1. King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Senior Nurse, Recruitment, Retention & Temporary Staffing

2. Today Documentation verification Hospital information
Selection information
Group Exercise
Drug Assessment
Questions- keep them until the end

3. King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Multi Site Trust
One of Britain's largest & busiest teaching hospitals
Biggest & busiest trauma centre in the UK
Centre of excellence for Cardiac & Stroke
New Variety Club Children’s hospital
World famous in foetal medicine and treatments
Internationally renowned for treatment of liver diseases & organ transplantation, Neurosciences, cardiac and heamatology services
Pioneers in medical research

4. Denmark Hill
Queen Mary’s Sidcup
Orpington
PRUH 4

5. Princess Royal University Hospital
529 beds in the Trust
Employing 3,500 staff
1400 Nurses & Midwives
14 Operating Theatres
Hospital serves catchment area of over 700,000 people
74,265 patients treated by A&E annually
4,753 babies have been born at King’s this year.

6. Orpington Hospital Quebec Ward and Boddington Ward
take all elective orthopaedics
from major joint replacements to
minor day surgery cases 6

7. Our Vision Achieving excellence in patient care
To support the overall development of South East London
To demonstrate a real partnership between patients and their careers
Enhance our reputation as a world class centre of clinical and academic excellence
To be recognized as a good employer with high quality staff who are well supported

8. Delivering our Values
Working together and taking responsibility for what we do
Encouraging professionalism, courtesy and respect
Valuing responsiveness, creativity and flexibility
Encouraging new ideas
Sharing best practice

9. Behavioural Standards
You appreciate each person as a unique Individual
Lister and then act based on what we learn
Open an talk to one another
You consider how your actions effect others
Always put patients first
Reassure patients with calm and confident care
Protects your patients from harm
You do the right thing for your patients even when it is difficult
You value each other
Share information
Support each other
You get thing’s done with your can do spirit

10. Nursing Role Named Nurse module
Care planning from admission to safe discharge
Undertaking observations- e.g. B/P, Pulse, Temperature
Risk assessments and other documentation
Wound dressings
Drug administration
Working with multidisciplinary team members: social workers, Physio, Dr’s
Talking & reassuring patients and relatives
Provide hygiene needs to patients- e.g. bed baths, showering
Dressing & Feeding patients
Making beds & Cleaning equipment & Manual Handleing
Ordering & Stocking equipment
Disposing of bodily fluids e.g. vomit, urine and faeces
Transferring & escorting patients
To maintain own personal development

11. Opportunities today General Medicine Surgery Liver Services
Neurosciences/Stroke
Theatres (experienced)
Critical Care/ HDU (experienced)

12. Princess Royal University Hospital & Orpington Hospital

13. King’s College Hospital
An Introduction to
King’s College Hospital
Surgery Department 13

14. Surgical Division
General surgical, orthopaedic and urology experience is a must
You will have the opportunity to develop your skills working with your allocated mentor and supported by senior staff
There are opportunities to undertake specialist courses in pain management, orthopaedics, urology and stoma care
In-hospital study days
Courses with King’s College London
Learning Zone for independent study
3-4 shifts of 11.5 hours per week 14

15. Surgical Wards Surgical 3
20 bed elective general surgical ward taking a wide range of specialities from colorectal, urology, endocrine and orthopaedics.
Surgical 4
14 bed Acute Surgical Admissions Unit (ASU) taking all surgical admissions from the Emergency Department. Patient on this ward stay for a maximum for 24 hours before transfer to one of the other surgical wards or are discharged.
Surgical 5
28 Bed general surgical ward taking acutely unwell surgical patients with mainly colorectal problems. Also takes step down patients from ITU and patients with tracheostomies, very busy acute ward.
Surgical 6
20 bed urology ward taking patients form the ASU, some ED and clinic patients.
Surgical 7
28 bed orthopaedic trauma ward taking patient with a wide range of injuries following slips trips and fall or road traffic accidents.
Quebec Ward
(19 beds) and Bodington ward (28 beds) take all elective orthopaedics from major joint replacements to minor day surgery cases 15

16. King’s College Hospital
An Introduction to
King’s College Hospital
Neuro Department 16

17. The Neuroscience Nursing Team
The Kings College Hospital Neurosciences Service covers a population of over
3 million, both from the local area and the south east of England
If you are successful at interview, we will endeavour to place you in area that matches your previous experience but you are being interviewed for the neuroscience unit as a whole and may be placed in another ward.

