Job summary
- Main area
- Acute Medicine
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 151-KMU163
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £31,469 - £38,308 Per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Acute Assessment Unit
Band 5
Job overview
Are you an experienced or newly qualified Nurse looking to take the next step in your career? If so, this is the perfect opportunity for you!
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking passionate and motivated nurses to join the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) nursing team at Wexham Park Hospital.
About the Acute Assessment Unit (AAU)
A 34-bedded unit with 5 bays and 14 side rooms.
Receives patients directly from the Emergency Department across multiple specialities, including medicine, respiratory, cardiology, frailty, and surgery.
A fast-paced environment with a strong multi-disciplinary team, including pharmacy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and discharge coordinators.
Why Join Us?
Ideal for Newly Qualified Nurses: Gain hands-on experience and put your knowledge into practice.
Development Opportunities: Ward-based training and further education support through local universities.
Supportive Environment: Work alongside Practice Development Sisters who provide training and guidance.
Career Growth: A great opportunity to build skills in a dynamic and supportive setting.
If you're ready to grow within your nursing career in a high-energy, collaborative environment, we’d love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
• To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care with minimal supervision.
• To implement and be responsible for maintaining high standards of patient care.
• To carry out all administrative and nursing duties as delegated by the team leader and senior sister.
• To organise and deploy staff according to their competence to meet patients’ needs.
• To demonstrate a sound knowledge of infection control standards and promote these within the ward environment
• To refer to other disciplines utilising the Trusts electronic systems i.e. “Patient Centre” and “real time”.
• To assist in promotion of health
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse
- Current (or pending) NMC Registration
Desirable criteria
- Degree level registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent experience within an acute medical nursing environment
Desirable criteria
- Post registration experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Self-motivated and uses own initiative
- Able to work as an effective team member
- Awareness of current professional nursing issues
- Ability to manage change within the working environment
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult / stressful situations
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- To work in other areas of the department when required
- Able to work flexible shifts, weekends and bank holidays as required
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Julie Knight
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03006 152795
- Additional information
Julie Knight Senior Sister 03006 152795
Informal visits to the department are encouraged
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