Registered Nurse - Ward 7B

We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse - Ward 7A who share our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. Ward 7A is our new vascular surgery hub for the region, we cover East & North Herts, West Herts and Essex. We are a 29 bedded ward, compromising of 23 inpatient beds, 6 high level care beds (HDU), and an outpatient vascular hot clinic. You will work as part of the wider multidisciplinary team caring for patient pre- and post-surgery, rotating around our general ward as well as our 6 higher level care beds. The role requires working days/ nights/ weekdays/weekends and bank holidays. At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care needs of patients from admission (or before) to discharge, with the involvement of patients and their relatives/carers. To ensure a high standard of nursing care is always performed and assists in the review and regular update of these standard in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct and trust polices. Participate within a team of nurse and support workers in providing continuity of patient care, patients physical, social, and psychological needs are met. Participate in internal shift rotation to provide 24-hour patient care, this involves working days, nights, and weekends. Communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, nursing collages, the Multidisciplinary Team, and all other relevant personnel. Carry out clinical procedure and treatments in line with the patient's plan of care.

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now. We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

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