Registered Nurse Inpatient Ward - Henry Tudor Ward - St Marks Hospital, Maidenhead

The successful candidate will join our experienced multidisciplinary team of skilled and highly motivated staff in our 24-bedded inpatient community ward. We deliver quality services for patients requiring generic rehabilitation for older persons, deliver frailty, subacute and discharge to assess pathways. This opportunity will allow you to experience a holistic view of community services and gain knowledge of the full range of health and social services available for patients, both within hospital environment and other services in the community that can help the patient stay in their preferred discharge destinations safely.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust can provide you with a dynamic, people-centred environment, where you will be empowered to support patients with complex conditions, adopting a personalised approach to patient care that maximises independence, choice, and control, following our philosophy of enabling people to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and wellbeing.

We value our employees and put people first. As a Global Digital Exemplar, we will provide you with an excellent working environment that has just been recognised as having an 'Outstanding' rating overall, in our latest CQC inspection, which found that: 'There was a clear vision, underpinned by a set of values that were well understood by staff across the trust.'

Main duties of the job

• To promote and maintain a high standard of individualised care by actively contributing to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of care, ensuring that care plans are used effectively, adhered to, and updated as the patient's condition dictates.

• To maintain a safe, welcoming environment for patients, relatives, visitors, and staff.

• To demonstrate clinical decision-making skills, displaying evidence-based practice

• To deliver patient care using a variety of clinical skills in line with competency framework.

• To be actively involved in promoting self-care for patients and building health promotion into care as appropriate.

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust isa specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you'll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites

Job description

Job responsibilities

The must haves for this role:

Registered Nurse /Adult Nurse Trained with up to date NMC registration

To work bank holidays/weekends or unsocial hours to meet the needs of the service.

Reasonable level of fitness required.

Good Communicational and Interpersonal Skills

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.

If youre someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications/Training

Desirable

• RN 998/Slice Recognised education in Care Older People

Previous Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in adult healthcare
• Evidence of ongoing professional developmen

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work in a team.
• Ability to work autonomously
• Good Organisational skills

Previous Experience

Desirable

• Minimum of 2 yrs. post registration
• Previous experience in Intermediate care and/or rehabilitation nursing

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Effective communication skills including negotiation, empathy and reassurance
• Presents complex, sensitive contentious information to team members, patients/carers and other professionals
• Positive attitude to change and flexible work practice
• Ability to identify and develop evidence-based practice within a clinical area
• Implements policies guidelines procedures protocols within the ward team
• High level of interpersonal skills

Desirable

• Commitment to research and audit
• Knowledge and experience of a range of approaches to nursing.

Employer details

Employer name

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Henry Tudor Ward

Maidenhead

SL6 6DU

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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