Staff Nurse

To provide high standards of care for patients and their families by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care without direct supervision but within scope of professional practice.

• Undertake assessment of patients' care needs and develop and implement programmes of care/rehabilitation for patients, uphold patients' dignity and respect in all aspects of care.
• Provide day to day supervision of junior members of staff and students on placement.
• Promote a well maintained, clean and safe ward environment.
• Regularly manage care on a day-to-day basis for all patients on ward in the absence of more senior colleagues.
• To provide high standards of effective health care for people accessing the service.
• To support senior colleagues in the leadership across all departments, Medical and Rehab Wards.
• To be actively involved in service development and improving standards of care.
• Effectively manage the clinical area through the implementation of policies and procedures.
• Adopt a flexible approach to hours of duty to meet the needs of the service over a twenty-four period, as required.
• Due to the inter-connected nature of the service, there is an expectation that all its staff will be prepared to support any elements of the service as needs dictate, and in line with their professional competencies.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person specification Qualifications

RGN Educated to diploma level

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact:

Samantha Horgan-Gunnell

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 5

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-Time

Reference number

348-SSW-10574

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