Are you a Registered Nurse or a newly qualified Nurse looking for an exciting and interesting role, working with a multi-disciplinary team who are committed to delivering high quality and safe patient care? If you are looking for a new challenge to enhance your personal and professional development, we would love to hear from you!

Kings D is 44 bedded ward, Trauma & Orthopaedics (Surgery & Anaesthetics), mainly trauma, but also have Tracheostomy, medical, surgical, we will also be getting gynae patients, multi-cultural team of experienced, committed nursing staff. We have been awarded Gold for the ACER Programme recognising our person centred care, excellent learning environment and dedicated support of each other

Working alongside a unique team of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Ortho-Geriatric Consultants, we also provide rehabilitation and support to enable the patients to leave the hospital environment.

We have a strong team, with great opportunities to develop and gain excellent experience in delivering compassionate and safe care to this complex and vulnerable group of patients.

Main duties of the job

Registered Nurse with General surgery / Trauma and Orthopedic skills

To provide effective patient care whilst working as a member of the nursing team across East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust. To ensure the maintenance of high standards of patient care in response to service needs

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

nmc band 5

Essential

• 3

Desirable

• 3

band 5

Essential

• 3

Desirable

• band 5

Employer details

Employer name

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

William Harvey Hospital

Kennington Road, Willesborough

Ashford

TN24 0LZ

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