Newly Qualified Nurses

If you are newly qualified Nurse you will step into our 12 month preceptorship programme. This is designed specifically to support your transition from student to registrant.

Experienced Nurses

If you are an experienced Nurse you will benefit from meaningful development opportunities as part of your appraisal discussion. These opportunities will be bespoke and tailored to you as an individual. Examples of development include but are not limited to: attendance at workshops, shadowing, rotation programmes, internal transfer, clinical supervision, career conversations and much more!

The Trust understands that Nurses have busy lives outside of work and we are very happy to discuss flexible working arrangements with you.

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• In process of getting NMC

Desirable criteria

• Current registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Experience during placements and in clinical setting

Skills and Ability

Essential criteria

• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written

To support the team in the delivery of the service, this includes:

• High standards of Professional Practice to ensure quality and safety of patient care, experience and the patient journey
• Developing own clinical practice, knowledge, skills and experience.
• Acting as a good role model
• Supporting the team in ensuring that clinical services are delivered to a high quality of care and that all compliance requirements such as CQC and contractual requirements are achieved.
• To undertake the comprehensive assessment of patients using investigative and analytical skills where factors may be conflicting, requiring analysis and interpretation skills and the comparison of a range of options to achieve effective treatment or discharge planning check
• To develop clinically reasoned treatment, action and discharge plans and to undertake and evaluate treatment

CUSTOMER CARE FOR PATIENTS AND/OR SERVICE USERS

Professional Practice

• To adhere to Code of Conduct/Professional Standards of your Profession e.g. NMC or HPC
• As a clinician to embrace and implement the vision and values of HHFT.
• To be responsible for contributing to the creation and maintenance of a clinical environment in which care and compassion is consistently demonstrated, ensuring patient centred care, privacy and dignity is practiced at all times.
• To adhere to the trust and local Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy at all times
• To support the team to ensure and maintaining a high quality seven day, twenty-four hour service
• for all aspects of their work and the staff in their area /department.
• To maintain, develop and record your own continuing professional development, including booking and attending all statutory, mandatory and Trust or speciality specific training
• To demonstrate the required behaviour in keeping with the Trust values.

Clinical practice

Freedom to Act:

• To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable as a practitioner for all aspects of the practitioner’s own professional activities.
• To deputise for the team leaders to achieve the effective daily management of the ward/department including responding to urgent requests, prioritising clinical work and balancing other patient related and professional activities in accordance with trust standards