Job overview

To provide high quality nursing care and participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care needs for the patient group.

To deliver compassionate person-centered care, and treat patients, service users, their families and their carers with consideration, dignity and the respect you would want for yourself or your family. The post holder will be expected to liaise with the linked inpatients wards (PAU/A21) within the acute setting and ED and UTC to identify complex patients for discharge and coordinate to facilitate safe and timely discharge is maintained. The post holder will be expected to deliver direct nursing care to patients in their own homes and within a clinical environment and deliver compassionate person-centered care, and treat patients, service users, their families and their carer’s with consideration, dignity and the respect you would want for yourself or your family.

Main duties of the job

Practice within the NMC Standards of Practice and behaviour for Nurses and Midwives. Participate in the assessment of patient care needs, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care in accordance with the agreed policies and procedures of The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. Administer prescribed medication and treatment in a timely manner, in accordance with Trust policies and Professional guidelines.  Take responsibility for groups of patients as required, with minimal supervision from senior staff.  Deliver evidence-based care, and promote the use of evidence-based practice, referring to Nursing Clinical Practices accordingly. Liaise effectively with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure timely delivery of care and develop good working relationships. Take personal responsibility for actions and omissions and recognise personal accountability. 

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.