Bank Band 5 Staff Nurse

Job overview

Thank you for your interest in beginning your career with us at The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. We truly value the dedication and contributions you’ve already made during your training, and we’re excited to support you as you take the next step in your nursing journey.

We are looking forward to you joining the team here at Hillingdon and would like to support you through the recruitment process into your first Registered Nursing job. You will apply to work as a band 5 Registered Nurse in one of your preferred areas

You will participate in all ward activities as an effective team member, supporting senior staff and taking delegated team leadership responsibilities. You will also be responsible for assessing care needs and the development, implementation, and ongoing evaluation of programmes of care, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

• Ensure that evidence-based nursing care within the ward is of a high standard and in accordance with hospital policies and procedures. By monitoring patient care, supervising juniors, and evaluating the care that is delivered.
• Maintain individual patient care plans, evaluating and updating them as necessary to ensure that the patient’s physical, social and psychological needs are met.
• Ensure that all patients nutritional and personal hygiene needs are met.
• Adhere to strict compliance with Trust Infection Control policies and procedures and ensure junior staff and learners are aware of their responsibility, observe staff practice and advise/educate as necessary.
• Assist with the introduction and implementation of new ideas and methods of nursing care, including research methods.
• To actively seek the views of patients, carers and relatives on the care and services provided.
• Communicate effectively with relatives, patients, and other members of multi-disciplinary team as required and ensure a good public image at all times, in a sensitive manner, by keeping them up to date with progress.
• Ensure all patients have estimated discharge date on admission and that progress is made towards that date liaising with multi-disciplinary team to ensure timely ordering of treatments etc.
• Ensure that ordering, storage administration and documentation of drugs are in accordance with Policy No 96 Policy for the prescribing, administration, and control of drugs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Have knowledge of and diagnose cardiac/respiratory arrest and initiate basic life support, if necessary. Escalate to appropriate senior nursing staff or medical personnel concerns regarding individual patients should their condition deteriorate.
• Build up and maintain contact with patients and their relatives with reference to the named nurse concept.
• To communicate complex and emotionally sensitive information to patients and their carers regarding medical conditions, prognoses, plans of care and interactions with outside agencies.
• To participate in all relevant team, staff, departmental and organisational meetings.