Staff Nurse - Ward 10

Ward 10 is a 26 bedded ward caring for General Surgical and Urology patients including two Surgical Acute Dependency Unit (SADU) within the ward which will have up to six monitored beds and look after the acute surgical patients. We can offer you:

• Comprehensive induction with the trust
• Minimum 2 weeks supernumerary status
• Dedicated support from the Surgical Practice Development Nurse to provide on the job clinical support.
• Mentorship to support your development on the ward
• Support to undertake further education for career and role development, including various study days, an in-house surgical module, and University courses.
The ward has a positive approach to flexible working in order to help our staff achieve a healthy work/ life balance, an ethic that is strongly supported by the Trust. Consideration will be given to applicants looking for part-time working hours. As a department we take extreme care pride in our staff, ensuring that your professional development is paramount. If you wish to broaden your professional skills and gain expert knowledge in a fantastic specialist field, then this opportunity is for you!, Responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision. To assist in the monitoring of performance and work of the Nursing Team, providing education and support as appropriate. To regularly take charge of the shift, managing the shift as safely and effectively as possible.Working for our organisation Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area. We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties, + Responsible for the assessment of patient care need, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision. + To participate and assist in systematic monitoring and evaluation of nursing practice. + To participate and assist in setting standards of patient care based on sound evidence-based findings, implementing these into practice. + Ensure that the nursing practices of the area comply with the Trust's Nursing policies and procedures and maintain high standards of nursing practice. + To comply at all times with the NMC Code of Conduct. + Communicate effectively and liaise with all health care staff as appropriate. + To encourage and maintain good relationship with Medical Staff and other members of the Primary care & Social Services teams in order to provide the best care. + To support the implementation and maintenance of Team Nursing within the clinical area, taking responsibility for a caseload of patients. Within this system of case management, co-ordinate and monitor the progress of patients along their clinical pathway, reporting any variance from the pathway. Take named responsibility for co-ordinating individual patient discharge. + To participate in Quality Assurance initiatives within the unit, implementing action as a result of these initiatives. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities. We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park. We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We have an exciting full-time opportunity for Surgical, Newly Qualified, or any other Registered Nurses who have a keen interest in Surgery to join our dynamic team on Ward 10 at Wexham Park Hospital