Job description
Join our team and support the ward manager in achieving high standards of safe care, providing unwavering support to junior staff and students. As an experienced band 5 or 6 professional, demonstrate your clinical expertise in caring for acutely ill patients and be a role model committed to team development and personal growth. The role will involve being the perfect role model and leader across Day & night rotation to support the team and maintain an effective ward.
Our team are professional, forward thinking and dynamic. We face challenges every day within our busy area, but we do this together and this rewarding role is something that will motivate and inspire you and others every single day.
Your role will be to support the Ward Manager, to ensure the provision of excellent care and compassion for all patients and visitors to the ward. You will be responsible for ensuring the planning, delivery and evaluation of care to meet the personalised health and wellbeing care needs of patients, whilst providing leadership and direction to the team. You will also be responsible for completing appraisals, maintaining training rates and supporting our Team to develop to their full potential.
We really can deal with everything and anything so the opportunities for you to enhance your leadership skills, knowledge and experience are second to none. Ward 2c, really value the personal skills, experience and qualities that every member of our team bring to us, creating a diverse, knowledgeable and very supportive team who feel motivated and able to influence the future direction of Neurosurgery.
In this role, you will spearhead the delivery and coordination of care, ensuring seamless healthcare operations through adherence to professional practice, delegation, and supervision of junior staff. Your influence extends to setting, monitoring, and maintaining high standards of care, actively contributing to an enhanced patient experience and overall care outcomes.
Additionally, you play a crucial role in proactive risk management and maintaining patient safety. Strict adherence to health, safety, and security regulations, along with compliance with established policies, procedures, and guidelines, ensures a stable healthcare environment prioritising patient well-being. Join us in creating a secure and supportive space where your skills and dedication make a meaningful impact on both patients and your healthcare team.
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Duties will include, but not be limited to:
• Support the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse or Matron in ensuring the provision of excellent care with compassion for the patients, relatives and visitors who are cared for within or by the ward, department, service or team.
• Ensure a high standard of nursing is delivered by self and others based on assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care to meet patients’ needs in accordance with agreed local and National standards and evidence based guidelines.
• Assist and support the Ward Manager in the safe, effective management of the area including management of personnel, facilities and the associated systems and processes
• Act as a role model, presenting a positive image of self, team and the organisation
• Communicate all relevant information to the multidisciplinary team internally and with external organisations as required, to ensure seamless care.
• Promote provision of patient education and health promotion
• Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals.
• Ensures environment of care is safe, well equipped and compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness
• Maintain and develop own professional competence and seek to extend the scope of personal knowledge and skills within scope of role and professional practice
• To participate in education and training of junior staff.
This advert closes on Sunday 28 Jan 2024
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