Staff Nurse

HORTON EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND ASSESMENT UNIT

We currently have vacancies for qualified nursing staff within our busy Emergency department and assessment Unit.

Would you like to be part of a team of highly skilled medical and emergency nurses delivering high standards of acute emergency care? We are based in the northern part of Oxfordshire County with excellent access to the motorway to London and travel access to Oxford. The role will be based at the Horton Hospital Banbury. We are looking for people who would like live and work in Banbury or its geographical area as part of Oxford Hospitals Trust

The assessment unit has recently undergone a transformation and is now a single front door, acute care setting aligned with the emergency department. Each emergency area will offer the opportunity to expand knowledge and skills across a range of emergency presentations, working as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary teams

• Provide exceptional patient care which is underpinned by evidence based practice.
• Involve and work in partnership with the patients’ family and friends to be actively involved in the caring process on behalf of the patient where agreed.
• Manage, direct and evaluate the nursing care for a defined caseload of patients.
• Communicate effectively information to patients/relatives/carers/ and all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain and develop high standards of nursing care, reflecting the beliefs about professional nursing practice and patient care commensurate with The Oxford Model for Exemplary Professional Nursing and Midwifery Practice.
• Develop and maintain specialist knowledge of nursing practice relevant to the clinical area
• Undertake the responsibilities associated with being a mentor and preceptor reflecting the beliefs about professional nursing practice and patient care commensurate with the Oxford Model for Exemplary Professional and Nursing and Midwifery Practice.
• Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model to less experienced/non registered and new staff at all times.
• Develop skills to provide senior nurse cover for the department in the absence of the Sister or Charge Nurse and Team Leader.
• Work proactively to ensure every hospital visit meets the needs of the patient and that they are discharged in a timely manner ensuring effective communication with the family and/or relevant agencies as agreed.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michelle Brock Job title: Matron