Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Staff Nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 201-24-247-A
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lanyon Stroke Unit
- Town
- Redruth
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Staff Nurse
Band 6
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
Are you a Registered Nurse looking for a new and refreshing challenge? Are you looking to progress within your career? Then this job advert is for you.
An exciting opportunity has arisen on Lanyon Stroke Unit, we are a 22 bedded unit providing stroke rehabilitation to our community.
Based in Cornwall, the Stroke Rehabilitation Unit is a fast-paced ward with a wide variety of patients coming through our doors that are in need of acute medical interventions and stroke rehabilitation goals. Our unit is continuously developing therefore, this job role will enable you to gain a wealth of knowledge and skills that will extend daily along with developing your leadership and management skills.
If you have an interest in stroke and would like to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team we would love to hear from you.
Opportunities for self development and stroke specific training available and supported.
Main duties of the job
- Carry out complex assessments of patients conditions and needs, planning and documenting appropriate care regime.
- Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies on the ward whilst interpreting information and taking appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
- Promote effective and appropriate discharge/transfer as part of the MDT.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Qualifications and skills
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration with NMC
- Professional nursing qualification at degree level
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship/Teaching Qualification
- Experienced in successfully implementing change management strategies
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Experience of teaching/assessing/supervising others in a clinical setting
- Able to work under pressure and adapt to changing environments
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Competence in cannulation and venepuncture
- Ability to administer meds including transfusion of bloods/products
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gill Head
- Job title
- Ward Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01209 318017
- Additional information
Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time. Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction
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