Band 5 Staff Nurse - AMU / MAU / SDEC

Job summary

Acute Medicine Good Hope Hospital staff nurse opportunities.

Do you enjoy a fast-paced environment? would you like to learn about multiple specialities in a supportive environment where training, patient and staff care is at the forefront of what we do? Then AMU/MAU/SDEC is the place for you. You will work alongside the multidisciplinary team as well as liaising with other departments and facilities, both in the hospital and community services to transfer patients to speciality areas and discharge destinations.

We have 4 units with a mixture of assessment areas and short stay beds. You will learn to take care of acutely unwell patients with complex needs within a young dynamic team. You will gain valuable experience in assessing new patients referred to the hospital by community services, as well as becoming a highly skilled nurse within our team. The trust has a well-established preceptorship program as well as we run a tailored in house training day to help you settle in to your new job.

If you would like to know more, please get in touch, informal visits are welcomed. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The post holder will practice autonomously and be responsible and accountable for safe, compassionate person-centred evidence based nursing that respects and maintains dignity and human rights. They will be responsible for assessment of care needs of patients and planning programmes of care, implementation and the evaluation of these programmes without direct supervision. They will be responsible for supporting and supervising junior members of staff and students on the ward.

They will be required to work as part of a team although have the clinical skills and knowledge to work independently when required using safe and effective judgement skills.

The post holder will practice in a holistic, non-judgmental, caring and compassionate manner that avoids assumptions, supports social inclusion and recognises and respects individual choice and acknowledges diversity. They will work in partnership with other health and social care professionals, students and trainees and agencies, service users, their careers and families. The post holder will contribute to the practice development within their clinical care setting and work in accordance with Trust Policies, Procedures and Guidelines and will be responsible for completing any work-based training associated with the role.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Evidence of professional and clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level leading to Professional registration on the appropriate part of the NMC register i.e. ( Adult / Child / Learning Disability or Mental Health)

*Evidence of undergraduate education for newly qualified nurses / or post graduate continuing professional development for registered nurses who have post registration experience

Experience

Essential

*Previous / recent experience or working in an acute secondary health and care setting (can include undergraduate student placements within the last 12 months)

*Willingness to become a practice supervisor / assessor to or meets Nursing and