Job summary
- Main area
- Rehabilitation Unit
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shifting pattern)
- Job ref
- 393-NMUH-1500
- Employer
- North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Magnolia Unit - St Michaels Hospital
- Town
- Enfield
- Salary
- £32,720 - £39,769 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 05/08/2024
Employer heading
Registered Nurse
Band 5
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job overview
The post holder will have the responsibility for ensuring the provision of an exceptional standard of nursing care, with support from the team, to meet the needs of the patients on the Magnolia Unit.
The staff is responsible for the safety of both patients and staff and for the safe discharge of patients in a timely manner.
Maintain clinical study and undertake further personal and professional development in line with Trust policies.
Main duties of the job
- Effectively deliver skilled nursing care to patients using a systemic approach of assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating to ensure a high standard of care.
- Assist in effective patient admission pathways and start early and effective discharge planning. Use clinical skills to agree admissions and manage/report any impact on shifts/ workload and staffing levels.
- To assist in the delivery of accurate, contemporaneous records/ care plans that ensure safety and continuity of patient care in a manner that reflects the NMC and Trust standards for Record Keeping and Data protection.
- To follow the Infection Control guidelines to ensure that the local and national Infection control guidelines are implemented and monitored through regular audit and review and any lapses in standards are reported appropriately.
- Oversee and participate in the early identification/assessment of patients needs regarding Food and Nutrition and ensure patients receive adequate nutrition, including ordering, monitoring and documentation of same
Working for our organisation
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system – consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George’s University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will have the responsibility for ensuring the provision of an exceptional standard of nursing care, with support from the team, to meet the needs of the patients on the Magnolia Unit.
The staff is responsible for the safety of both patients and staff and for the safe discharge of patients in a timely manner.
Maintain clinical study and undertake further personal and professional development in line with Trust policies.
Person specification
Education & Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional registration (RGN level 1 minimum)
Desirable criteria
- Degree in Nursing studies
- Practice Assessor qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in working in hospital setting
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a rehabilitation environment
- Experience as a Staff Nurse in an acute setting
Communication
Essential criteria
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Computer literate
- Willingness to learn and teach others
- Understanding of own professional clinical limitations
- Sound medical and surgical knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of discharge planning in a rehabilitation / community setting
- Experience in an acute setting
Aptitudes & Personal Characteristics
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure
- Excellent organisational skills
- Accountable, reliable, and flexible
- Shows enthusiasm, compassion, and commitment
Desirable criteria
- Able to demonstrate good leadership skills
- Proactive and can initiate quality improvements
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Can prove a basic computer literacy in Windows and IT systems
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Smilee Dela Pena
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02082137475
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