Staff Nurse

Job overview

The award winning stroke team at Stepping Hill hospital is looking for 2 band 5 nurses to come and join our successful  hyper acute stroke team. HASU ED is the hyper acute stroke unit in the emergency department . Ward A10 is a 28 bedded Hyper acute stroke unit incorporating  high dependency beds , assessment beds for newly admitted patients direct from HASU ED and some short term rehabilitation beds. We are recruiting staff nurses for both of these areas. Both these departments are unpredictable and fast paced with great job satisfaction. Stroke is an area constantly developing with excellent learning and development opportunities. The teamwork between the medical , nursing and allied health professionals ensures the constant delivery and focus on high quality patient  care.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a caring, compassionate individual that is well organised, thrives under pressure and feels ready to develop their leadership skills within a friendly and supportive team.

Stroke experience is not essential as we offer a full in house training package. We offer  you excellent managerial support and commitment to your personal professional development. You can access a variety of training courses from Acute Illness Management, ILS and preceptorship. The Trust has a number of SLAs with local universities to access a variety of courses.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for effectively delivering skilled nursing care to patients using a systemic approach of assessing planning, implementing and evaluating to ensure a high standard of care. The post holder will assist in the admission and discharge processes for patients in line with local procedures.

They will provide support with the effective patient admission pathways and effective discharge planning using their clinical skills to agree admissions and manage/report any impact on shifts/ workload and staffing levels.

They will proactively engage with patients, relatives and carers to seek their views, gain agreement and keep them informed about their treatment and care.  They will demonstrate compassion by recognising and responding to individual needs in a warm, thoughtful, sensitive and helpful way.

Maintain registration, and nursing competencies, and comply with NMC code of Professional Conduct and related documents.

To be flexible to work within other areas or departments to meet the demands of the trust workforce model and changing service needs.

If successful, this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary. In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.