Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday 08:00-17:00 (possibility of expansion of hours in the future.))
- Job ref
- 213-NUR-PRUH-6860732
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess Royal University Hospital
- Town
- Orpington
- Salary
- £34,521 - £41,956 Per annum Including High Cost Area.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse- Planned Investigation Unit
Band 5
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
Job overview
We are looking for a driven and ambitious Band 5 Registered Staff Nurse, who is committed to delivering exceptional care for a diverse range of conditions.
The Planned Investigation Unit (PIU) on the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site is a busy nurse-led day-case unit that sees patients from a range of specialities. These include Neurology, Haematology, Rheumatology, Gastroenterology and many more, where a variety of specialist infusions and treatments are provided. The unit is currently open Monday-Friday 08:00-17:00 with the possibility of expansion of hours in the future.
We have a highly skilled, dynamic and friendly multidisciplinary team, who are extremely proud of the standards of care that they deliver and are always striving to improve. This is a great opportunity to join our team, especially if you are innovative, motivated and driven. We are passionate about professional development for our staff and offer opportunities to learn and progress.
Main duties of the job
- To support the day-to-day delivery of treatment within the nurse-led unit.
- Work as part of a team to provide an effective, safe environment of care for individual patients, their relatives and carers.
- To be an effective role model.
- Under take audit where required.
- Effective time management.
- Ensuring the nursing care delivered is of a high standard and within local and Trust guidelines.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
- Deliver, maintain and monitor within agreed standards of nursing care with other members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrate clinical expertise in the care of medical patients who require specialist treatment. The specialties include Rheumatology, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Haematology, Endocrine and other Medical specialties.
- Ensure that nursing care is patient focused and that patient dignity and privacy are maintained at all times.
- To become competent in the care and practice of Venesection.
- Ensure due regard is given to the customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients and colleagues and that equal opportunities are practiced.
- Takes a pro-active role in maintaining effective communication with all disciplines, patients and relatives.
- Takes responsibility for the clinical area.
- Able to assess the short-term needs of the clinical area and ensures that they are met. Will seek advice and support from outside the clinical area.
- Ensures that all clinical and legal nursing documents are completed accurately and legibly, and that junior staff understand their relevance.
- Use reflective practice as a method of ensuring that appropriate effective nursing care is delivered to each patient.
- Safely administer prescribed medications, and to monitor their effects.
- Ensure competency to use and safe maintenance of all medical devices within the sphere of responsibility.
- Reports incidents and near misses promptly and appropriately and takes remedial action to reduce the risk in the future.
- Whenever possible the post holder will attempt to resolve all complaints locally.
- Be able to competently provide clinical practice in - Venepuncture, intravenous cannulation, administers of intravenous additives.
- To instigate and order haematological and biochemical blood investigations, and recognise abnormal results.
- To be able to discharge patients under nurse led protocols.
- To be able to administer medications under Patient Group directives
- To act as a clinical expert in the care of patients with chronic conditions which require long term therapy.
- To be able to participate in the counselling of patients receiving treatment / long term therapy.
- To ensure that audits and data is captured and presented to the clinical teams.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (RN1) with active NMC registration at time of starting appointment.
- Evidence of additional post registration training / courses in are relevant field
Knowledge and Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience caring for patients in Rheumatology/ Gastroenterology/Haematology/Neurology/Dermatology/ elderly Medicine.
Skills and Compentencies
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Ability to work collaboratively with other staff members.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Charlotte Howard
- Job title
- Matron Speciality Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Informal visits are welcomed.
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