Staff Nurse

at  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

You will be a well-motivated individual with a passion for Acute Medicine. You will be pro-active and competent to ensure all of our patients are seen in a timely manner and receive the best treatment for them. You will be a positive and professional person that will be approachable and the first point of call for the patients through the door.
You will be required to demonstrate a professional manner with good communication skills in all aspects of work. You must be comfortable juggling the different demands of MSSU and must possess the courage to do what is right for our patients.
Key Duties
1. Operational responsibilities
1.1 Responsible for establishing and maintaining communication and relationship both
Internally and Externally
1.2 Establish and maintain effective communication and foster good working relationships with all multi-disciplinary teams, both internal and external.
1.3 Make use of electronic internal/external mail and internet systems as appropriate and necessary.
1.4 Bring to attention of the Ward Manager any factors which may adversely affect patient care or service provision.
There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. 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 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.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you’ll feel at home at Frimley Health.

2.1 Be Knowledgeable about specific care requirements of patients who may be admitted to the unit
2.2 Be Knowledgeable about current infection control procedures and policies and ensure all staff and visitors adhere to these at all times.
2.3 Be Knowledgeable about the risks of infection and take responsibility for minimising cross infection within the clinical environment.
2.4 Be knowledgeable about all aspects of Acute Medicine.
2.5 Planning and organisational skills
2.6 Participate in Directorate/Departmental meetings
2.7 Be Involved in practice development and patient experience issues