Bank Registered Nurse - COVID-19 in Reading

Bank Registered Nurse

Employer: NHS Professionals - Flexible Workers

Location: The Berkshire Healthcare Trust

Salary: £16.13 - £25.80 per hour

Job Title and Grade:Registered Nurse

Trust/ Location: Berkshire Health Foundation Trust

Covering: West Berkshire Community Hospital

Pay Rates:Day £16.13 ph,Saturday/Night£20.97 ph,Sunday/Bank Holiday£25.80 ph.

Flexible shifts including Late and early shifts, long day, and night shifts

West Berkshire Community Hospital is situated in the historic market townof Thatchamin the county ofBerkshire. This is 3 miles east of Newbury,14 miles west of Reading with close access to M4 Junction 13 located 3 miles north of the town.

Our Vision:

Our Trust’s vision is ‘to be recognised as the leading community and mental health service provider by our staff, patients, and partners.

Responsibilities:

• To promote and maintain a high standard of individualised care by actively contributing to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of care, ensuring that care plans are used effectively, adhered to, and updated as the patient’s condition dictates.
• To maintain a safe, welcoming environment for patients, relatives, visitors, and staff.
• To achieve competency and work within competency framework.
• To demonstrate clinical decision-making skills, displaying evidence-based practice.
• To deliver patient care using a variety of clinical skills in line with competency framework.
• To adhere to medicine management policy, patient group directives and other relevant procedures and guidelines to ensure the safe preparation and administration of medicines.
• To ensure that patient safety is maintained and that risk management systems are utilised correctly.
• To ensure safe and correct use of equipment.
• To establish working relationships with other professionals, Voluntary agencies, and Stakeholders.
• To be actively involved in promoting self-care for patients and building health promotion into care as appropriate.

Essential Skills:

• Ability to listen and communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to cope under pressure.

Experience required:

• A minimum 6 months paid experience at Band 5 Registered Nurse.

In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits:

• Build holiday allowance for every shift you work.
• Book and manage your shifts on the go– Access shifts anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone.
• Support when you need it – 24/7 365 days –Call us anytime on 03332407552.

Please note:

From 1 April 2022 it will become a legal requirement for health and social care staff who have direct, face-to-face contact with patients/service users to provide evidence of a complete course of an authorised COVID-19 vaccine unless they are exempt.

This requirement also extends to non-clinical staff not directly involved in patient/service user care, but who may have direct, face-to-face contact with patients/service users in the course of their work.

Applicants who fall within the scope of the legal requirements will be asked to evidence their vaccination status, or valid exemption, as part of the recruitment process.

NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.

Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts do not have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 130,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades, and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.

To Apply

Register today for various flexible shifts and long-term placement opportunities.

For more information on the roles or details on how to join NHS Professionals, call 0333 0143679 or email berkshirehealthcare@nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk