Staff Nurse - OPAU

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full or part time contracted RGN to come and join our team on the Older Persons Assessment Unit (OPAU).

The unit consists of 28 beds and a day case clinic Monday- Friday for the older person  to be rapid assessed (OPRA) to prevent unnecessary  hospital admissions.

The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, kind, compassionate and reliable. We pride ourselves in delivering high quality, safe care of all of our patients.

Main duties of the job

As OPAU is an assessment unit we do have a high number of discharges/admissions as our aim is to discharge patients efficiently and safely.

Applicants must possess great interpersonal skills and be confident in working alongside all members of the multi disciplinary team.

We have an excellent preceptorship program and are happy to support applications from newly qualified nurses.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description for further information about the Staff Nurse position available with WUTH.