Staff Nurse

at  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Looking for a new challenge? Newly qualified or experienced in nursing? Come and join out dynamic friendly team on ward G5.
G5 is a 23 bedded endocrinology ward. We support patients with endocrinology problems, alongside diabetic complications. Alongside the diabetic nurses we support patients newly diagnosed with diabetes alongside other acute medical conditions.
You will work alongside the medical doctors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, the patients and their relatives to ensure a safe and effective discharge for our patients. Our in house discharge coordinator helps nursing staff with the complex discharge processes.
We are actively recruiting to vacancies across the Trust. We would like to encourage applicants to apply via NHS Jobs and to inform candidates that interviews will be taking place remotely via video / Microsoft Teams.
We are extremely grateful to all new applicants and our current staff who have made enquiries and referrals to our bank and recruitment team. Thank you for supporting the NHS, your Trust and community during this challenging time.
This is a very exciting opportunity to build a substantial team and learn specialist skills in the medical environment.
If you feel this could be for you, when applying please state at the end of your personal statement which site is your preference, alternatively if you would like to know more information, please do get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you.
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.
As a staff nurse on G5 you are responsible to the Junior sisters and Senior sister.
Your main duties on the ward
Admit and discharge patients safely
To implement and be responsible for maintaining high standards of patient care.
To act in accordance with policies and nursing procedures as per Trust policy.
To co-ordinate the team/ward in absence of the team leader or ward manager.
To ensure confidentiality of patient records and high standards of nursing documentation.
To be aware of the complaints procedure and be able to apply it as needed.
To escalate as appropriate any untoward incidents, complaints and ward/staff issues.
To participate in ongoing clinical supervision.
To promote good working relationships and to support the ward manager to achieve high morale within the team

Please refer the Job description for details