Staff Nurse - Pulteney Ward

We are looking for both newly qualified and experienced surgical nurses to join our hardworking team. Pulteney Ward is a busy surgical ward taking patients out of ITU. The ward has complex surgical patients both post operative and post ITU. We also specialise in head and neck surgery and the care of patients requiring tracheostomy.

Care of the patient with complex airway's can be an exciting nursing role this is supported by our ward education facilitator along with ITU outreach.
If you enjoy the complex patient with multiple ongoing clinical requirements this is the ward for you, We work closely with our deteriorating patient team to ensure our patients get the best clinical outcomes. We work closely with the multi-disciplinary teams and they have a lot of input with our patients.

If you are a team player, possess sound clinical knowledge and skills we would like to hear from you.

If you are newly qualified our preceptorship support and education facilitator can support you in your professional journey.

Please come and look around our ward and speak with the staff you will not be disappointed. All you need to be successful is a friendly personality, motivation and drive to give the best care to our patients and their families.

We can offer you ongoing professional development and inclusion in our exciting Bath Improvement programme where your voice can be heard & your ideas implemented.

1. Acting as a Named Nurse, to maintain accountability for assessing, planning,
implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the framework of team nursing.
2. To co-ordinate the patients’ discharge arrangements in accordance with RUH Discharge
Policy.
3. To promote a patient focused approach to care in collaboration with all relevant health
professionals.
4. To educate patients and their carers as required where a need has been identified.
5. To provide information which enables patients to make choices about adopting a more
healthy lifestyle.
6. To complete patient documentation correctly.
7. To maintain a safe ward/department environment.
8. To assist in establishing and monitoring protocols/care pathways.
9. To participate in the promotion and maintenance of effective communication.
10.To ensure patient confidentiality.

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more aboutliving and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about ourextensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future withthe landmark Dyson Cancer Centreand ourpassion for research.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information about this role.

Due to the nature of this role, we require candidates who apply to have current right to work in the UK. We value and encourage all international applications to please apply to work with our trust to do so via our international nursing campaign. Please follow the link below. You can get in touch at https://www.medacs.com