SCBU Nurse band 5
We are currently looking to appoint a suitably experienced and skilled Band 5 SCBU Staff Nurse to join our friendly team.
Duties
- As an SCBU Nurse, you will need to have relevant experience at the Band 5 level in neonatal/paediatric nursing.
- You must be confident, compassionate and clinically credible.
- You will also act as a mentor who is competent in the supervision of student midwives and nurses and the junior nursing team.
- You will have excellent interpersonal and management skills and be committed to the delivery of excellent neonatal care.
- You will support the Ward Manager in promoting a positive patient experience, the unit’s initiatives and Achieving Excellence.
- As a registered, accountable and autonomous nurse to act in the best interests of your patients at all times and take personal responsibility for your actions and decisions.
- To be responsible for patient assessment, planning of care, implementing and supervising safe and compassionate care, and evaluating the effectiveness of care.
- As an NMC registrant, facilitate the learning and development of others.
- You will demonstrate leadership qualities and be open, transparent and trustworthy.
- As a Trust employee, act with integrity and uphold the values and beliefs of the Trust and the NMC Code of Conduct. Promote the BLISS Baby Charter and the UNICEF Baby Friendly Standards and support the practice of family-centred care.
- To provide a high standard of individualised care to sick and premature infants and their family/carers, and to partake in assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care. To supervise junior staff and students as requested.
- To assist in the management and organisation of the nursing service in the clinical area, including the teaching and management of more junior staff or those in training.
- Deliver high-standard quality care and provide family-centred care and a holistic approach.
- Partake in assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating patient care.
- Maintain clinical skills and acquire new skills as they become part of the role.
- Observes patient’s condition and reports any abnormalities to the Senior Sister/Nurse in Charge or, where appropriate, medical practitioner.
- Maintain standards as set for each area of practice.
- Ensure and demonstrate that National Charter Standards are met.
- Maintain good record-keeping.
- Communicate effectively with patients, their relatives and colleagues.
- Respect privacy, dignity, religious and cultural beliefs.
- To support the Ward Manager and provide clinical leadership to ensure high-quality service and the delivery of a high standard of care are provided.
- To be individually motivated, self-aware, socially skilled and able to work across professional and organisational boundaries.
About Us
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements, and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trust's normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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For further details / informal visits, contact:
Name: Giezl Pulanco
Job title: SCBU Manager
Email address: gpulanco@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01483 464 834
