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Staff Nurse - North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

Full Time

The North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre (NWRSIC) based at Southport District General Hospital is looking to recruit Registered Nurses to join an award winning, multi-professional team. If you are a forward-thinking, dynamic,  & enthusiastic nurse who is interested in developing a career with patients requiring global rehabilitation following spinal cord injury,  the NWRSIC could be the place for you.

Your role will involve providing an holistic approach to delivering goal-centred & outcome focused care & enablement for patients with a variety of abilities due to spinal cord lesion. There will be opportunity to develop skills in caring for patients requiring respiratory support & intervention, as well as helping patients achieve their rehabilitation goals.

Working pattern: based on a 12 hour rotational shift pattern throughout the 7-day period including day & night duty. There will also be an opportunity to work shorter shifts to ensure an even balance across the roster whilst facilitating patient care.

Part-time hours will also be considered as the Trust supports flexible working patterns and work / life balance.

Main duties of the job

• To assist in the setting & monitoring of standards of nursing care within the department.
• To encourage the participation of the patient’s carer(s) in the assessment of care needs.
• To encourage the involvement of the patient in the management & evaluation of care.
• To advocate patient involvement so that care can be reflected as individualised.
• To initiate & participate in the promotion of health education.
• To liaise with all disciplines involved with direct care so that all facets of patient care are assessed, planned, implemented & evaluated.
• To maintain effective communication, keeping the person in charge that has continuing responsibility informed of changes affecting patients & staff.
• To ensure that patient care is delivered as & when required, within the Scope of Professional Practice & Code of Professional Conduct.

Working for our organisation

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

From 1^st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:

• CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
• ​​​​​​SAFETY that is of the highest standards
• COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
• SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
• PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:

• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme