Job Description
JOB SUMMARY
• Provide professional leadership, advise, and direction to junior nurses and healthcare assistants while also fostering collaborative partnerships with other disciplines.
• Communicate effectively with patients and their families, ensuring that correct and seamless information is communicated and documented.
• Assist in the maintenance and monitoring of agreed-upon standards, ensuring that any shortfalls are reported to the line manager.
• Ensure that all quality efforts in the nursing environment are followed and that the highest level of care is maintained at all times.
• Contribute to the formulation of clinical protocols, ensuring that they are reviewed in accordance with the needs of the service in collaboration with the Ward manager.
• Ensure that correct and readable patient records are maintained in accordance with professional and legal standards.
• Foster and maintain positive working relationships and communication with consultants, medical personnel, nursing colleagues, and other multi-agency professionals.
• Required to work across all areas of the Trust.
To offer effective patient care as a member of the nursing team at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (EKHUFT). To maintain high levels of patient care in response to service needs.
The position will need the holder to work on different EKHUFT sites in order to meet service needs and guarantee that employees maintain and grow their abilities.
We are one of England’s major hospital trusts, with five hospitals and community clinics servicing a population of about 800,000 people. Our vision is “excellent healthcare from amazing people.” Everything we do is guided by our values: “People feel cared for, safe, respected, and certain that they are making a difference.” We have a new style of working at East Kent Hospitals called ‘We Care’. It is about empowering frontline staff to drive daily changes. We are searching for compassionate people to join us on our mission to enhance the lives of the patients, families, and carers we serve on a daily basis.
Applications for this position should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programs are employed, the application may be rejected because this paper is an essential component of the assessment process. This does not exclude candidates from requesting appropriate support with their applications if they require it for any declared handicap.
Please keep in mind that if you need a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK, you must state it on your application form, even if you already have one or a work permit for another role and are working in the nation. Please keep in mind that we can only sponsor individuals with a Skilled Worker Visa who apply for employment in Band 5 or higher.
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If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact the line manager using the information below.