Staff Nurse - Rheumatology

Job overview

Band 5 Staff Nurse (2 Positions)

Speciality: Rheumatology (within Medical Directorate)

We are seeking two dedicated and compassionate Band 5 Staff Nurses to join our well-established and friendly team on Ward 6 at Wexham Park Hospital. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a medical ward environment that specializes in rheumatology, while also contributing to the wider Medical Directorate, which includes specialities such as stroke, elderly care, gastroenterology, haematology, endocrinology, cardiology, and respiratory care.

As a Band 5 Staff Nurse, you will:

Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team of nurses, healthcare assistants, and care assistants.

Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of high-quality nursing care.

Play a key role in delivering safe and effective patient care and supporting the recovery journey of individuals with a range of medical conditions.

Benefit from a positive team environment with strong support, excellent teamwork, and opportunities for professional development.

These fixed-term contracts (one for 12 months, one for 5 months) are ideal for nurses looking to gain experience in a dynamic medical setting with a strong emphasis on patient-centred care.

• To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care with minimal supervision.
• To implement and be responsible for maintaining high standards of patient care.
• To carry out all administrative and nursing duties as delegated by the team leader and senior sister.
• To organise and deploy staff according to their competence to meet patients needs. Director of Operations Associate Director Head of Nursing Senior Sister Junior Sister Band 6 Registered Nurse Band 5 Health Care Assistants Care Assistant
• To demonstrate a sound knowledge of infection control standards and promote these within the ward environment
• To refer to other disciplines utilising the Trusts electronic systems ie “patient centre” and “real time”.
• To assist in promotion of health.
• 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 senior sister.
• To ensure confidentiality of patient records and high standards of nursing

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

• RGN Level 1
• Current NMC registration

• ENB 998 or mentorship training
• Dementia course

Experience

• Previous acute hospital experience

• Experience in caring for elderly patients who have dementia
• Previous experience managing patients with chronic medical conditions

Skills & Knowledge

• Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to manage difficult / stressful situations
• Able to prioritise workload (self and others) and meet deadlines
• Able to train and supervise junior staff
• Able to manage a team in the absence of the team leader
• Ability to manage change within the working environment

Special Requirements

• To work in other areas of the department when required
• Able to work flexible shifts, weekends and bank holidays as required

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.