14 Oct
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
Warwick
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.
We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Over 6000 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Probationary Period
All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 6 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted.
Agile and Flexible Working
All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However,
occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.
The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.
Staff Benefits
The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.
Car Parking
The Trust have recently completed the construction of a multi-storey car park at our Warwick Hospital site which has allowed us to reduce waiting times for car parking passes.
To keep up to date on our latest recruitment activity follow us on twitter @swftrecruit or look us up on Facebook (Recruitment - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Result Areas:
Knowledge, skills and experience required:
The post holder will:-
Hold a Diploma/Degree in Professional Nursing
Be a first level registered nurse with 2 years’ experience in an acute medical setting
Possess relevant post basic education and experience, which should include a minimum of two years at Band 5
Provide evidence of continuous personal and professional development
Possess the aptitude and confidence for working within a rapidly changing environment
Have excellent communication skills both verbal and written
Have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
Key Responsibilities
To provide clinical and professional leadership and support to all non-medical staff in the ward,
ensuring that nursing practice is based on current and best evidence
Take responsibility for own personal and professional development, maintaining clinical credibility and competence at all times
Keep an up to date personal portfolio, in line with revalidation requirements in maintaining NMC registration
Ensure that the wards philosophy is in line with the principles of clinical governance and that all staff understands its significance to practice
In conjunction with the Ward Manager ensure that KPI’s, and Infection Prevention standards are maintained each month
Clinical
To participate in the setting and maintaining of high standards of evidence based nursing
To supervise and evaluate work of all nursing staff
Promote patient and carers involvement in care planning,
delivery and evaluations, ensuring junior staff develop the necessary skills to do this. Implement a communication system to keep patients and their relatives/families informed of treatment and progress. Undertake audits at regular intervals to maintain standards of record keeping.
Supervises and monitors junior staff in developing the necessary skills to identify care priorities and address them in a pertinent and timely manner, seeking advice where appropriate.
Communicates and interacts with patients, carers and staff in a non-judgmental way, demonstrating mutual respect and trust utilising a variety of communication skills.
To ensure patients and relatives needs are met in a courteous, helpful and compassionate manner
To liase with other agencies and professionals to maintain good service provision
Maintain effective relationships between the ward and the multi-disciplinary team
To maintain accurate and comprehensive records of patients care in line with the NMC code for record keeping
Co-ordinate clinical activities within the unit and have responsibility for shift management
Act as clinical leader and role model, sharing expertise with colleagues
To ensure safety and confidentiality of patient information
Managerial
To work with the ward manager to ensure that all staff sickness is monitored and that the Trusts sickness and absence policy is adhered to.
Ensure that units equipment is serviced properly and timely to maintain continuity of services at all times
Act as role model and mentor to student nurses including the setting of action plans as necessary.
Adheres to the systems for reporting clinical incidents ensuring accurate and timely completion of Trust incident forms. Monitors the practice of other staff.
Investigate complaints and untoward incidents in accordance with Trust policies and procedures. Provide statements accurately, timely and professionally. Support the ward manager in improving systems to prevent recurrence.
Ensure that the wards clinical procedures and protocols are understood and adhered to by all staff. These should represent best possible practice and reflect Trust and National strategy for the management of emergency and acute patients.
Contribute to the recruitment and selection of quality staff for the unit, identifying future job requirements for profiling to compliment the ward team and to participate in induction programmes, Mentorship/preceptorship and Trust recruitment open and assessment days.
In conjunction with the ward manager facilitate staff development by achieving ward objectives using the principles if IPR using the KSF and developing personal development plans for all staff. Monitor staff performance and report progress to the ward manager at regular intervals.
Contribute to the planning, organisation and evaluation of work, ensuring adequate induction of new staff including effective preceptorship for newly qualified nurses and nurses new to the speciality of emergency medicine.
Review the standard of ward documentation at regular intervals, benchmarking performance against NMC guidelines
Support Clinical Governance within the ward by utilising:-
Risk Management
Education/training
Clinical Supervision
Clinical Audit and effective best practice
Education
Develop clinical practice through education
Participate in in-service training programmes where appropriate
Share evidence based practice with colleagues
Attend statutory training sessions annually
Manage Finance
Contribute to the planning, monitoring and control of the wards resources, by ensuring that the wards resources are optimised and that expenditure on pay and non-pay are kept within the allocated budget.
Assist the ward manager to optimise nursing resources by an even distribution of staff annual leave and matching skill mix to workload.
Identifies, reports and acts upon and evaluates discrepancies between skill mix and workload within the clinical area.
Ensure you adhere to the policy for booking bank and agency staff and supervise junior staff to ensure that they do the same.
Ensure all resources are used in a cost effective manner, identifying and assisting in the implementations of cost improvement initiatives.