Staff Nurse - Avalon Ward
| Posting date: | 05 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £31,049.00 to £37,796.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31049.00 - £37796.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 March 2026 |
| Location: | Tooting, London, SW17 0YF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9294-26-0107 |
Summary
1. Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading onimplementing the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise. 2. Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support. 3. Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient-centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT). 4. Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers. 5. Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations. 6. Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user compliance. 7. Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report allincidents following trust policy. 8. Developing the management of care needs through:a. Initial data collectionb. Monitoring of individual service user / patient progressc. Feedback and discussiond. Producing reports and in-care reviewse. Devising a plan of care and interventions supervised by a Registered Nurse. 9. Leading on and directing junior to staff in providing hands-on care to serviceusers including:a. Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and nonjudgmental way.b. Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the service users respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity.c. Developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patient care documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT and friends/relatives/significant others.d. Ensuring the monitoring and recording service user clinical observations are undertaken, such as Physical observations and vital signs and treating or escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that do not fulfil the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment. Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and support.e. Implementing the principles of recovery: encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities andother activities of their interest. Where appropriate contributing to psychological interventions. 10.Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust policies. 11.Facilitating the admission and discharge of service users, ensuring needs of the patient and service including relevant legislative or required documentation are completed. 12.Advocating for service users needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.