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Staff Nurse - Gynaecology

Employer
HCA Healthcare UK
Location
London (Central)
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
9 Dec 2020

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About the Facility

HCA Healthcare UK – The World’s largest private hospital group; providing award winning acute and complex care.

The Portland Hospital is the only private hospital in the UK dedicated to the healthcare of women and children. We're the UK's largest private children's hospital with over 46 paediatric beds including a 10-bed intensive care unit, a neonatal intensive care unit, and a day case unit. Caring for over 40,000 children a year, we provide treatment for everything from general paediatric conditions to complex craniofacial reconstruction. We have over 175 paediatric consultants available to treat children from new-born up to the age of 18.

As the only fully private maternity hospital in the UK, delivering over 1,600 babies a year, we place great importance on providing safe and high quality care for expectant mothers. Both consultant-led and midwife-led maternity care is available, and our aim is to provide you with all the support you need during pregnancy, childbirth and beyond. Women’s health issues are treated by a team of 40 consultants, supported by nurses, physiotherapists and counsellors, with an emphasis on privacy and dignity.

Job Description:

As the Staff Nurse within our gynae inpatient ward, you will assess plan, deliver and evaluate highest standards of nursing for all patients between High Dependency and Surgical Ward working within a team of staff enabling the provision of a high quality woman centred surgical service.

This is a full time 37.5 hours per week role, shift times covering between 7am – 8pm.

The salary range is £32,000 - £35,855 per annum, dependent on experience.

Please note we will close this role early if suitable number of applications are received

Reward & recognition – We reward your commitment in delivering the highest standard of care with generous and competitive benefits such as our contribution pension scheme, private medical insurance, annual salary review, 247.5hrs holiday each year; with the option to buy and sell. We invest in your career development with clear career pathways and access to further education. We can also offer you support with relocation if you are living outside of London or the UK; subject to terms and conditions.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • To act as a role model, assisting colleagues to develop their knowledge and skills in order to benefit the treatment and care of patients in both a High Dependency and ward setting within the Hospital
  • To  assess  patient care requirements, deliver planned nursing care in agreement with the patient or the main carer as appropriate, demonstrate effective evaluation of nursing interventions and initiate newly planned care accordingly, ensuring patient advocacy is maintained at all times
  • Demonstrate a high standard of nursing practice within the physical assessment of a patient
  • Work with junior staff / health care assistant / students and delegate and supervise care in a fair and equitable manner
  • Recognise the signs and symptoms of a deteriorating patient and initiate early interventions in a calm and co-ordinated manner. Provide support in emergency situations and carry out evaluation of care post emergency care situations
  • Provide support to other clinical areas/ departments with regards the needs of the critically ill patient/ acting as resource for ward areas if appropriate
  • Take responsibility for ensuring own nursing practice reflects evidence-based practice and have an up to date knowledge of the current protocols, guidelines and policies in place within women’s services
  • Ensure that appropriate nursing procedures are implemented in accordance to HCA nursing policies and competency frameworks, NMC and National Guidelines

Skills and Experience

  • Registered General Nurse- with previous experience current NMC PIN
  • Previous experience within the Gynaecology environment
  • Degree or Diploma in Nursing
  • Good knowledge of woman’s health, inclusive of Gynaecological inpatients procedures is essential
  • Evidence of any Gynaecological training courses
  • Phlebotomy and Cannulation training desirable

About The Individual

At HCA UK we recognise and value everyone as unique and individual; treat people with kindness and compassion; act with absolute honesty, integrity, and fairness and trust and treat one another as valued members of the HCA UK family. As someone looking to join our family, you will demonstrate these key values.

You will also actively participate as a member of a team to move the team towards completion of tasks, goals, and objectives; demonstrate leadership and influence others to be the best they can be and inspire our colleagues and patients; and deliver information in a clear, concise, and compelling manner to effectively engage others and achieve desired results.

If you wish to find out more about this opportunity, please apply for this role and a member of the team will be in contact shortly.

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Company

HCA Healthcare Over 50 years of creating a healthier tomorrow.   

Today HCA is the largest private healthcare provider in the world, and the largest provider of privately funded healthcare in the U.K. A world-class network of over 30 facilities in London, Manchester, Wilmslow, Glasgow and Prestatyn, with its latest venture opening in Birmingham in 2024.  Uniquely we also partner with the NHS to provide care within large NHS teaching hospitals. No other U.K. provider can match our global scale, breadth and depth of knowledge and expertise. We treat 27 million people each year across our global network, and many of our hospitals are rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC. Covering virtually all aspects of medicine from prevention and diagnosis through to treatment and aftercare in both our Primary and Secondary Care Divisions. Cardiac and Cancer Care, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation, Urgent Care, GP and Health screening to Obstetrics, IVF and Maternity care, to name a few.   

We can promise by joining the HCA family, you will learn from experts in every department, and your opportunities will be endless. You will be empowered to achieve more in your career and will be provided with outstanding rewards and development support to match the level of care we are famed for.  

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