Staff Nurse, Aspen Ward (FTC)

Job overview

Following a review of our establishments our General and Specialist Medical Wards at St Peter’s Hospital located in Chertsey, Surrey are now recruiting for Band 5 staff nurses.

We welcome applications from new graduates, NMC registered nurses new to the NHS and experienced nurses looking for a change in role.

Here at Ashford and St Peter’s our workforce is diverse, and we celebrate the differences in us all by listening and respecting our fantastic nursing teams. ASPH is committed to ensuring safe staffing levels, allowing our nursing teams to deliver compassionate and excellent care.

You will be supported by a full preceptorship and induction programme, continuous professional development, and the ability to develop your career.

Our teams will give you care and support both personally and professionally in an environment where you are valued by the team, appreciated and accepted for being you.

Our teams support staff to achieve a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working opportunities and other staff benefits.

If you think you have what it takes to work in an organisation where we live our values, then please come, and join us.

Main duties of the job

To work effectively and efficiently within the framework of team nursing and individualised patient care. In collaboration with the department’s integrated multidisciplinary team to develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care for patients.

To contribute towards developing and maintaining a suitable and stimulating learning environment, and to supervise junior registered and non-registered staff.

The role is varied, equally challenging and rewarding, where you will have the opportunity to really make a difference to the experience of our patients. Whether this is supporting patients in their rehabilitation and recovery following an operation or a period of acute illness or providing holistic and compassionate care for patients at the end of life.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Working as a Registered Nurse within the hospital setting.

Carry out assigned tasks involved with direct patient care whilst maintaining the privacy and dignity of patients. This will be whilst demonstrating excellent care, compassion and communication, working alongside the multidisciplinary team, incorporating:

• Delivering high quality direct patient care
• Following patient admission/transfer/discharge processes
• Maintaining a safe environment
• Medication administration
• Care planning, implementation and evaluation
• Communicate effectively with the multi-disciplinary team, patients, families and their carers
• Maintain best practice, ensuring compliance with evidence-based practice and research
• Accountable to nurse in charge of each shift and supporting junior colleagues
• Maintain skills, knowledge and competencies adhering to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct, and the Trusts policies and procedures

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.