Job overview

Ward 90 HRI is looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual nurse to join their hard working team.  Ward 90 is a 29 bedded Acute Frailty Ward.

Successful candidates will be responsible for caring directly for a group of patients with the support of a Nursing Assistant to deliver high quality patient care. You will work under the supervision of the Senior Sister and in partnership with the members of the team.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be responsible for reporting to the Senior Sister and caring for a group of patients.   Successful applicants need to have good time keeping and time management skills, as well as good communication skills both written and verbal - as they will be required to provide handovers to nurses and doctors.    IT skills are essential - for assessing, planning, evaluating care and recording observations throughout each shift.  

On a daily basis the successful candidates will work with a HCSW in leading the care for a group of patients - it  will be required that you assist with basic nursing cares through out the shift, including meal service.   Completion of medication rounds and assessing  skin and dressing wounds will also be required.

The ward relies on teamwork therefore the successful applicant needs to be able to work well with in a team.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.