Band 5 Registered Nurse - Outpatients

at  The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

We are seeking to recruit committed proactive registered nurses or Students due to qualify this year to join our friendly outpatient’s department. We run various clinics across all 3 hospital sites at The Princess Alexandra Hospital, St Margaret’s Hospital , Herts and Essex Hospital
You will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team , services locally and regionally to provide a high standard of patient care and ensure an excellent patient journey through our services and beyond.
We recognise and acknowledge the importance of providing opportunities for learning and development by providing training and support for staff where specific needs, such as Leadership have been identified. You will have a dedicated team leader to nurture and identify your learning objectives. You will also support the learning and development of both student nurses and junior colleagues within the department. We are committed to your lifelong learning and development.
If you are joining as a newly qualified Nurse you will be enrolled on a structured preceptorship course to support your transition from student to registered nurse.
Our outpatient’s team continually strive to deliver high quality care and put the patient and their families at the heart of everything we do.
Help us make a difference - we encourage you to get in contact if you have any further questions and apply for this role.
To provide effective clinical and holistic individualised patient centred care, ensuring delivery is to the highest standard. Ensuring evidenced based practice is performed at all times, being responsible for updating own knowledge and skills in line with the Trust polices, multidisciplinary team and the NMC Code. Developing leadership skills, actively participating in service development and demonstrating strong communication skills.
For newly qualified nurses, it is vital to consolidate own practice, completing relevant clinical and mandatory competences. Utilising the support from the MDT and relevant colleagues within your area of practice.
This is an exciting time for the outpatients department as we forge forward with improving the service for the patients and the organisation and go from “Good” to “Outstanding”.
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Please see the attached job description and person specification, available to download at any time

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