Bank Staff Nurse

This is a one-year bank post for a general staff nurse with Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, covering many specialities and general clinical areas. The work centres on assessing patients' care needs, delivering and reviewing care plans, and working alongside medical and multidisciplinary colleagues. Day and night shifts across both sites let staff try different areas before any permanent posts arise.

Applicants need NMC registration and six months' post-registration NHS hospital experience, or the nursing home equivalent.

• Assess patients' care needs and develop, implement and evaluate care programmes
• Practise in line with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and other guidelines
• Follow Trust admission and discharge policies
• Carry out phlebotomy and cannulation daily where competent
• Liaise with medical staff, allied departments and the multidisciplinary team on patients' condition and treatment
• Keep patient information confidential and documentation accurate and legible
• Communicate effectively with colleagues, patients and relatives
• Support the Ward Manager in maintaining a good working environment and using staff, supplies and services efficiently

• NMC registration as a general nurse

• Minimum six months continuous post-registration experience in a general or acute NHS hospital setting, or equivalent in a nursing home

• Ability to organise a workload, use initiative and work within a team
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Patient-focused, with a strong commitment to high standards of care
• Excellent or transferable skills
• Reliability, confidence and commitment

• Evidence of personal development

• Weekly pay
• Employee Online self-booking system
• Choice of rota lines of work
• Cross-site working
• In-house nurse bank open seven days a week
• E-payslips and access to payment history and training
• Support with revalidation
• Mandatory training, structured mentoring and staff development packages