Registered Nurse AMU

1 month ago

BarrowinFurness, United Kingdom University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

Do you want to deliver outstanding care and be part of a forward thinking, inspirational, innovative team and to join us on our continuing journey towards excellence? An exciting opportunity has arisen on the Acute Medical Unit at Furness General Hospital for a Registered Nurse.

The AMU is a 20 bedded inpatient unit providing care for all types of medical patients. This unit admits a range of patients who require assessment of a wide spectrum of acute medical problems which may require admission to hospital. Staff work closely with the Ambulatory Care Unit and the Emergency Department.

The units multi-disciplinary team are a group of dedicated, compassionate and professional individuals who are committed to the delivery of safe, high quality care. We are looking for like-minded, hard-working individuals to join our team, and help to make a difference for our patients.

We can offer you a supportive environment in which to practice. Training and support will be given to you as you develop within this post. We can enable you to focus on developing clear clinical skills in a acute environment which will ensure effective patient care.

If successful you will be working a range of shifts including days, nights and weekends. This can be discussed at interview. This position is for a fixed term of 12 months. If you would like further details please contact the unit. This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience in an acute care setting.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for enthusiastic qualified nurses to join our team.

We support lifelong learning and development and are committed to the continuing development of our trained nurses. As a Registered Nurse you will be:

Able to actively assess, plan, implement & evaluate patient care with the multidisciplinary team, incorporating the whole of the patients' pathway.

Assessment and management of acutely unwell patients.

Aware of the structure and organisation of the NHS and regulatory body's code of practice implementing this into nursing practice.

Participate in Clinical Governance by participating in auditing effectiveness of practice and incorporating findings.

Act as mentor or assessor in supervising and teaching of junior staff and unregistered staff.

Act as shift leader or manage a team in the absence of the Ward/Department Manager.

Have key working relationships with all MDT members.

About us

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Our community services for adults are provided in people's homes, community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals and our main hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent, improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care, advice and support.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

Essential

1st level Registered Nurse Willingness to undertake Teaching Qualification, Mentoring / assessing qualification, NVQ Assessors Award

Desirable

Post registration clinical course appropriate to area ECDL or equivalent

Experience

Essential

Working within a multidisciplinary team Evidence of recent professional development Experience of establishing effective communication Experience of implementing change

Desirable

Previous experience within designated area Experience of mentoring and assessing junior staff Experience as shift team leader

Skills, ability and knowledge

Essential

Demonstrable/willingness to undertake specific clinical skills appropriate to speciality Ability to develop standards of care Ability to respond rapidly to emergency situations Ability to work as part of the multi-disciplinary team Ability to prioritise own workload and that of others Up to date knowledge of professional issues Understanding of current NHS issues Knowledge of Clinical Governance

Desirable

Effective teaching skills and /or mentoring skills IT skills - use of email, word processing, internet searching Effective leadership skills

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