Staff Nurse - Outpatients - WBCH

Job description
Staff Nurse - Outpatients - West Berkshire Community Hospital - Internal only

Previous candidates no need to apply.

PLEASE NOTE THIS VACANCY IS FOR THE OUTPATIENTS DEPARTMENT BASED IN THATCHAM AT THE WEST BERKSHIRE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL.

Do you want to make a real difference to patient care?

Responsibilities

The post-holder is responsible for undertaking comprehensive nursing in the Outpatient setting planning, delivering and evaluating high standards of evidenced based nursing care to a diverse group of patients. The post holder is:
• expected to deliver care without direct supervision. Is accountable for the care delivered and any omissions of care.
• expected to teach and supervise more junior staff, students and the non- registered nursing workforce.
• accountable for care or any omissions of care that he/she delegates to others.
• expected to act as role model, delivering care with empathy and compassion as part of a multidisciplinary team.

We are one of the largest hospital foundation trusts in the country, and currently touch the lives of half a million patients in the west of Berkshire every year by providing high quality acute medical and surgical services for our local communities.

Our Values
• Compassionate
• Aspirational
• Resourceful
• Excellent

The town of Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as good.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kerry Scudder Job title: Senior Sister/ Manager Email address: kerry.scudder@royalberkshire.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01635273452

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