Job overview
The Division of Surgery, Anaesthetics & Critical Care is an integral part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals. We comprise of specialist wards for varying surgical disciplines including colorectal, general surgery, trauma orthopaedics, elective orthopaedics, day case, adult critical care and theatres. We are a friendly team who work closely with each other offering excellent training and education opportunities.
We are seeking Registered Nurses who wish to be part of a team that delivers outstanding care to the community we serve. You will work closely with health care support workers to deliver direct care to our patients and support their relatives during their stay within Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Wards 12 will be part of the trauma unit, admitting patients with acute injuries regularly requiring surgical input. The unit will be a fast paced, busy environment caring for patient’s pre and post operatively.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience in an acute setting
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Change management and leadership skills
- Supervisory skills.
- 997 and 998 or FLIPS
- Cannulation and venepuncture.
- ILS
Qualifications Academic/ Craft/ Professional
Essential criteria
- First Level Registered Nurse
Desirable criteria
- Critical care skills
Knowledge Requirements
Essential criteria
- Well developed communication skills and time management.
- Effective organisational abilities.
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- Continued Professional Development. Regular Attendance.
- Ability to work flexibly within working hours of ward/department.
- Demonstrate professionalism and patient advocacy
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