Registered Nurse
Registered Nurse
Salary: £31,049 – £37,796 per annum + Generous holidays, Pension
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Winsley, Wiltshire
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Here at Dorothy House we provide compassionate care and support for people in our community with a life-limiting illness. Our focus is on quality of life, helping patients to live well and die well.
Our Inpatient Unit at Winsley is a safe and comfortable environment with dedicated care team. Patients usually stay for a short time - between seven and ten days. After consultation with a patient's GP or other healthcare professional, we are able to offer short stays at the Unit. Often, this time is used to assess a patient's needs and to plan for future care.
REGISTERED NURSE | Band 5 £31,049 - £37,796 per annum, pro rata
Working as a Nurse as part of our incredible Inpatient Unit (IPU) team, you will use a patient-centred approach and evidenced based practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care and will co-ordinate care from admission to discharge.
Duties and responsibilities will include:
- Demonstrate clinical practice which is patient focused and has a high commitment to professional caring and partnership in care.
- To assess the needs of patients and devise a plan of nursing care based on assessment of physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs, involving patients and carers in the process.
- To implement the planned programme of nursing care and where appropriate, liaise with other members of the Caring Team who may be responsible for implementing specific aspects of nursing care
- To work as a member of the Nursing and Multi-disciplinary Teams.
- To ensure nursing practice is grounded in evidence-based wherever possible.
- To ensure and co-ordinate safe discharge of patients with an understanding of the needs of patients and carers in the community and the available services.
- To act at all times in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Professional Code of Conduct.
See our full detailed Job Description on our website for more information.
HOURS OF WORK
This is a Full Time position working 37.5 Hours per week.
This role can work across a variety of shift patterns that could include late shifts, nights or early shifts.
ABOUT YOU
Essential requirements:
- First Level Nurse with Registration
- Can demonstrate evidence-based practice to nursing care
- Can demonstrate professional sensitivity and insight
- Can give examples of awareness of own limitations and when to refer to other colleagues.
- Ability to co-ordinate discharge planning in conjunction with other members of the Multi-disciplinary Team
- Can give examples of when to both give and receive support
- Holds a good level of medicines management knowledge
- Can give examples of successfully managing their own workload
- Can demonstrates a commitment to ongoing professional development
Desirable requirements:
- Demonstrate evidence of palliative care knowledge
- Teaching experience or qualification, e.g. Facilitating Learning & Assessment in Practice or ENB 998
- Experience with SytmOne
ABOUT THE BENEFITS
Dorothy House is an incredible place to work; these are just a few of our benefits that we offer to our staff:
- 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days and then 33 days with length of service.
- Excellent industry leading training with a focus on career development!
- Pension with Life Assurance.
- Colleague discount across our 30 retail stores.
- 45p per mile for work travel.
- Mindful Employer Plus Charter - supporting our colleagues with access to impartial, confidential advice when you need it most.
If this sounds like your ideal job, then we'd love to see your application.
Please note that our vacancies can close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. We therefore encourage early submission of your application.
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