Job overview

Staff Nurses required for Medical SDEC at Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester.

SDEC is an ambulatory unit, accepting  direct referrals from Emergency Department and GP, with the aim to see, treat and discharge patients within 12h avoiding medical admission and increasing the patient flow through the Hospital. You will be responsible for the care alongside the ACP team of all patients through the Unit. This will include basic patient's observations, administering IV medications/infusions and helping to organise patient workload through a busy unit, and linking directly with the ACP team and Medical team.   You will also have the opportunity to develop your skills in a different evolving environment.

Full/ part-time / Flexible hours available, 7 days a week. 

Robust induction and support provided.

Main duties of the job

To support the team in the delivery of the service, this includes:

• High standards of Professional Practice to ensure quality and safety of patient care, experience and 
  the patient journey
• Developing own clinical practice, knowledge, skills and experience.
• Acting as a good role model
• Supporting the team in ensuring that clinical services are delivered to a high quality of care and that 
  all compliance requirements such as CQC and contractual requirements are achieved.
• To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients using investigative and analytical skills 
  where factors may be conflicting, requiring analysis and interpretation skills and the comparison of 
  a range of options to achieve effective treatment or discharge planning check
• To develop clinically

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.