Staff Nurse - Endocrinology Job Bath area,England UK,Nursing

Job Overview
To work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional

Job Overview
To work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse or key worker (with facilitation) for a defined group of patients

And Take Responsibility For:

The assessment of care and health education needs;
The development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient.

To Gain Experience And Skills In:

Clinical practice
Facilitation and teaching
Management (as appropriate)

To work in accordance with the RUH Nursing Strategy and contribute towards achieving its objectives and maintain effective communication.

To participate in Clinical Supervision as appropriate and to teach and act as a facilitator/mentor/preceptor/ role model to less experienced staff.

Main duties of the job

Patient Care Responsibilities

Acting as a Named Nurse, to maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the framework of team nursing.
To co-ordinate the patients’ discharge arrangements in accordance with RUH Discharge Policy.
To promote a patient focused approach to care in collaboration with all relevant health professionals.
To educate patients and their carers as required where a need has been identified.
To provide information which enables patients to make choices about adopting a more healthy lifestyle.
To complete patient documentation correctly.
To maintain a safe ward/department environment.
To assist in establishing and monitoring protocols/care pathways.
To participate in the promotion and maintenance of effective communication.
To ensure patient confidentiality.

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Detailed

Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Person specification Essential

Essential criteria

You’ll need to be able to understand and communicate both verbally and in writing in English. You don’t need any formal qualifications in maths but you will need to have numerical and analytic skills to do patient observations. You’ll need to understand what these mean as you’ll be documenting the results in patient notes and…