18. Neurosciences Wards (KCH and PRUH sites)
FSU is a 29 bedded ward, with 17 stroke rehab beds and 12 hyper acute stroke beds
Frank Cooksey  neuro rehabilitation unit is currently based in Lewisham hospital
The Princess Royal University Hospital stroke unit is on Medical 5 ward and has a hyper acute stroke unit and a stroke unit and has a total of 40 beds
The step down ward planned for Orpington Hospital is 20 beds and will be for patients who have had elective neurosurgery and need a period of a few weeks rehabilitation.It is planned to open in the next couple of months.

19. King’s College Hospital
An Introduction to
King’s College Hospital
Medicine Department 19

20. Medical Wards – PRUH M1 – 12 Beds, General/Respiratory
M2 – 20 Beds, Respiratory
M3 – 20 Beds, Elderly Care
M4 – 20 Beds, Respiratory
M6 – 20 Beds, Gastroenterology
M7 – 20 Beds, Short Stay Elderly Care
M9 – 28 Beds, Acute Medical Unit
EAU - 28 Beds, Acute Medical Unit
S1 – 20 Beds, Elderly Care (Dementia Focus)
S2 – 20 Beds, Elderly Care (Dementia Focus)
Farnborough – 25 Beds, General Medicine & Endocrinology
PIU – 14 Beds, General Medicine (Escalation Ward)
Each Medical Matron is responsible for approx 60 beds (across 2-3 wards)
Nursing Skill Mix Review
Patient to Nurse Ratio - Not to exceed 8:1
Lower ratios for acute and specialist areas (ranging from 4:1 – 6:1) 20

21. King’s College Hospital
An Introduction to
King’s College Hospital
Liver Department 21

22. Liver Wards
There are 4 wards in the division which caters to the Liver specialty
Largest Liver Transplant service in Europe
Only 18 dedicated Liver Intensive Care unit
Todd Ward
Liver Transplant Surgery, 20 bedded
Howard Ward
Hepatology/Medical liver Ward, 20 bedded
Dawson Ward
Hepatobilary/ Surgical liver Ward, 21 bedded 22

23. What’s in it for you?

24. What we can offer... Community Induction Corporate Induction
Local Clinical Induction
EU transition Programme
Preceptorship Programme
Structured Career Pathway
Flexibility

25. Future Opportunities Preceptorship Programme
Formal, Centralised Programme
Dedicated preceptorship lead
Dedicated study days
Monthly networking forums
Supportive clinical buddy
Celebratory ceremony

26. Programme Outline Preceptorship Professional Development
Omplement codes of professional values
Personal & professional reflection
Career progression
Managing Stress
Contributing to change
Self Awareness
Independent Clinical Professional:
- Managing a deteriorating patient
- Physiological assessment of a patient
- Accountability
- Documentation
- Drug & IV Competency
- Infection Control
- Managing Risk
Working & Supporting others
- Team Work
- Working within the MDT
- Working with external agencies
- Introduction to mentorship, role modelling
- Delegation
- Assertion
- Shift Co-ordination
Patient Centred Service
- Communication
- Managing patient & relative requests
- Conflict Resolution
- Problem Solving
- Advocacy
- Health Promotion
Preceptorship

27. Other Staffing Benefits
Nurse of the year
Ward of the Month
National Nurses Day
Nursing Christmas Party
Kings free cyber cafes
Childcare
Accommodation
Local Discounts
Annual Staff Ball
Interest free cycle loans
Interest free season tickets loans
King’s Conferences
King’s Development award
Career Surgeries

29. King’s Mission Statement
‘Achieving Excellence in Patient Care’
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