Staff Nurse C2/C4

Digestive Disease Unit have exciting vacancies for registered nurses to work on our friendly and fast pace unit .

2 x 24 bedded wards situated next to each other working together to develop a specialised digestive diseases unit.

We can offer you a Practice Educator providing a structured and bespoke orientation programme; this will support your revalidation and ongoing professional development, if you are a newly qualified nurse you will be enrolled in to the preceptorship programme.

All mandatory training is supported by the Trust and the Practice Educator; on commencement of your role you will be given an induction pack and a bespoke competency pack to aid your development.

Highly skilled clinical nurses will support your development. If you are keen to enhance your acute clinical care skills then this is the area for you. Working in a diverse, fast paced, rapidly changing and clinically challenging environment.

For the newly registered nurse we offer a full preceptorship course which is classroom based study days and then backed up with ward based practice. Preceptorship. The registered nurse will then be able to complete the following activities for their patients and gain the following knowledge and skills:

• Recording and monitoring vital observations, including blood sugars
• Assessing, planning and implementing care for a variety of patients with different care needs and providing direct care.
• Venepuncture and IV administration
• Administering medication as per ELHT policy
• Administering intravenous medication
• Ensuring nutritional status is maintained
• Accurately documenting in the notes all activities/changes which need to be recorded and review of the care plans
• Supporting safe discharges for patients, sometimes complex discharge planning
• Care of the poorly patient - life support and AIMS

The successful applicants will need to be flexible, enthusiastic and be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills – including numeracy and literacy.

At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.

We require motivated and hardworking registered nurses to support our expanding nursing team and provide support, healthcare and information to patients and their families working days and nights including bank holidays and the Christmas period. The successful applicant must be extremely confidential and professional when carrying out their duties due to the nature of the work.

The role of the registered nurse is that of an able and competent worker who can carry out a wide range of supervised and unsupervised care duties directly with the patient which will support the work of the multi – disciplinary team

Being a band 5 registered nurse on Digestive disease unit is at times demanding, but on the whole is extremely rewarding. You may be the first point of contact for many patients and members of the general public seeking information and support from the hospital and so you need to be confident .