Job Opportunities
Nurse Practitioner
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Location: Milton Park Hospital - Wyboston, Bedfordshire
| Job title |
Nurse Practitioner |
| Introduction |
1. To co-ordinate and provide the care and treatment of an identified group of patients without direct supervision.
2. To assist in the management and organisation of work as required.
3. Take responsibility for the development of practice and the delivery of evidence based practice, ensuring that it supports and reflects service user needs, Brookdale Care objectives and professional guidance.
4. Contribute to the development of high quality in-patient services in a changing health care environment. |
| Department |
Unit Manager |
| Responsible to |
Clinical Manager |
| Hours |
37.5 hours per week, including weekends. Shift work on a rota basis day and night shifts. |
| Salary |
Rising to £15.12 per Hour. |
| Required experience |
Please see job description attached. |
| Key responsibilities |
• Communication and Relationship skills.
• Use a range of communication skills to ensure patients receive required treatment for well being.
• Provide effective means of communication with staff.
• Communicate sensitive information to patients and/or relatives and carers concerning the physical and/or psychological condition of the patient.
• Attend meetings and forums, representing the hospital at various levels as required.
• To act as a positive role model to staff. Through ensuring that all clinical and other information is gathered, stored and passed on to relevant hospital service/personnel. In addition ensure that all written and electronically stored information is accessible only to authorised personnel and is stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
• Ensuring the development of nursing practice systems for effective communication with all patients, carers, visitors, staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
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| Training & career progression opportunities |
• Understanding of the need for setting, monitoring and evaluation of overall standards of care and practice on the hospital, in consultation with the staff and Multi-disciplinary team.
• Ensuring that awareness of the standards of professional behaviour expected on the hospital by Brookdale Care.
• Undertake a review of care on an on-going basis in line with Brookdale's clinical governance plan or in response to a local issue.
• Ensuring compliance with the systems in place, which invite patients and their carers to comment on the quality of services they receive.
• Applied understanding of clinical audit, ensuring an ongoing review of care is undertaken.
• Ability to demonstrate applied understanding of clinical risk assessment and management.
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| Testimonials |
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| Location(s) |
Milton Park Independent Hospital - Wyboston, Bedfordshire |
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| Respond to |
Laura Gillespie |
| Contact info |
01707 385495 |
| Closing date |
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