Job Description
Main area: Nursing
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 393-NMUH-4986-E
Employer: North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Town: London
Salary: £34,521 - £41,956 pa inc. (Pro-rata if LTFT)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/09/2024 23:59
Staff Nurse - Capetown & Canterbury
Band 5
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas.
Job overview
Within North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, the Division for Community within Chase farm EN2 8JL is a developing, vibrant, and innovative area to work. If you see yourself as an exceptional, dedicated nurse with the drive and ambition to provide and maintain the highest standards of patient care, we have the job for you.
Cape Town is a 38 bedded stepdown ward, while Canterbury Ward is a 17 bedded rehabilitation ward. The care provided is patient focused within a multi-professional Team. We are proud to work within an amazing hospital and excel at our teamwork by using a Team Nursing Model.
As part of our continuing commitment to employ talented, committed individuals from our local population to work at North Mid University Hospital, we are looking to recruit qualified and experienced nurses.
Main duties of the job
As part of our recruitment plan for the Community Nursing service, we are implementing a band 5. This is an exciting opportunity for any band 5 nurse looking for a place to start or an opportunity to try something different. This unique opportunity within the Community Division will allow you to enhance and develop your skills across a range of different areas.
These posts come with a permanent contract, and you will benefit from exposure to a wide range of clinical placements including:
- Canterbury Ward
- Capetown Ward
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Assess patient care needs and the development and implementation of programmes of patient care and participate in the evaluation of these.
Carry out all relevant forms of care to designated patients and supervise learner nurses and Health Care Support Workers.
Care and control of medication and controlled drugs used for patient care, being aware of the systems used for safe administration, the ordering, and maintenance of stock.
Ensure work with the Trust/unit and ward policies in order to maintain professional, clinical, and patient safety.
Acquire the knowledge and expertise to take appropriate action in emergency situations and attend mandatory/compulsory update sessions.
Person specification
Education
- Registered Nurse
- Relevant professional development / academic qualification for practice area
- Working towards a degree
- Mentorship/Teaching/assessing course
Experience
- Experience as a Staff Nurse
- Experience of working within a team
- Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Ability to communicate effectively to a range of people and understand the importance of the highest standards of customer care
Aptitudes, Personal Characteristics
- Maintain professional image/attitude at all times
- Patient-centred in all aspects, acts as an advocate for patients
- Flexible, adaptable, reliable, and non-judgmental attitude
- Ability to cope with high pressures and stressful environments
- Ability to accept criticism constructively
Other
- Demonstrate Trust Values
- Basic computer literacy in Windows and IT systems