Job description

Job responsibilities

Registered Nurse Inpatient

Reports To: Ward Sister

Role Summary

• To provide the highest standard of individualised patient care as part of the clinical team, ensuring the comfort and safety of patients during their visit/admission to the hospital.
• Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and ensuring compliance in line with hospital policies, national guidelines and best practice standards.

Behavioural Attributes

Values:

• Conform to the company’s values of positivity, empathy, accountability, caring, quality and value.
• Foster a culture of trust, transparency and transformation.

Personal Resilience:

• Be positive and even tempered in the workplace
• Flexibility and adaptability to meet the changing needs of the business

Professionalism:

• Our patients care and safety are your main concern
• Demonstrate honesty, integrity, openness and ethics in the workplace.
• Be a positive role model

Teamwork:

• Focuses own and others actions to achieve goals
• Fosters a culture of professionalism and a positive working team environment
• Person Specification: Qualifications / Key Selection Criteria

Qualifications:

• Registered Nurse with NMC

Experience:

• Clinical nursing experience in outpatients or clinic environment
• Proven ability to work independently and within a team

Skills:

• Demonstrable knowledge and skills and competency of required clinical practice.
• Phlebotomy, cannulation, ECGs, and intravenous antibiotics would be an advantage.
• Comprehensive written, numerical and verbal communication skills
• Experience in computer skills using MS Office Suite and web based reporting systems
• Flexibility and adaptability to meet the changing needs of the business
• Customer service skills

Desirables:

• Enthusiasm for cross functional working within clinical departments as reasonably required.
• Experience in the private sector
• Relevant clinical skills in addition to assistance with minor procedures

Main responsibilities & duties of the role:

• Ensure the smooth running of clinics assessing the needs of the patient, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care
• Identify patient care requirements by establishing a rapport, providing emotional and psychological support to the patient as well as to their family/carer
• Provide healthcare advice, educating patients/family/carers on the condition, medications, self-care and health maintenance, answering any questions they may have
• Carry out clinical nursing procedures, including administering medication, assistance with minor procedures, monitoring vital signs, venepuncture chaperoning.
• Record and maintain accurate patient medical records and histories on the relevant care pathways, clinical forms and IT systems
• Monitor and complete clinical outcomes and designated clinic allocation, complete appropriate charge sheets to assist in the billing and revenue capture
• Report changes and concerns regarding patients health to outpatients manager/RMO
• Participate in audit processes for monitoring nursing quality
• Assist with establishing and monitoring care pathways in relation minor procedures, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments
• Report incidents and complaints via the Datix reporting module and escalate appropriately to senior member of staff if unable to resolve.
• Accurate monitoring and recording of Early Warning Score where relevant and escalate appropriately as per policy
• Maintain and practice comprehensive handover of clinics between shifts, departments and multidisciplinary team including external agencies.

Team Skills:

• Demonstrate the ability to work both independently and within a team structure
• Behave in a friendly and supportive manner to other employees Work collaboratively and cooperatively with all members of the team
• Resolves any workplace conflict in a professional manner through the correct organisational processes
• Assist new members of staff to effectively perform their role Demonstrate good communication skills
• Liaise with colleagues and stakeholders and report outcomes or needs to the relevant manager or team leader
• Attend departmental meetings and read relevant communications while contributing to improving standards of services in line with the needs of the business

Customer Service:

• Treat all customers and colleagues with respect and equality whilst meeting all aspects of our services in a timely and professional manner
• Recognise and tolerate individual differences in others, including gender, sexual preferences, age, disability and culture, in line with Company Equal Opportunities and Dignity at Work policies
• Maintain communication networks with key senior managers, staff and other stakeholders so that quality business outcomes are achieved
• Dress and personal presentation reflect the requirements of the Company Dress Code
• Promote the services and people of the hospital to both internal and external clients

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with NMC

Desirable

• Clinical nursing experience in outpatients or clinic environment
• Demonstrable knowledge and skills and competency of required clinical practice.
• Phlebotomy, cannulation, ECGs, and intravenous antibiotics would be an advantage.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within an Outpatients or Day Surgery setting
• Comprehensive written, numerical and verbal communication skills
• Experience in computer skills using MS Office Suite and web based reporting systems
• Flexibility and adaptability to meet the changing needs of the business
• Customer service skills

Desirable

• Enthusiasm for cross functional working within clinical departments as reasonably required.
• Experience in the private sector
• Relevant clinical skills in addition to assistance with minor procedures

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).