Job summary
Are you a compassionate and motivated Registered Nurse looking to develop your skills in a dynamic and rewarding specialist area?

Join Ward 9A, our dedicated Frailty Ward, where you'll play a vital role in delivering high-quality care to older adults with complex acute and long-term health needs.

You'll work as part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, helping patients achieve the best possible outcomes while promoting independence and person-centred care.

Ward 9A provides specialist care for older adults who may have complex medical, cognitive and social needs. This is a varied and rewarding environment where no two days are the same, offering the opportunity to develop strong assessment skills, build clinical confidence and make a meaningful difference to patients and their families.

Working closely with Frailty Consultants, therapists, pharmacists and specialist teams in a multidisciplinary environment, you'll be supported to develop your knowledge and expertise while delivering high-quality, holistic care.

Whether you're looking to build on existing experience or explore a new specialty, Ward 9A offers excellent opportunities for learning, development and career progression within a supportive team.

Main duties of the job
Working within our department, your main duties will include:

• Organising and participating in the delivery of high standards of evidence-based nursing care.
• Taking responsibility to carry out required planned, direct patient care to a high standard without direct supervision, in accordance with established nursing procedures and policies.
• Contributing towards the health promotion for all patients by provided education, support and advice as necessary, ensuring referral to appropriate professionals or agencies as required.
• In the absence of senior staff, taking responsibility for the delegation and supervision of appropriate work to other qualified staff, healthcare support workers and students.
• Where relevant, be responsible and assist in the co-ordination of discharge planning in partnership with the multidisciplinary team.
• Taking personal responsibility for treating all patients with courtesy, respecting their individual needs and maintaining confidentiality at all times.
• Ensuring provision of a safe and therapeutic environment for all patients, relatives, visitors and colleagues.

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum, pro rata for part time roles
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 339-TA-MED1646-9a

Person Specification
Essential education and qualifications

• RGN/Paediatric Nurse, with current live Registration
• Teaching and assessing qualification (998 or equivalent) or willing to undertake after 2 years post registration (secured a position on this type of course)

Essential experience

• Expectation to undertake training for extended roles required by the ward / department. i.e. IV drug administration, Cannulation, venepuncture, ECGs, male catheterisation, PCA and Epidural training
• Ideally, currently working in a hospital setting, as a Qualified Nurse or a Qualifying Student

Essential knowledge

• Advanced communication skills, verbal & written, to include report writing and record keeping.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Sound knowledge of Trust Policies & practices including manual handling, health & safety and infection control.
• Basic computer / IT skills and expectation to develop these in line with the needs of the service i.e. IHS, Acis, Email use.

Employer details
Employer name: Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Southmead Hospital, Southmead, Bristol, BS10 5NB, United Kingdom
Contact: Hannah Morris, Ward Manager, hannah.morris@nbt.nhs.uk, 01174146300

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.