Staff Nurse

Job overview

Are you a Staff Nurse who would like to…

• work at an outstanding NHS Trust where Compassion, Care and our Community is at the heart of everything we do?
• make a real difference in people’s lives, with more time to care for your patients?
• be part of a friendly multidisciplinary team, with regular supervision and a culture of kindness?
• learn new skills and develop your practice?
• work closer to home and make a real difference to your community?

If your answer to these question is YES then we would love you to join our team and apply for our Staff Nurse vacancy!

Want to know more about what it’s really like to work here? Visit our recruitment website https://wearenchc.nhs.uk/working-at-nchc/

Main duties of the job

North Walsham Ward provides rehabilitation to patients with varying complexities of need.  Nursing, therapy and medical staff specialise in supporting patients to achieve their goals, enabling them to return home.  Our patients come to us following medical, surgical or orthopaedic treatment in an acute environment, or where appropriate, directly from their own homes.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

North Walsham Ward, is  a 24 bedded unit based  in the market town of North Walsham , with easy access to Norwich City  and the North Norfolk coasts.  As well as rehabilitation the unit also provides palliative and end of life care when North Walsham ward is the preferred place of care.

Main Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of care to a named group of   patients
• Work effectively as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Work proactively within the team to achieve unit and trust goals and objectives.
• Work with and promote recognised policies, protocols and guidelines

Flexible working and working hours

The working day is split in to two 11.5 hour shifts, a night from 19:00 to 07:30 and a day from 07:00 to 19:30.  The shifts are rostered on a rotational basis across seven days including bank holidays. We offer the right to request flexible working from your first day of employment including fixed shift patterns and will endeavour to honour any flexible working agreements made with your current employer.

Training opportunities

We welcome staff who are open to learning new skills such as venepuncture, male and female catheterisation, PEG feeding and ECG recording.  To assist you in doing this you will receive support and development through in service training, annual appraisals, a personal development plan and regular clinical supervision.

Want to return to the ward environment after working in a different speciality?  We can offer you a supported induction to help refresh your skills.  We also welcome applications from Newly Qualified Nurses, or those returning to practice following retirement.