Band 5 Staff Nurse - Health Care of Older People

Job summary

Main duties of the job

As a Band 5 Staff Nurse within HCOP, you will provide high-quality, evidence-based care while playing a key role in supporting patients and their families through their healthcare journey.

You will be responsible for:

Delivering exceptional nursing care that aligns with trust values and standards.

Monitoring and assessing patients, providing holistic care that meets their individual needs.

Collaborate with colleagues to ensure seamless care across the division.

Always promoting patient safety and well-being.

To be responsible for ensuring all patients and their relatives/carers are kept fully informed of patients treatment/progress and discharge plans/after care.

To report all accidents, hazards, incidents and complaints in accordance with Trust policies and assist in investigation of them as required.

Demonstrate appropriate assertiveness and ability to challenge others when the rights of patients and others may be infringed.

Promote interdisciplinary working, with outcomes aimed at the best interests of patients and cohesive service delivery.

Generate and sustain relationships that promote dignity, rights and responsibilities.

Be accountable for own practice and for the delegation of care given to more junior colleagues, support workers and students.

Job responsibilities

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.