Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a staff nurse to join our Hyper Acute Stroke Unit here in 5C



Ward 5C is a 32 bed ward and is located on the 5th floor on the main Whiston Hospital site.



One half of the ward, 16 beds is a called the Hyper-acute Stroke Unit (HASU) this is where patients are cared for in the first 72 hours following a stroke. This half of the ward has a higher ratio of Nursing and Medical staff to ensure closer observation and monitoring of patients in their acute phase following a stroke.



The other half of the ward, the remaining 16 beds is called the HASU Step Down



1 x Full Time Position (37.5 Hours) + 1 x Part Time Position (30 Hours)



Assess, plan develop and implement programmes of care to patients, providing advice in a variety of settings.

Carry out nursing procedures in line with current NMC standards of proficiency.

Ensure the health, wellbeing and independence of patients and service users across healthcare settings, maintaining associated records, ensuring all patients receive safe and effective care at all times.

Supervision of junior staff and all learners

Understand and demonstrate the Trust values at all times.



Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.



We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care



Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.



Primary Care



Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.



Community Services



Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.



Specialist Regional Services



We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme



Communications and relationship skills



Provides and receives complex information, communicating sensitively and confidentially information relating to patients/clients (for example, care plan discussions with patients).

Communicates in a compassionate and empathetic manner, using persuasion and reassurance.

Ability to recognise barriers to communication, and ability to modify communication style as and when required.

Ability to effectively communicate whilst providing training to students.

Demonstrate effective communications skills with the wider MDT team.



Clinical Skills



To be responsible for planning and organising a defined caseload of patients on a continuing basis.

To assess, plan, implement/deliver and evaluate patient care for a defined caseload and recognize signs of deterioration/change and respond according to protocol.

Maintain appropriate levels of training for clinical skills as needed within scope of practice.

To maintain safe custody of drugs, ensuring that checking, witnessing and administration procedures are compatible with statutory and trust requirements.

In the absence of Sister/Charge Nurse effectively respond to complaints/concerns and escalate as required

To ensure clinical incident/near misses are managed and reported and escalated in a timely manner.

To be part of the multidisciplinary team decision making, acting when required as the patients advocate in order to support the patients pathway.

Work within the organisational policy, standard operating procedures and guidelines.

To undertake risk assessments and implement risk reducing measures. To report and escalate to the Line Manager any deficiencies in the arrangements for minimizing risk.

Ensure that privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.



Use of Resources



To actively participate in the effective and efficient use of the ward/departmental resources and equipment, including stock management and care and maintenance of equipment.

Handles patient's valuables, ensuring safe storage and transportation

Sign off agency timesheets in order to verify and record the hours worked.

Liaise with the Roster Coordinator to ensure your personal roster is balanced within the roster period.

To order and receipt goods in accordance with the Trust's financial framework.



Team Development



To deputise in the absence of the Sister/Charge Nurse.

To manage own time and that of others, through delegations to ensure high quality service delivery.

To act as assessor/supervisor for junior staff and students.

To participate in the setting of yearly personal and professional objectives for self

Support the department's appraisal process for junior staff, by providing feedback.

To be flexible in the delivery of safe staffing across the Trust and participate in redeployment requirements within scope of practice.



Research and Audit



To contribute to the collection of data for research and audit purposes.

To identify audit topics relevant to the ward/department.

To critically evaluate research before applying to clinic practice in order to enhance patient care.



Personal Development



To identify areas for self-development, areas of interest and training requirements within individual personal performance planning and development review.

To maintain a professional portfolio and reflective diary for developmental purposes and revalidation.

Support the rest of the team by recognising own and promoting self-help and wellbeing

Develop a culture of learning and innovation, developing high quality learning environments

Adopt a reflective approach to own practice with a view to continually improve