Bank Registered Nurse - Pre-assessment

Bank Registered Nurse | Harpenden | Flexible working | Competitive rates

Spire Harpenden Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join the bank team in the Pre-Operative Department.
Duties and responsibilities:
To provide exemplary planned care for patients and assist in the management and organisation of care provision in a variety of hospital settings

• Assess patients' health and wellbeing across a complex and changing caseload.
  
• Assist in the delivery of care to meet individuals' health and wellbeing needs
  
• Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information.
  
• Develop own knowledge and skills and that of others.
  
• Promotes best practice in health and safety and security.
  
• Assist in maintaining and developing services.
  
• Contribute to quality improvement.
  
• Promote people's equality, diversity and rights.
  
• Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) and understand own responsibility as agreed with line manager in the prevention and control of HCAI.
  Who we're looking for:
  
• Registered Nurse
  
• Working towards a post registration qualification in a clinical specialism
  
• Working in teams
  
• Work with minimum supervision
  
• Experience of applying clinical reasoning skills to a range of complex and varied patient case mixes
  
• Experience in a caring role
  
• Competence across a range of nursing skills supported by professional and clinical knowledge
  
• Possess the mandatory training requirements for role including infection control and health and safety competencies.
  
• Demonstrate principles of accountable practice
  
• English language to IELTS 7.0
  
• Possess Equipment and Medical Devices Competences
  
• Continuing professional development.
  
• Trained on MS Office and other relevant packages
  
• Root cause analysis
  Bank Benefits:
  
• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
  
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
  
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
  
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
  
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
  
• Smartspending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via 'Spire for You'
  
• Wellbeing Centre access via 'Spire for You'
  
• Free uniform
  
• Free DBS
  
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
  
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
  
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team
  Our Values:
  We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
  
• Driving clinical excellence
  
• Doing the right thing
  
• Caring is our passion.
  
• Keeping it simple
  
• Delivering on our promises
  
• Succeeding and celebrating together
  We commit to our employees' well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
  Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.
  Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
  Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people