Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse Job Reference: 241-72B-20-A Employer: Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Department: Respiratory Location: Bolton, Bolton Salary: £24,214 to £30,112 pa Bolton NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2008 and, in 2011, we became an integrated provider with community health services joining the trust. Covering a catchment area that also incorporates parts of Bury, Wigan and Salford, we deliver hospital and community based services from the Royal Bolton Hospital in Farnworth and from 20 health centres across Bolton, to a catchment population of 320,000 people. We have a CQC rating as good overall and we have some key areas of outstanding practice with an outstanding rating for being well led at every level. Buildings, names and models of care have changed over the centuries, but one thing has remained constant and is prevalent among our 5,900 staff members: the enduring commitment to providing the best health and care for the people of Bolton. Acute Adult Care Division Respiratory Ward Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients. Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice. The Acute Adult Care Division is one of four Clinical Divisions in the Trust that includes Emergency Care, Complex Care and Specialist Medicine. The Division contains the busiest single site Emergency Department in Greater Manchester and has inpatient wards providing acute medicine, rehabilitation and specialist medicine services. It provides a range of specialist out-patient and community services and is committed to providing excellent clinical performance and patient care. There are exciting opportunities (Full and Part Time) to join our highly motivated, dynamic and hardworking team within Respiratory Medicine. If you want to develop your nursing skills in this specialty and are a team player then this could be the job for you. D3 and D4 are 27 bedded Respiratory wards, one being male and the other female,which are part of the respiratory unit within the Trust. The wards provide acute respiratory medical care for patients with a wide variety of respiratory conditions with acute and chronic lung disease. We also have a four bedded enhanced care units on the wards offering level one ward level care to patients who require non-invasive ventilation for type 2 respiratory conditions which incorporates the use of high tech equipment for the monitoring of acutely unwell patients. Once stabilised, the patients would then be transferred on to the main respiratory ward where their care would be continued. This enables our nurses to learn advanced respiratory skills, and become competent in managing patients’ requiring non-invasive ventilation, blood gas interpretation, tracheostomy, cough assist and chest drain patients. You will also gain skills in managing complex general medical patients who often have complex nursing, behavioural and social needs. As a newly qualified or experienced nurse, we can offer you training packages to suit your needs and your specific learning style. We offer an extensive respiratory competency package for all trained nurses which supports you in being competent with specialised areas such as tracheostomy and laryngectomy management, chest drain care and none invasive ventilation management. We have a team dedicated to new and existing staff that will support your learning and facilitate competency assessments to ensure that you are highly trained within respiratory medicine. There are also rotational opportunities within the specialities to gain a wider breadth of experience in managing acutely unwell and complex patients. We are therefore looking to recruit motivated, hardworking nurses who have excellent communication skills & a passion for their role and improving patient care. When working clinically we expect you to perform with passion and drive, provide clinically excellent care, and be supportive to patients, relatives, and other MDT members. As a registered nurse you will be expected to promote and lead the delivery of an excellent standard of patient centred care in a supported environment. The aims of this Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff have joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed. The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment. We aim to be consciously inclusive and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed. We would particularly encourage candidates from a black and minority ethnic (BAME) background and candidates with health conditions or impairments. From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89939492