Are you looking for a new challenge? Would you like to work as part of a friendly committed team?
An opportunity has arisen to join Trauma Unit 1 at Royal Cornwall Hospital.
You will work as part of the multi-disciplinary health care team providing planned care and delivering the highest standards of patient care within the Trauma Unit. The role is exciting and challenging, where compassion, teamwork, excellent communication skills, emotional resilience, and initiative are paramount.
You will embrace the challenge of working as a Nursing Associate in a highly diverse environment and have experience of working in an acute hospital environment.
As a nursing associate on the Trauma Unit, you will need to be flexible and able to adapt to meet the needs of the department day to day. This includes assisting with basic nursing care through to caring for your own caseload of patients.
You will need to have experience of working in an acute hospital environment as well as a Nursing Associate or Assistant Practitioner qualification at level 4. Experience of working with patients acutely unwell would be an advantage.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly-motivated Nursing Associate or Assistant Practitioner to join our friendly and supportive team on the Trauma Unit at Royal Cornwall Hospital. We can offer you a diverse working environment whilst allowing you to develop your clinical skills, knowledge, and expertise giving you the opportunity to gain advanced specialised skills to care for patients with complex needs. Duties include: Providing personal care, repositioning patients to maintain skin integrity and mobilising patients to support recovery for post-operative patients. Communicate clearly, effectively and appropriately with the multidisciplinary team, patients, and their family/visitors/carers. Aware of the importance of accurate documentation and contribute to reports of patients' activity and progress. Participate in discussions about patient care and ward/departmental development, including handover and team meetings. Maintain professional boundaries and working relationships with patients and colleagues. About us
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million. We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School. The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation. Job responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side. To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following: Identity Checks Professional registration and qualification checks Employment history and reference checks Occupational Health clearance Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check Right to work in the UK We reserve the right to close this advert early. We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview. We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed. Person Specification
Qualifications
GCSE grade A-C in Maths and English or equivalent Level 3 NVQ Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register Nursing Associate Foundation Degree Experience
Experience working in an Acute Hospital setting Experience working in Trauma and Orthopaedics Skills
Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non-verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team. Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to trainee nursing associates, nursing assistants as required within the clinical setting Medication Administration Wound care such as VAC and PICO dressings 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.
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We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly-motivated Nursing Associate or Assistant Practitioner to join our friendly and supportive team on the Trauma Unit at Royal Cornwall Hospital. We can offer you a diverse working environment whilst allowing you to develop your clinical skills, knowledge, and expertise giving you the opportunity to gain advanced specialised skills to care for patients with complex needs. Duties include: Providing personal care, repositioning patients to maintain skin integrity and mobilising patients to support recovery for post-operative patients. Communicate clearly, effectively and appropriately with the multidisciplinary team, patients, and their family/visitors/carers. Aware of the importance of accurate documentation and contribute to reports of patients' activity and progress. Participate in discussions about patient care and ward/departmental development, including handover and team meetings. Maintain professional boundaries and working relationships with patients and colleagues. About us
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million. We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School. The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles. Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation. Job responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side. To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following: Identity Checks Professional registration and qualification checks Employment history and reference checks Occupational Health clearance Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check Right to work in the UK We reserve the right to close this advert early. We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview. We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed. Person Specification
Qualifications
GCSE grade A-C in Maths and English or equivalent Level 3 NVQ Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register Nursing Associate Foundation Degree Experience
Experience working in an Acute Hospital setting Experience working in Trauma and Orthopaedics Skills
Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non-verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team. Ability to support, supervise, assess and act as a role model to trainee nursing associates, nursing assistants as required within the clinical setting Medication Administration Wound care such as VAC and PICO dressings 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.
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