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Staff Nurse - Medical Day Case Unit
Band 5
- NURSE
- Band 5
- Permanent
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- 229-CS-7509574
- Hereford County Hospital
- Hereford
- £31,049 - £37,796 pa pro rata
- Yearly
- 16/10/2025 23:59
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Job overview
To facilitate multidisciplinary patient centred care in the role of named nurse/team leader. To administer and support in allocated Medical interventions with the right training and competencies in order to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
On a regular basis, accept the responsibility for the management /leadership of the department in the absence of the senior nurse ensuring the governance of the department is maintained according to local and national Policy. To participate in the supervision and teaching of staff and students.
Main duties of the job
To administer treatments to medical patients in order to assess, plan, implement treatment and evaluate patient care. This will involve some additional competencies to ensure safe administration of complex treatments.
To practice as a named nurse/team leader taking responsibility for a defined caseload of patients on a continuing basis and a specific domain of care provision.
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care for unwell patients presenting ad hoc and during planned care in the unit.
In the absence of a Junior Sister effectively manage complaints and report to the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse.
To promote collaborative working partnership and effective communication between all members of the multi-disciplinary team.Working for our organisation
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy.
Person specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC registered
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Leadership
- Time Management of self & others
- Ability to influence at management & team level
- Good knowledge of government initiatives
- Experience if change management
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and written
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience within relevant clinical areas
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Natalie Simcock
- Job title
- Lead Nurse
- Email address
- natalie.simcock@wvt.nhs.uk
- Telephone number
- 01432 355444
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