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Job summary

Main area
General medicine
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
738.37 hours per week (24hrs a day 7 days per week, days and nights. Part time considered)
Job ref
412-MED-8733
Employer
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Leighton Hospital
Town
CREWE
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59
Interview date
23/09/2024

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Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Staff Nurse - Winter Surge plans

Band 5

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, capable, enthusiastic nurses to join our Winter Ward. We are a 30 bedded ward that will specialise in General Medical patients enabling you to treat all manners of care,

We are looking to recruit Nurses on a permanent basis to join our team to open our 2024-25 winter escalation Ward, Although the ward will only be open for the winter we would look to move staff across the division when we close in March 2025, This is an excellent opportunity to  find you feet within the trust.

We pride ourselves on maintaining extremely high standards of care, and we actively audit and peer review our work to identify areas for improvement and to show areas of excellence. The post holder must have passion, drive, flexibility and able to communicate effectively. Respiratory knowledge is desirable for this post, but not essential as full training may be given.

Main duties of the job

An experienced health care professional competent in all aspects of care planning, who is able to carry out a wide range of clinical skills, including area(s) of specialist clinical expertise and advice within the team e.g. infection control, by working collaboratively and co-operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and their families.  The post holder will also take an active part in the leadership, education, development and supervision of the team.

Working for our organisation

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.

The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.  

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.  

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.  

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.  

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients.  We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.  

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.

 

 

 

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care according to changing health care needs, including providing clinical expertise, advice and guidance in a specialist area of clinical practice to improve the overall care provided by the team

Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team/agencies to ensure that patient needs are met

Involve patients, relatives/carers in the delivery of care, providing reassurance and support to assist their understanding and co-operation

Prepare the clinical area for safe practice by ensuring that cleanliness is maintained, materials and equipment are ready for use, including clearing away afterwards

Provide escort and transfer for patients as directed by the multidisciplinary team

Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations

Collect, collate, and report information, maintaining accurate patient records/documentation

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of knowledge within field
Desirable criteria
  • Detailed knowledge of professional accountability and NHS issues

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Years of experience
Desirable criteria
  • Previous Acute Medicine Experience

Communication Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to respond to different needs of patients in different settings
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of contribution to meetings/discussions outside of team

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgePrince's Trust - Proud to support the Prince's trust - Youth can do itNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Stacy Walker
Job title
Matron Co-ordinator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01270 612035
Additional information

Contact via email preferable 

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