Are you a passionate, quick thinking individual who enjoys working at a fast pace within a team on a challenging ward? Do you have the drive, enthusiasm and commitment to help us deliver a high quality service to our patients with acute medical conditions?

Langham ward is an Acute medical ward with 29 beds, specialising in Gastroenterology and renal patients.

Do you possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work confidently and collaboratively across professional boundaries? Are you keen and motivated to learn? If so, then your skills are invaluable to us and we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Assist patients to fulfil the activities of daily living.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual programmes of care in partnership with patients and relatives/carers.
• Accurately observe patient's condition and initiate appropriate action.
• Administer medication safely to patients, including IV and Controlled drugs.
• Actively participate in effective discharge planning

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse Level 1 or 2 or awaiting results.
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Mentorship module or willing to work towards achievment
• Willingness to undertake further education

Experience

Essential

• Worked within the healthcare setting

Desirable

• Undertaken preceptorship

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice.
• Understanding and ability to apply clinical governance principles to practice
• Knowledge of developments in speciality and current issues driving nursing in general

Desirable

• Knowledge of developments in speciality and current issues driving nursing in general.

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester General Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5JL

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432-HR1567-24