competencies - including aseptic technique, venepuncture and cannulation, catheterization, syringe drivers, medicines management, IV drug administration, Peg feeds, NG tube insertion, blood transfusion, EWS, pressure ulcer management and prevention.
• Management competencies - including professionalism and accountability, nurse in charge, mentoring.
With a variety of career progression opportunities - from Clinical Ward Manager, Practice Educator, Matron, Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist roles. Where do you see yourself?
• To provide outstanding care to patients all of the time.
• As skills and competencies develop, taking charge and actively participating in and contributing to the management of the ward or department.
• Supervising, supporting and mentoring junior staff, students and HCA’s.
The post holder is expected to have a clear understanding of how this post contributes to the achievement of the trust vision of:
A thriving Foundation Trust at the heart of an integrated healthcare system.
One that delivers improved patient care at a community, hospital and specialist setting, supported by a unique and nationally recognised programme of research, education and employee engagement.
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflects these.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and expects that all staff will share in this commitment.
The Trust is clear that all staff have a responsibility to be aware of children and adult safeguarding policies and procedures and that each member of staff, clinical and non-clinical, will attend child or adult safeguarding training that is provided at an appropriate level to suit their role.
The Trust has the additional expectation that all staff will be able to identify concerns and know what action to take
Please see the attached job description and person specification which contains more information about the role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 15 Oct 2024
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