The Staffordshire County Hospital Frailty Assessment Unit (FAU) is a bespoke 6 bedded frailty assessment unit going through an exciting period of positive development and change at the moment. We welcome motivated, enthusiastic and innovative Nurses to join our team.
We have a multidisciplinary workforce model focused on providing safe and effective patient care, leadership and development of the nursing team. You will be offered a period of supernumerary duty as well as training from a dedicated team and support and guidance through your initial period.
Full and part time hours are available; you will be required to work an internal rotation pattern covering a 7 day 8am-8.30pm service.
In this post you will be responsible for providing on going care of patients presenting with frailty syndromes and providing a safe, person-centred and efficient care pathway within the Frailty Assessment Unit.
We are committed to developing a culture in line with our values that improves quality and enhances the patient experience, and you will play a vital part in developing new ways of working to achieve this goal.
Candidates ether need to be on the NMC register as an Adult or Mental Health Nurse or be due to qualify by October 2025. It is essential that applicants have spent time in an acute hospital and must be flexible to the demands of the service and be able to work within a multidisciplinary team within a large, busy and evolving department. Excellent communication skills are essential for this post.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people, and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research.
The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 13,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.
We are a specialist Major Trauma Centre for the North Midlands and North Wales. Happy staff make for happy patients, and with the help of both we have put together a wide range of development and support packages aimed at ensuring that everyone at the Trust can fulfil their potential and meet their aspirations as well as the tools to provide great care.
Our mission to provide the very best health care includes recruiting the best people. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.
The Trust also has a vibrant charity arm, UHNM Charity, which provides funds to enable University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust to purchase state-of-the-art medical equipment and to enhance and improve patient experience and comfort.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Allison Horne Job title: Matron Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 01782 715444
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Alternatively, please call the Hospital Switchboard and ask for extension 2776
