Staff Nurse - Outpatients

Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services

Care Group: Cancer & Access

Band: 5

Interview Date: TBC

We are recruiting for a Staff Nursewho shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a dynamic individual to join our friendly team based at Medway Maritime Hospital (some clinics are held off site). The post will involve you undertaking and overseeing clinics in various specialities. The successful candidate will be proactive in their approach and a willingness to learn.

As a department we a looking to expand to a 7 day service and evening clinics in order to meet the needs of our patients. We offer a wide variety of clinics including Haematology, ENT, Vascular, Gynaecology, Cardiology, Plastics, Urology, and many others. You will develop various skills to work on all of these clinical areas.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time ?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B - Bold

E - Every person counts

S - Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission through to discharge

Will be responsible for the application of knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience

To act as advocate for patients within the area, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines

To ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines

Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals

Will advise on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness

Recognise the significance of observations made, and use them to develop and initiate nursing assessments and devise a plan of care

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RN1/RN2/RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register

Knowledge

Essential

• Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
• Knowledge of the NMC Code of professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working on own and in a team
• Experience of working in the relevant area

Skills

Essential

• Able to assess plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care
• Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids
• Ability to administer prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products

Values Based Question

Essential

• Give an example of a time when you have gone the extra mile to help someone

Employer details

Employer name

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medway Maritime Hospital

Windmill Road

Gillingham

ME7 5NY

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