Job overview

Ensure that nursing care within the ward is of a high standard and in accordance with Hospital policies and procedures.

Maintain individual patient care systems, evaluating and updating them as necessary to ensure that the patients’ physical, social and psychological needs are met
Assist with the introduction and implementation of new ideas and methods of nursing care, including research methods.

Communicate with relatives as required and ensure a good public image at all times.

Ensure that ordering, storage administration and documentation of drugs are in accordance with Trust policy

Ensure that research based nursing care within the ward is of a high standard and in accordance with Hospital policies and procedures. By monitoring patient care, supervising juniors, and evaluating the care that is delivered. 

Maintain individual patient care plans, evaluating and updating them as necessary to ensure that the patient’s physical, social and psychological needs are met. 

Ensure that all patients nutritional and personal hygiene needs are met.

Have knowledge of and diagnose cardiac/respiratory arrest and initiate basic life support, if necessary. Escalate to appropriate senior nursing staff or medical personnel concerns regarding individual patients should their condition deteriorate.

Main duties of the job

Refer any complaints from patients/relatives in line with the Trust's Complaints policy.

To act as leader during the absence of the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse and Sister. 

To participate in all relevant team, staff, departmental and organisational meetings

 Assist with clinical duties in other areas of the Trust when the need arises.

To plan, organise and deploy staff according to competencies and workload to meet patient needs.

Ensure continued development of leadership skills to enable the delegation of shift leadership.

To report incidents complete incident form, instigate initial investigation and inform Senior Sister

Uphold all trust policies and procedures, paying particular attention to the 
sickness/absence policy number 45 and annual leave policy number 163.

To assist the Senior Sister in the recruitment and selection of nursing staff 

To be fully conversant with the Trust policy on Child Protection issues and take appropriate action by referring to relevant agencies if cause for concern.

Educational Responsibilities 
Support the Ward Manager to maintain and develop ward philosophy and objectives. 

Assist with the induction programme for new staff to the ward. 
To act as a mentor for learner nurses.

To participate in the teaching of nurses in training and Health Care Assistants, working closely with the training establishments. 

Working for our organisation

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.