Orthopaedic Nurse

Description

We are looking for a new Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our busy orthopaedics ward, St Elizabeth’s, our 18 bedded ward which specialises in orthopaedics, including spinal injections and surgery and trauma as well as some general surgery.

The successful applicant will demonstrate extensive experience in orthopaedics and will be up to date in current practices. Experience will extend to working within a busy ward and professional, multi-disciplinary teams. This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to join a thriving busy team and wants to work with excellent staff to patient ratios.

Located in leafy St John’s Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our luxury private Hospital has an international reputation for providing the highest quality of care to patients and is unique in that all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St John’s.

Am I the right person for this Staff Nurse role?

• Experience at Band 5 or above in relevant role
• Demonstrable practice that is evidence based and up to date
• Experience of working with teams, motivating and empowering them to deliver excellent standards of patient care
• Experience of identifying and dealing with risks encountered within own practice.
• Experience of supporting junior / less experienced staff to improve standards of patient care.
• Able to supports less experienced / junior staff to respond to feedback in positive manner setting objectives as required.

What are the Responsibilities of this Staff Nurse role?

• To be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care with the multidisciplinary team and patients’ families
• To promote a progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through research and evidence based practice
• To undertake delegated responsibility for the department in the absence of the Ward Manager, including supervision of more junior staff
• To apply advanced clinical skills to assist in performing safe effective care for patients

Why apply for this role?

At our organisation we are passionate about providing our employees with a supportive and engaging environment. As well as ongoing development and training, we offer our employees a wide range of benefits;

When you become part of the HJE Family, these are some of the benefits you will receive:

• Private healthcare scheme worth up to £20,000 per year

• 27 days annual leave

• Blue Light Card discounts

• Interest-free season ticket loans

• Cycle to work scheme

• Free eye check-up vouchers with contribution towards lenses

• Free newspaper and media subscriptions

• Local Business discounts

• Discount in our Hospice Charity shop

• Refer a Friend scheme

• Free Cinema Society Membership offering discounted tickets

• Personal development and training courses

• Annual events and recognition awards

• Career progression and increments

• For employees joining us from the NHS, we can provide continuation of your NHS pension

If you are ready for a new challenge and relish the chance to become part of a successful, forward thinking organisation then we would love to hear from you.

Please contact Gemma at Piers Meadows for further information.