Registered General Nurse (Fixed Term)

Are you a compassionate, motivated and experienced Registered Nurse looking to develop your surgical nursing skills within a supportive and innovative clinical environment?

Healthcare Management Trust (HMT) is looking for a Registered Nurse to join our ward team and provide high-quality, person-centred care to a diverse range of surgical patients.

This is an exciting opportunity for a nurse who is passionate about delivering excellent standards of care, developing their clinical knowledge and making a genuine difference to the experience and outcomes of our patients.

Working under the guidance of the Ward Management and alongside the multidisciplinary team, you will play an important role in assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating individualised nursing care. You will support patients throughout their surgical journey, including pre- and post-operative care, discharge planning and continuity of care.

You will also have the opportunity to contribute to a positive learning environment, supporting students, learners and junior colleagues while continuing to develop your own professional practice.

As a Registered Nurse, you will:

• Provide safe, effective and compassionate nursing care to a varied group of surgical patients.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised care plans, adapting care according to patients' changing needs.
• Provide high-quality pre- and post-operative care, including monitoring vital signs and recognising and responding appropriately to patient deterioration.
• Safely administer prescribed medicines and monitor patients for their effects.
• Maintain accurate, timely and comprehensive nursing documentation, including electronic patient records.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure excellent patient outcomes and continuity of care.
• Support effective discharge planning and ensure appropriate continuity and aftercare between hospital and home.
• Maintain patients' privacy, dignity, confidentiality and independence at all times.
• Contribute to the development and sharing of good clinical practice within the ward.
• Support students, learners and junior colleagues, contributing to a positive learning environment.
• Participate in teaching, preceptorship, mentoring and professional development activities as appropriate.
• Identify and report risks, accidents and incidents in accordance with HMT policies and procedures.
• Maintain high standards of infection prevention and control, health and safety and information governance.
• Participate in mandatory training and maintain your professional development in line with NMC requirements.
• Work flexibly across clinical areas when required, according to your skills, experience and service needs.

What we're looking for

We are looking for a nurse who is enthusiastic, proactive and committed to providing outstanding patient care.

You will need to demonstrate:

• Current and valid NMC registration and revalidation.
• A Registered Nurse qualification at Advanced Diploma or Degree level.
• Knowledge and experience of caring for patients with complex surgical needs.
• The ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care effectively.
• The ability to recognise a deteriorating patient and take appropriate action.
• Knowledge of evidence-based nursing practice and the NMC Code.
• The ability to work confidently both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to demonstrate assertiveness, tact and diplomacy.
• A flexible, proactive and resourceful approach to your work.
• A genuine commitment to maintaining high standards of patient care and improving the patient experience.
• Basic or Intermediate Life Support training.

Surgical ward experience is desirable, particularly experience of working with patients across a range of surgical specialties and demonstrating safe clinical practice.

Advanced Life Support (ALS) training is desirable.

At HMT, our vision is “to be the most innovative and best quality provider of niche health and social care services.”

Our purpose is “to make every contact count, ensuring every resident and patient receives the best possible experience and outcome.”

We put our patients, residents and people at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to doing the right thing, embracing innovation and challenging ourselves to find better ways of delivering care.

Our values are central to how we work:

• We are caring
• We are enterprising
• We are resourceful
• We are authentic
• We are accountable

We are passionate about what we do and believe our people should be able to bring their authentic selves to work, find joy in what they do and make a positive difference every day.

Our charitable mission is to provide quality and innovative care solutions to those with complex needs within marginalised community settings.

If you are a Registered Nurse who is passionate about surgical nursing, delivers care with compassion and wants to be part of an organisation that is committed to doing things differently, we would love to hear from you.

Come and join Healthcare Management Trust and help us make every contact count.

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