Job Title | Staff Nurse |
Location | Kent |
Job Type | Permanent |
Speciality | Staff Nurse |
Rates | £25,655 - £31,534 per annum |
Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Staff Nurse to join our hospital based in Kent.
The post holder will:
- Provide outstanding nursing interventions and care to all patients accessing the service
- Accurately enter patient information on IT systems
- Ensure patient care areas are safe, fit for purpose and effectively maintained
- Maintain the safe custody of medications and controlled drugs.
- Supervise junior members of the team, including providing clinical supervision/act as a mentor
Skills and Experience
- First level Registered Nurse
- Significant post registration experience in relevant specialty
- ILS training or willingness to undertake training
- Basic phlebotomy and ECG monitoring experience
- Excellent organisational planning and problemsolving skills
- Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills to build and support team working in a positive and challenging culture
- Strong patient-centred approach
- Sound computer skills e.g., MS Office Suite and webbased reporting systems
- Foster a culture of professionalism and a positive working team environment
- Demonstrate honesty, integrity and ethics in the workplace
Key Result Areas
- Act as the patient’s advocate, always maintaining their dignity
- Deliver high standards of evidence-based preprocedure care for patient
- Plan and implement care of patients within the department
- Assist in the post-operative care of patients; ensuring data is correctly recorded on APAS and Endobase or other electronic software/paper notes
- Contribute to budgetary management by exercising care and economy in the ordering and use of equipment and consumables
- To contribute to audit within the ward and the compilation of supporting written documentation
- Supervise Junior members of the team including workplace competencies are achieved
- Work within scope of professional practice always
For more information, please get in touch with Rahul on +44(0) 203 411 5531 or email on rahul@permhire.co.uk