Staff Nurse - enhanced care for elective surgical patients

We are looking to recruit Band 5 staff nurses to work within our Critical Care Department to support an enhanced level of care (level 1\) for higher risk elective surgical patients. If you are an interested, motivated and enthusiastic nurse then why not come and join our Team to support our surgical patient pathway. working with the Critical Care Education team to achieve level 1 National Competencies in Enhanced Patient Care. This will strengthen knowledge skill and professional development in caring for acutely ill patients and the early recognition and management of the deteriorating patient. Friendly and supportive workplace You should be a Registered Nurse ideally with acute and/or surgical experience, although this is not an essential requirement for this post. You should have good interpersonal, communication and organizational skills and be able to work effectively as a member of the multidisciplinary team. To provide high quality nursing care and participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care needs for post operative high risk surgical patients. These patient will require a higher acuity of monitoring, interventions and nursing than required in a standard ward environment. To deliver compassionate person\-centered care, and treat patients, service users, their families and their careers with consideration, dignity and the respect you would want for yourself and your family. To provide relevant forms of care with minimal supervision and participate in the supervision and teaching and assessment of unregistered or junior staff and students. To play an active part in the continuing development of the department and contribute to the maintenance of an environment conductive to the delivery of high standards of patient care, by promoting good communication and relationships between staff, patients relatives and visitors. The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients. We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020\. The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gerardine Hardisty Job title: Matron Email address: g.hardisty@nhs.net Telephone number: 01902 694260