An Opportunity to Appoint Nurses

An opportunity has arisen to appoint enthusiastic, highly motivated, and proactive nurses on the redesigned Priority Assessment Unit and Discharge Unit at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

This can be a permanent position or a secondment opportunity for 6-12 months.

About the Role

We are looking for dynamic nurses to work in the unit and be involved with the evolution of the Unit. You must be highly motivated, with a desire to build and enhance a proactive team, as a developing unit the role will expand as the service dictates.

This new unit will provide care for 2 groups of patients:

• Patients from the Emergency Department awaiting specialist Intervention from Medical / Surgical / Orthopaedic / Gynae team
• Patients who have been medically discharged from hospital care and required their discharge facilitating

Shift patterns 7am - 8pm / 8am - 8pm, this is a 7 day service.

Responsibilities

As a Clinical Support Worker You Will

• Work in support of and under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN), providing nursing care and assistance to patients within defined parameters specified by the Registered Nurse.
• Provide care to the patients within both areas.
• Link in with wards to ensure an early move to the discharge lounge including liaising with discharge teams + REACT.
• Have the ability to work flexibly and have the confidence to go into all areas to facilitate the moving of patients suitable for the discharge lounge.
• Provide basic patient care and document that care in the patient records.
• Ensure patients are cared for with compassion and ensure patients dignity is maintained at all times.
• Be able to work as an effective team member and demonstrate effective communication skills.
• Be able to deliver high quality patient focused care and be motivated and dedicated to improving your own clinical practice.