The post holder will practice autonomously and be responsible and accountable for safe, compassionate person-centred evidence-based nursing that respects and maintains dignity and human rights. They will be responsible for assessment of care needs of patients and planning programmes of care, implementation, and the evaluation of these programmes without direct supervision. At times they will have management responsibility for being in charge of the ward/department and supervising junior members of staff.

PLEASE NOTE: If you a Band 5 staff nurse currently working for the trust and looking to move to another area, please go to http://uhbpolicies/documents/internal-lateral-transfer-of-post-holders.htm to access our transfer process

Main duties of the job

*Carry out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality current evidence based care underpins all actions and interactions with patients

*Be responsible for completing/ undertaking relevant nursing/ clinical procedures and practice underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience.

*Use up to date knowledge and evidence to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care, communicate findings, influence changes and promote health and best practice. The individual must make person centred, evidence-based judgements in partnership with others involved in the care process to ensure high quality care

*Act as advocate for patients within the areas, to ensure a patient focused approach to the delivery of care.

*Ensure patients receive high quality clinical care and a positive patient experience, having regard to their customs, beliefs and ethnicity.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• *Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register
• *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC.
• *12 months work experience in a hospital setting.

Experience

Essential

• *Previous / recent experience or working in an acute secondary NHS care setting (can include student placements within the last 12 months )
• *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence
• *Experience of working on own and in a team in a health care environment delegating to others within a team / providing supervision to others
• *Willingness to become a practice supervisor / assessor to or meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for student supervision and assessment
• *Understanding and knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
• *Understanding of preceptorship and work based learning and assimilation of skills and knowledge
• *Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context
• *Understanding / experience of the principles of safeguarding and Mental Capacity
• *Awareness of health and safety issues

Additional Criteria

Essential

• *Demonstrate achievement of numeracy (including drug administration calculations) and literacy skills. Ability to read / write and speak , receive and understand instructions in English
• *Good IT skills ability to record information electronically
• *Competent in a range of clinical skills willingness to undertake expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required
• *Competent in managing the care of a group of patients / shift management and clinical leadership relevant to the practise setting
• *Professional appearance
• *Displays genuine interest in the post applied for and can articulate this when questioned
• *Positive and enthusiastic attitude
• *Ability to communicate articulately others
• *Caring and approachable
• *Punctual
• *Reliable
• *Ability to work a varied shift pattern including nights / weekends unsocial hours where required
• *The applicant can describe why the Trust may deploy him /her to a different practice setting for a span of duty

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

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