Registered Nurse

2 part time posts available with hours between 22.5-30 hours per week. Hours to be discussed.

We are looking for applications from enthusiastic, experienced and flexible Nurses, who are interested in enhancing their knowledge within our Outpatient Department at Forest of Dean Community Hospital. The post involves working over a five-day week with varying shifts allocated depending on the activity and clinical need. Our Community Hospital Outpatient department is an exciting and rewarding place to work. We are a supportive and motivated team committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care within a positive working environment.

Working within our Outpatient Department offers a varied and engaging role. Our team is actively involved in many aspects of patient care and service delivery, including:

• Phlebotomy and blood sample collection
• Pathology requesting and clinical documentation
• Ordering and managing clinical stores
• Supporting a variety of clinics across a diverse patient population, including paediatric, adult and geriatric patients

Our department emphasises:

• Respectful communication and shared accountability
• Daily safety briefs to ensure clear communication and patient safety
• A culture where staff feel empowered to speak up, share feedback and champion transparency
• Team collaboration and mutual support
• Maintaining high standards of infection prevention and environmental cleanliness

Our Community Hospitals Outpatient Departments host and support a variety of clinical activity for both our Gloucestershire Health and Care NHSFT and Gloucestershire Royal NHSFT colleagues covering a range of services including Therapies, General, Medical, Surgical, Elderly Care Rehabilitation, Cardiology, Ophthalmology, Pain management, Dermatology, Phototherapy, Gynaecology, Rheumatology, Respiratory and Paediatrics.

Perform and record clinical observations including blood pressure, temperature, respirations, pulse

• Undertake clinical tasks including venepuncture, cannulation, ECGs – appropriate to competence and setting
• Demonstrate understanding of caring for individuals with particular conditions for example dementia, mental illness, learning disabilities
• Engage in reflective practice including management of self and reflection on own reactions, asking questions and reflecting on answers given
• Signposting patients to services which may be of benefit to their wellbeing, promoting community connections and make best use of local assets.
• To administer medications in accordance with NMC code.
• Demonstrate knowledge of clinical audit and clinical effectiveness
• Participation in clinical governance and quality improvement initiatives

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.

76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.

81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

• Deliver a safe and effective patient centred care to our service users, their families and carers
• Ensure the clinical care requirements of patients are communicated effectively.
• Responsible, for supervising, developing, mentoring newly qualified staff, non-qualified staff, students, volunteers etc.
• To lead the team in the overall running of the department in the absence of a Senior Sister on duty and ensuring safe staffing levels - including informing senior staff/managers of any problems and providing solutions.
• Participate in clinics, acting as a chaperone when required.
• Undertake assessments and making onward appropriate referrals.
• To be competent in the administration of medications as prescribed by Consultants.
• Responsible for ensuring patients records are kept up to date, accurate and in line with the Trust’s Record Keeping Policy.
• Undertake Link Worker training and act as a Link worker for a specific role (e.g. Basic Life Support, Infection Control, Fire etc.) and support the HCAs training. This includes attending meetings pertaining to their speciality on behalf of their Team and disseminating information back via Team meetings.
• Undertake clinical audits to identify and improve patient safety and care.
• To undertake Patient satisfaction surveys. Respond
• Promote self-management of health needs and adopt a positive risk based care approach.
• Registered Nurses can deliver complex care, defined as patients with complex care needs with a combination of multiple chronic conditions, mental health issues, medication-related problems, and social vulnerability.

If you are a motivated nurse, passionate about delivering exceptional outpatient care and contributing to a supportive and progressive team whilst working in an integrated way with our partners in Health and Social Care, we would love to hear from you.

The Trust is required to work in line with the Government’s UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

To support compliance with UK immigration requirements, all applicants who require a visa to work in the UK must disclose their visa history in full. This includes current and previous sponsors, dates of sponsorship, visa category, and any changes of employment. If you are on a Graduate or Dependant Visa, please disclose the expiry date on your application. Incomplete information may mean we are unable to consider your application.