Staff Nurse - Respiratory Ward 6D
- Employer
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £29,970 to £36,483 per Annum
- Closing date
- 2 Nov 2024
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- Profession
- Nurse, Mental health, Mental health nurse, Adult nurse, Respiratory nurse, Adult mental health nurse
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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We are looking for candidates who are experienced professionally in this exciting domain of Respiratory medicine.
Ward 6D offers a supportive and learning environment which endeavours to constantly develop the service, in order that our patients can receive the highest quality and most up-to-date care. You must possess a caring, compassionate and positive manner and have excellent communication skills. The successful candidate will be expected to rotate from day to night duty. To provide excellent standards of nursing care to complex respiratory patients with conditions including COPD, Asthma, chest drain/pleural management for pneumothorax and pleural effusions and PE'S. Supporting patients through Cancer diagnosis and managing symptoms. Home NIV/Bipap care. Whilst ensuring high standards of documentation and communication.
The successful candidate must be driven to develop new skills and knowledge, whilst always keeping the patient at the centre of what they do. They must be a positive role model and lead by example. Applicants must possess excellent communication skills, have a flexible working approach and a willingness to work as part of a forward-thinking team, as well as a strong commitment to ensuring a positive hospital experience for patients and their relatives/carers.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job will be to deliver holistic care, to the very acutely unwell and those with chronic respiratory illnesses who require frequent treatment, to all patients with a wide range of thoracic conditions. The successful candidate will be involved in medication delivery including intravenous fluids. Planning, implementing and evaluating care.
The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of managing long term conditions and facilitating patients discharge and ensuring patient flow within the trust, they will need to have good organisation skills to facilitate this. Personal care delivery and ensuring patients observations are recorded in timely manner and escalated appropriately.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
Follow us on Social Media:
Facebook - Liverpool University Hospitals Careers
Instagram - @LUHFTcareers
Twitter - @LUHFTcareers
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate must be driven to develop new skills and knowledge whilst always keeping the patient at the centre of what they do in a supportive and education-led environment.
You must be a registered nurse, ideally with previous Respiratory experience or a very keen interest in the speciality.
You must be a positive role model, and lead by example.
Applicants must possess excellent communication skills have a flexible working approach and a willingness to work as part of a forward-thinking team, as well as a strong commitment to ensuring a positive hospital experience for patients and their relatives/carers.
Applicants must also possess a caring, compassionate and positive manner.
The successful candidate will be expected to rotate from day to night duty.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Skills
Essential
Desirable
Other
Essential
Employer details
Employer name
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Liverpool University Foundation trust
Mount Vernon Street
Liverpool
L7 8YE
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
287-RMED-391-24
Ward 6D offers a supportive and learning environment which endeavours to constantly develop the service, in order that our patients can receive the highest quality and most up-to-date care. You must possess a caring, compassionate and positive manner and have excellent communication skills. The successful candidate will be expected to rotate from day to night duty. To provide excellent standards of nursing care to complex respiratory patients with conditions including COPD, Asthma, chest drain/pleural management for pneumothorax and pleural effusions and PE'S. Supporting patients through Cancer diagnosis and managing symptoms. Home NIV/Bipap care. Whilst ensuring high standards of documentation and communication.
The successful candidate must be driven to develop new skills and knowledge, whilst always keeping the patient at the centre of what they do. They must be a positive role model and lead by example. Applicants must possess excellent communication skills, have a flexible working approach and a willingness to work as part of a forward-thinking team, as well as a strong commitment to ensuring a positive hospital experience for patients and their relatives/carers.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job will be to deliver holistic care, to the very acutely unwell and those with chronic respiratory illnesses who require frequent treatment, to all patients with a wide range of thoracic conditions. The successful candidate will be involved in medication delivery including intravenous fluids. Planning, implementing and evaluating care.
The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of managing long term conditions and facilitating patients discharge and ensuring patient flow within the trust, they will need to have good organisation skills to facilitate this. Personal care delivery and ensuring patients observations are recorded in timely manner and escalated appropriately.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
Follow us on Social Media:
Facebook - Liverpool University Hospitals Careers
Instagram - @LUHFTcareers
Twitter - @LUHFTcareers
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate must be driven to develop new skills and knowledge whilst always keeping the patient at the centre of what they do in a supportive and education-led environment.
You must be a registered nurse, ideally with previous Respiratory experience or a very keen interest in the speciality.
You must be a positive role model, and lead by example.
Applicants must possess excellent communication skills have a flexible working approach and a willingness to work as part of a forward-thinking team, as well as a strong commitment to ensuring a positive hospital experience for patients and their relatives/carers.
Applicants must also possess a caring, compassionate and positive manner.
The successful candidate will be expected to rotate from day to night duty.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
- Diploma in Nursing
Desirable
- Mentorship/teaching qualification
- Post registration qualification in relevant specialty
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience and successful completion of band 5 foundation gateway competencies
- Experience within relevant clinical setting
- Evidence of maintaining a clinical learning environment.
- Evidence of working with students
Desirable
- Recent acute hospital experience [including as a student nurse]
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of current nursing issues and clinical governance
- Demonstrates awareness of own limitations
Skills
Essential
- Ability to organise workload and delegate tasks appropriately
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to support less experienced staff
- Ability to problem solve
- Good written and verbal communication skills
Desirable
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
Other
Essential
- Supportive of colleagues
- Ability to work in changing environments
- Committed to high standards of patient care.
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
- Maintain both personal and professional development
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable
Employer details
Employer name
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Liverpool University Foundation trust
Mount Vernon Street
Liverpool
L7 8YE
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
287-RMED-391-24
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