Staff Nurse - Harrowby Ward - Band 5
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a staff nurse to join the Harrowby Ward team. Harrowby Ward is a general medical ward mainly caring for the elderly patient covering a range of illnesses and their management. We aim to provide a patient centred approach putting patients at the heart of their care with the aim of improving patient safety and satisfaction.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will work within a multidisciplinary team providing all care for our patients and planning safe discharges so communication skills are a necessity. Due to the nature of the post-extended skills such as IV additives, IV cannulation, Phlebotomy, ECG's are desirable.
About us
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations. The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
Job responsibilities
For further details regarding the job role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualification · Essential
Qualification to degree level in an adult nursing field. Professional NMC registration (part 1) Willingness to work towards disease specific modules Mentorship qualification
Desirable
Specific CPD modules relevant to specific field. Skills/Competencies
Essential
Ability to provide holistic care to patients in a variety of settings through the nursing process: Assess, Plan, implement, review Nursing competencies which may include, but are not exclusive to, TV, PEOL, continence Care, holistic care, medication administration
Desirable
Extended clinical competencies that are transferrable to a community/acute setting
Knowledge · Essential
Community/acute pathways of care Standards of proficiencies for registered nurse Expereince
Essential
Decision making, prioritisation and delegation skills Autonomous practice in Nursing
Desirable
Nursing in an acute/community experience Special attributes/specific requirements
Essential
Computer literacy Ability to travel across the Trust and adapt to a flexible working pattern to work to meet the needs of the service Positive role model Flexible approach to meet service need
Personal Qualities · Essential
Be an advocate and role more of the group values
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
