Staff Nurse - Doulton Ward

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for band 5 Staff Nurse within the Cardiovascular Directorate on Doulton Ward.

The Doulton ward team are dynamic and friendly, who are keen to help support and develop nurses interested in experiencing this exciting and changeable environment. If you are an enthusiastic, flexible and passionate cardiovascular surgery nurse then this would be the ideal opportunity for you.

Doulton ward takes pre and post cardiac and vascular surgery. There is strong emphasis on the development of the Enhanced Recovery (ERAS) pathway as part of the National guidelines. The ward consists of 25 inpatient beds caring for patients from Level 1 to Level 2 (ERAS).

The post holder may be required to work under pressure, be willing to learn and strive to provide exemplary care to service users and their relatives, demonstrate excellent communication skills and empower staff by being a patient advocate.

The post holder will work closely with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and be involved in local quality improvement projects.

The ward has the ability to cardiac monitor / telemetry monitor patients, and all ward staff are expected to be able to recognise and respond to emergency situations. The staff nurse will support the ward manager to motivate, develop, support and identify training needs for the ward team.

This post will involve internal rotation to night shifts.

The post holder is responsible for assessment of care needs of patients, planning programmes of care, implementation and evaluation of these programmes without direct supervision. At times they will have management responsibility for being in-charge of the ward and supervising junior members of staff. The post holder will be a key member in relation to the development of practice on the ward.

They will be working independently / autonomously and at times without direct supervision, accountable for their own professional actions. Ensuring the safety and well being of services users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.

Guys and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known Guy’s hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

• Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission through to discharge.
• Will be responsible for the application of knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
• To act as advocate for patients within the area, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS…