Band 5 Staff Nurse - Emergency General Surgery

Ward 14 and day case -B5 post available.

General surgical areas.

Are you passionate about nursing?

An opportunity has arisen on ward 14 and day case surgery at GHH for dynamic innovative and motivated registered nurses who would like the opportunity to work with surgical patients and develop their skills.

Ward 14 is a 29 bedded ward with a mixture of elective and emergency general surgical patients. We are also a step down ward for patients who have required ITU/HDU care. While working on the ward you will have the opportunity to further develop your nursing skills and communication skills liaising with the wider MDT. We actively promote personal development.

Day case -- caters for patients that require smaller surgeries and can be discharged the same day.

Also, while becoming a member of the UHB team, you will have the opportunity to work alongside a skilled dedicated team. With various study days being available within the UHB trust.

Both areas have wider multidisciplinary team and CNS's, such as pain, colorectal etc. who regularly attend the ward/area to review patients and the opportunity to shadow for a day can be arranged.

We encourage staff to take on the role as link nurses in areas that interests you, eg: tissue viability. As a teaching hospital we have regular students attending the ward, you will also mentor students while working at GHH., Complete daily nursing tasks including administration of medication, completing observations and reassurance for patients undergoing or who have gone through surgery.

Demonstrate skills relating to care of complex surgical cases as well as day case surgery cases, including the ability to work well within a multi-disciplinary team approach to patient care.

Able to cope with complex cases in a busy, fast-paced environment

Provable experience in communicating clearly and at an appropriate level of detail and technical information to patients and their family / carers

Passionate about post-operative care and willing to train.

Willing to assist with development of junior / less experienced staff, including Student Nursing Associates

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.

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