Staff Nurse - West Raynham Ward

Job overview

We are a busy 29 bedded Stroke Unit – offering specialised and excellent care for patients in their hyper-acute, acute and rehabilitation phases post-stroke. We also manage other general medical conditions. We run a 24/7 thrombolysis & stroke assessment service and you will be part of this dynamic team.

We are looking for innovative and compassionate Registered Nurses or Registered Nursing Associates to join our team!

If you have a vision for implementing change in order to offer a gold standard service to our patients, whilst continuing with your professional development then come and join our team. 

In return for your expertise and dedication, we offer you the opportunity to be a part of the vision. Supporting you to further develop key clinical skills, to ensure you have the ability to manage our most complex of patients. Are you ready to join a forward thinking and professional team?

Are you willing to make a change to healthcare and patients that are in your care?

Are you willing to go that extra mile for your patients and really make a difference?

If you answered yes to any of those questions, then we want to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

In return for your expertise and dedication, we offer you the opportunity to be a part of the vision. Supporting you to further develop key clinical skills, to ensure you have the ability to manage our most complex of patients. Are you ready to join a forward thinking and professional team?

You will have the opportunity to have in house training about Stroke care and knowledge.

Within this role, some of the duties you will be expected to carry out include:

To successfully complete the Trust’s preceptorship programme (applicable only to newly qualified and return to practice Registered Nurses).

Maintain a high standard of nursing care applying evidence-based practice.

Carry out assessment, planning, delivery, evaluation of nursing care and escalate any clinical concerns to a senior nurse as required.

Carry out the daily personal individualised care of patients

Maintain accurate records.

Update patient administration systems e.g. PAS to ensure real time data collection and confidentiality.

Effectively use information technology for the benefit of patient care in accordance with Trust Policy.

Communicate with patients, clients and relatives on emotional and sensitive issues.

Promote health education to patients, carers and significant others.

Working for our organisation

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is West Norfolk has a superb unspoilt coastline with pretty villages, all with their own individual charm. The medieval port of King's Lynn has some very interesting architecture.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist and general acute services to around 331,000 people across West and North Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers and approximately 500 beds on a single site. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech. We work in partnership with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services.

In February 2022 the QEH the Care Quality Commission rated the Trust as 'Good' in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.

This vacancy is for Registered Nurses with full NMC registration in the UK. If you are an internationally trained nurse that has not passed their OSCE (objective structured clinical examination) you will not be considered for this role and will be automatically rejected, so please do not apply.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered Nurse with the NMC or working towards and due to qualify in the next six months

Degree/Diploma in Nursing or equivalent

Desirable criteria

Teaching and Assessing qualification

Undertaken mentorship training

Experience

Essential criteria

Relevant experience of looking after patients in a healthcare environment

Desirable criteria

Relevant Post-Registration clinical experience

Risk Management experience

Clinical Governance experience

Infection Prevention and Control experience

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

Essential criteria

Able to remain confident and calm when working under pressure

Good interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to use IT to support clinical practice

Accurate documentation with attention to detail

Knowledge of professional issues in nursing incorporating NMC and IPAC

Desirable criteria

Able to teach, assess and supervise others

Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race ,ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).

Please be aware that if applying via NHS Jobs, your application will be imported into Trac. All subsequent information will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs & we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent via NHS Jobs. By applying for this post you are agreeing to the transfer of information in the application form to Trac jobs & if you are offered a job your personal information will be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system. Please check your email account regularly for communication regarding this vacancy.

We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:

Flexible working opportunities

Free counselling service

NHS Pension scheme

Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access*

Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause

Free parking for all staff until March 2024

Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.

We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.

Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.

Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to day- work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff shoulld be computer literate.

Team QEH are one of the most research-active organisations for our size in the UK, recruiting 2,188 in 20/21 and ranked 10/16 in the Eastern Region. We have a wide-ranging and diverse portfolio of clinical studies and also recognised as one of the fastest trusts in the country from set up to recruitment.