Band 5 Acute Medicine Short Stay

4 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom University Hospitals Birmingham Full time

**Job overview**:
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we know that we need incredible staff to do this. We have full time jobs Band 5 Registered Nurses with any amount of experience. Our team have told us what they need from their employer
- and we've listened. If you are looking for hours to fit around your family, we can tailor our offering to you. All we ask for is that you provide the very best care to our patients and work with our teams to ensure patient quality and safe care is delivered.

Division 3a comprises of our Emergency and Acute Services within the Trust. Currently we have vacancies across the Acute Medical Directorate. The Acute Medical Directorate comprises of the Acute Medical Short Stay Wards. With any role within UHB, each post comes with the support of our team and managers. This is extended by support from our School of Nursing, AHPs and Midwifery. The School offers exciting opportunities for career growth and development, and our focus is on providing a supportive environment as part of your continuing professional development. We want you to feel a sense of belonging, community, commitment and support.

**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
What's in it for you?
- Employed in one the largest NHS Trust
- A comprehensive induction, on-going training, and professional development
- To be part of team where you are valued, and where your opinion and ideas make a difference to people's lives.
- Public sector pension
- Access to onsite Temporary employment bank - where additional shifts can be selected
- Access to any vaccinations such as Covid and Flu

**About us**:
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

**Job description**:
1.Clinical Practice:

- Be responsible for completing/ undertaking relevant nursing/ clinical procedures and practice underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience
- Act as an advocate for patients within the areas, to ensure a patient focused approach to the delivery of care
- Ensure patients receive high quality clinical care and a positive patient experience, having regard to their customs, beliefs and ethnicity
- Promote a clean and safe environment for staff, patients and visitors, including risk management and incident reporting in any areas of concern
- Recognise and act to avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of patients
- Monitor patient progress and ensure accurate, legible and timely documentation regarding the patient's care and treatment, both paper based and electronically
- Develop and initiate nursing assessments and care plans based on your assessment and observation of the patient's physical and psychological well-being / illness
- Work towards safe and timely discharge plans and/or transfer of care from the ward/service, ensuring barriers to discharge/ transfer are identified and acted on appropriately
- Work alongside other health care professionals to ascertain treatments and advise on nursing priorities
- Have accountability for the correct administration and custody of medicines according to the Trust Policy
- Ensure effective handover of patients between shifts/healthcare professionals is done using a range of communication aids such as verbal handover/ written documentation/referral

2.Management, leadership, organisation, team working and decision making:

- Facilitate patient flow, including bed and pathway management, clinic operations and case load coordination through liaison with the nurse in charge/ supervisor
- Be mindful of own and others body language and barriers which may affect communic

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