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Job summary

Main area
Discharge
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (8:00-18:00 four days per week Monday to Friday)
Job ref
196-NM11816
Employer
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Discharge Lounge Harefield Hospital
Town
Harefield
Salary
£29,460 - £31,909 p.a. Inclusive of Outer London HCA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/07/2024 23:59
Interview date
31/07/2024

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Band 4 Discharge Nursing Associate- Harefield Hospital

NHS AfC: Band 4

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions. 

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.



Job overview

We are looking for self-motivated and enthusiastic people, appropriate training will be given dependent upon previous knowledge and experience. As part of our busy team you will play your part of delivering excellent nursing care.  You must be able to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team and have excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills.

You will also benefit from excellent training and developmental opportunities with support from the ward staff & our education teams. This all takes place within a lively and stimulating environment.  This is your chance to join our friendly, dynamic and supportive team at Harefield Hospital.

 

Main duties of the job

  • The post holder will be responsible for delivering high quality, patient centred, compassionate care under the direction of a registered nurse with a focus on promoting health and independence.
  • Have proficient attitudes and behaviours compatible with the Trust / NHS Values.
  • Be an accountable professional.
  • Work as part of a clinical team delivering care that focuses on individual needs.
  • Carry out specific clinical and care tasks and responsibilities to a high standard and competency, under the direction of a registered nurse.
  • To work without direct supervision, at times delivering care independently in line with the individual’s defined plan of care, within the parameters of practice of the nursing associate role, accessing clinical and care advice when needed.
  • To be flexible in the approach to the clinical area and provide cover according to experience for any area specified.

 

Working for our organisation

On 1st February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals became part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust – a truly once-in a generation development. Together, we are taking our first steps towards our vision of creating a brand-new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease in patients from pre-birth to old age. We are developing some exciting plans and we want you to join us – so come and help to change the shape of healthcare for our heart and lung patients world-wide.

Royal Brompton & Harefield hospital group are the largest heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We are a partnership of two specialist hospitals which are known throughout the world for their expertise, standard of care and research success.  We are passionate about what we do and the patients we serve. We are an equal opportunities employer and our patients are rich in diversity. We recruit to ensure we build a similarly diverse mix across our workforce. We are a values led organisation and we are rightly proud of our world class reputation and our people.  Our priority is to deliver excellent patient care and we are proud that the CQC recognised our services in October 2018.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Work in an effective and organised manner demonstrating excellent time management and organisational skills to effectively deliver person-centred care for an allocated group of individuals.

 

  • Collaborating with other members of the ward team to ensure the patients needs are met to a consistently high standard.

 

  • Maintain excellent clinical standards of nursing practice.

 

  • Act as a patient advocate in line with the NHS plan.

 

  • Ensure that nursing documentation is maintained to the Trust standard and national guidance.

                    (including electronic records)   

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Valid NMC Pin
Desirable criteria
  • Newly Qualified Nurse Associate

Experience

Essential criteria
  • experience working as a Nurse Associate
  • Demonstrate the ability to work in a team
  • experience in health coaching and promoting independent living
Desirable criteria
  • Newly Qualified
  • Previous experience of working within an acute health care setting

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria
  • Good communication skills
  • Demonstrate good understanding of the importance of health promotion and wellbeing
  • Demonstrate the ability to met the needs of patients who may have barriers to understanding
Desirable criteria
  • Support/development of less experience staff

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Reeshma Ramroop-Raghoobar
Job title
Senior Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01895828885
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