Staff Nurse - Ward Orthopaedics - Broadgreen Hospital

Staff Nurse post on Ward 1, an orthopaedic unit at Broadgreen Hospital run by Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The work covers planning and delivering patient care, keeping nursing records, supporting patients and carers, and helping to supervise student nurses. Ward 1 is a regional complex rehabilitation unit serving Cheshire and Merseyside, working as a multidisciplinary team and recently holding the LQA PLATINUM standard.

Candidates need current NMC registration and a diploma in nursing.

• Determine nursing priorities and plan patient care, informing the nurse in charge of changes that may affect it
• Maintain agreed standards of nursing care and a safe, comfortable, therapeutic environment for patients and carers
• Provide information and support to patients and carers, keeping everyone involved aware of changes in condition
• Maintain nursing records in line with NMC and Trust guidelines
• Contribute to quality of care through Essence of Care and clinical benchmarking on the unit
• Respect patients' customs, values and spiritual beliefs
• Assist with the safe custody, checking and administration of drugs
• Develop clinical knowledge and skills to care for acutely ill patients admitted via planned routes
• Support and supervise students in the workplace
• Act as a positive role model and lead by example
• Develop others and contribute to a clinical learning environment

• Diploma in nursing

• Current NMC registration

• Post-registration experience and successful completion of band 5 foundation gateway competencies
• Recent acute hospital experience, including as a student nurse
• Experience with in a relevant clinical setting
• Evidence of working with students and maintaining a clinical learning environment

• Knowledge of current nursing issues and clinical governance
• Awareness of own limitations
• Ability to organise workload and delegate tasks appropriately
• Ability to work as part of a team and support less experienced staff
• Ability to problem solve
• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Committed to high standards of patient care and exemplary personal standards of conduct
• Supportive of colleagues
• Willing to be flexible and adaptable and work in changing environments
• Maintains personal and professional development

• Mentorship or teaching qualification
• Post-registration qualification in a relevant specialty
• Recent acute hospital experience, including as a student nurse
• Basic IT skills, including email and word processing

• Supportive working environment
• Opportunities to develop individual clinical competence