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Job overview
4 months fixed term contract county-wide role covering all 5 Community Beds sites including Spinneyfields (Rushden), Hazelwood Ward (Wellingborough), Corby Community Hospital (Corby), Danetre Inpatient Unit (Daventry) and Brackley Community Hospital (Brackley)
BAND 5 STAFF NURSE – IN-PATIENT PHYSICAL HEALTH REHABILITATION AT BRACKLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
37.5 hrs per week, part time hours considered
Please come and join our highly skilled, motivated and innovative team including medics, nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists all ward based to ensure that our patients receive the best possible individualised care all in single rooms.
Main duties of the job
As a Staff Nurse you will have a unique opportunity to help us shape the new inpatient hospital and ward team. We want to create an effective and high performing team which you can be part of from the very beginning making a positive difference and delivering outstanding care.
The post holder will need to provide quality care for a group of patients, specialising in rehabilitation and sub-acute care from patients stepping down from acute hospitals and step up patients for acute hospital admission avoidance in a physical health inpatient unit.
As a Staff Nurse, you'll
- assess the healthcare needs of patients and develop care plans reflecting their needs
- monitor the quality of care they're receiving
- work closely with the MDT to set goals towards discharge
- carryout clinical skills such as complex medication administration, intravenous medications and fluid administration, syringe pump use, enteral feeding, complex wound care and catheterisation
- Assist the Ward Sister managing a team of patients, supervision and delegation to junior staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.