Registered Nurse FTC

• Discuss, agree and explain responsibilities for assessment of patients including their needs and risks if any.
• Explain role, responsibilities, accountability and scope of practice for the assessment of a group of patients.
• Promote patients' rights and wishes during the assessment, gain consent.
• Identify people's health needs through observation discussion and the use of technical assessment methods.
• Obtain information on patients' needs within the overall context of their personal and care requirements.
• Collect collate and organise data interpret all of the information and make a justifiable assessment, make this available to relevant others.
• Identify the implication of assessment against the programme of care.
• Transfer and apply skills and knowledge to new needs and issues.
• Identify and report any significant changes that might affect the individual's health and wellbeing to the appropriate person, if outside your scope of practice.

• Identify patient goals that are appropriate to their needs, wishes and circumstances.
• Develop plans of care that are appropriate to the patient that take into consideration the care pathway, risks and their wellbeing.
• Prepare appropriately for the different care interventions.
• Undertake evidence based practice in a safe manner within own scope of practice.
• Supports patients throughout encouraging them to promote their own health and wellbeing, while evaluating the effectiveness of the interventions. Improve the effectiveness of the care pathway to meet patients' needs.
• Respect patients' privacy, dignity, wishes and beliefs and minimise any necessary discomfort

• Provide and receive complex , sensitive or contentious information.

• Identify potential communication differences, relevant contextual factors and the risk of communicating or not communicating information at that time.
• Communicate information in a manner that is consistent with the level of culture, background, understanding using patients preferred method.
• Recognise and manage differences of opinion and the longer term importance of communication enabling a constructive outcome to be achieved.
• Proactively use a range of skills and styles of communication with others to improve long terms goals.
• Promote and model good practice consistent with legislation and Spire Healthcare policies.

• Complete the requirements of the Organisation's induction programme.
• Assess and identify current knowledge and skills to the demand of the job, reflect on current knowledge and skills and seek feedback from others.
• Prepare for and actively take part in Spire Healthcare's enabling excellence programme and set personal development objective.
• Take an active part in a variety of learning activities, making effective use of learning opportunities within and outside Spire Healthcare.
• Maintain personal development portfolio.
• Assist others to identify current level of knowledge and skills and their learning needs and practices.
• Support others to apply their knowledge and skills in practice.

• Promotes best practice in health and safety and security

• Undertake work activities and related training as defined in Spire Healthcare health and safety policies and procedures.
• Identify risks involved in work practices, manage those risks and help others to do the same.
• Maintain a safe working environment for self, colleagues, patients and others, monitor work areas and practices ensuring they are free from hazards and conform to health and safety legislation.
• Take the necessary action in relation to risks in the workplace,
• support others in maintaining health, safety and security.
• Act as a role model in promoting health, safety and security.

• Maintaining and developing services.

• Apply legislation, policies and procedures correctly to own work.
• Identify with others the risks and priorities for improving the service, making constructive suggestions for improvement
• Evaluate personal actions and review with others the outcomes and implications for the service.
• Agree with others how services need to develop, provide the appropriate support as service changes.
• Continually evaluate service to ensure continuous improvement and competitive advantage

• Understand job role and scope and identify how this can be developed over time.
• Prioritise own workload, in the most effective manner identifying and managing any risks to quality.
• Maintain continual professional development in quality improvement, make recommendations on how quality in own area of work can be improved.
• Raise quality concerns and related risks with the relevant people and re-evaluate to ensure improvements have been made.
• Lead others in understanding how their practice could change to improve quality and support them in doing so.
• Act as a role model and work within the parameters of Spire Healthcare principles, policies and procedures.

• Act as an exemplar for the rights of others, actively promote equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities.
• Plan care for vulnerable people and those who may lack capacity to make decisions for themselves; whilst ensuring the patient remains at the centre of decision making and is fully safeguarded.
• Treat everyone with respect and without discrimination, advocate on behalf of those whose rights have been compromised.
• Act in ways that are consistent with people's expressed beliefs and preferences, acknowledge the benefits of diversity and value people as individuals.
• Promote up to date information in ways that acknowledge the complexity of decisions that allows people to make decisions, support those that need assistance.

• Registered Nurse
• 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

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion.
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

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