About the Role
Job responsibilities
We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.
We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalant
OR NHS Care Certificate or relevant clinical experience.
OR Student studying final year of the Registered Nursing Degree.
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
Demonstration of experience of working with people with complex health needs, in a health or social care setting.
Knowledge of nursing standards gained through qualification or equivalent experience.
Experience of nursing practice and clinical procedures.
Understanding and application of confidentiality.
Desirable
Knowledge or experience of working within a prison or secured environment setting.
Experience of work in a multi-disciplinary team setting.
Experience in responding to emergency situations.
Experience in using SystmOne.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
Well-developed verbal and written communication skills.
The ability to work effectively as part of a team, maintaining effective working relationships and mitigating conflict.
The ability to complete tasks under delegated responsibility and ability to escalate concerns to senior clinical staff as appropriate.
Promote and support patients to manage own mental and physical needs.
Able to maintain contemporaneous clinical records following clinical activities.
Keyboard skills - computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Desirable
Good patient assessment skills - knowledge of signs and symptoms of a range of mental and physical disorders and its effects on individuals.
Extended scope of practice e.g., Phlebotomy, ECG etc.
Experience in simple wound care management.
Experience in monitoring and support with the management of long-term conditions.