Staff Nurse - Harrowby Ward - Band 5

Six-month Staff Nurse post on Harrowby Ward, a general medical ward caring mainly for older patients, advertised by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust. The nurse joins a multidisciplinary team providing all patient care and planning safe discharges, so communication is central. Extended skills such as cannulation, phlebotomy and ECGs are desirable rather than required. Fit depends on adult nursing degree-level training, NMC registration and a willingness to work flexibly and travel across the Trust.

• Provide all care for patients on Harrowby Ward as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Plan safe discharges for patients
• Deliver holistic nursing care through the nursing process: assess, plan, implement and review
• Put patients at the heart of their care to improve safety and satisfaction

• Degree-level qualification in an adult nursing field
• Mentorship qualification
• Willingness to work towards disease-specific modules

• Professional NMC registration (part
  1)

• Autonomous practice in nursing

• Holistic care delivered through the nursing process
• Nursing competencies including TV, PEOL, continence care and medication administration
• Decision making, prioritisation and delegation
• Communication skills for multidisciplinary working and discharge planning
• Knowledge of community and acute pathways of care
• Knowledge of the standards of proficiency for registered nurses

• Computer literacy
• Ability to travel across the Trust and work a flexible pattern
• Flexible approach to meet service need
• Positive role model
• Advocate for the group values

• Extended clinical skills such as IV additives, IV cannulation, phlebotomy and ECGs
• Extended clinical competencies transferable to a community or acute setting
• Nursing experience in an acute or community setting
• Specific CPD modules relevant to the field