Senior Staff Nurse – General Medical Ward

Sanctuary Personnel

Job Title: Senior Staff Nurse
Location: Jersey
Type: Permanent
Salary: £52,905.57 – £59,717.35 per annum

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000+ reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Senior Staff Nurse to work in Jersey on a full-time basis.

Imagine building a fulfilling career in a place where your work truly matters. On the beautiful island of Jersey, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real impact, with a diverse range of challenges that will inspire you to grow both personally and professionally. In this close-knit community, your contributions are valued, and you’ll see the results of your efforts every day. With a welcoming environment that encourages innovation and offers plenty of support, Jersey is the perfect place to take your career to the next level while enjoying the unique lifestyle that island life has to offer.

Main duties:

  • Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of the guidelines of the NMC Code and apply these to maintain trust and credibility with patients, carers, and colleagues.
  • Complies with all legislative, HCS policy, procedures and professional practices are in line with professional codes and statutory responsibilities. Ensures confidentiality is adhered to in accordance with professional codes of practice and will abide by the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.
  • Participates in process of appraisal alongside appraisee. Keeps fully up to date with developments within own professional discipline and maintain an awareness of developments in clinical and nursing practice and shares clinical knowledge and experience.
  • Co-ordinates the care for specified individual patients or patient groups by consistently compiling care plans which meet identified treatment goals resulting in high quality patient care. Maintains contemporaneous nursing records of care delivered via digital and non-digital systems.
  • Follows Health and Safety policy and procedures within the clinical environment including COSHH, fire and safe handling. May be required to participate in the audit process within the clinical area.
  • Participates in the budget management of the area by using resources wisely which in turn leads to a “value for money” culture. When required, maintains the E-Roster ensuring that there is effective and safe staffing for the department, which may include redeployment of staff through the organisation.
  • Facilitates and supports the patient journey through the organisation including timely discharge. Establishes good communication with all disciplines and agencies who are involved in the patients care. Where required, will liaise with community providers surrounding patients care always including the patient/family/carer.
  • Works alongside the multidisciplinary team daily.
  • Reports and escalates concerns regarding risks. Ensures all appropriate safeguards are in place, always advocating for the patient. Liaises with appropriate agencies when there are safeguarding concerns regarding actual/potential risks to patients and/or their dependents.
  • Ensures that Significant Restriction of Liberty (SRoL) are followed in line with legislation. Promotes a culture of openness and transparency within the department, enabling staff to feel safe to speak up to advocate for patient’s needs.

Requirements of the Senior Staff Nurse:

  • 1st Level Registered Nurse with NMC Registration
  • Basic life support
  • Evidence of supervisor preparation study day
  • DipHE Degree level study in nursing/midwifery or equivalent area.
  • Immediate life support
  • Personal portfolio demonstrates up to date knowledge of clinical, managerial and educational aspects of contemporary nursing practice, in line with NMC revalidation standards.
  • Knowledge and understanding of clinical and human factors in the delivery of safe healthcare practice.
  • Knowledge of the Governance and Risk required to underpin the delivery of safe patient care.

Contact:

This Senior Staff Nurse job is advertised by Craig Osborne; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.