Newly Registered Child Nurse Recruitment 2025 (Northern Services)
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Are you qualifying in 2025 and passionate about patient care?
Join our nurturing and supportive team, where you'll find everything you need to thrive in your career. We offer exceptional preceptorship programmes, clinical supervision, mentoring, and specialist skill development. You'll have access to funded training opportunities, and the option of rotations to broaden your skills and experience.
Be part of an innovative NHS trust that truly values and cares for its team. Plus, enjoy a great work-life balance surrounded by Devon's stunning coastlines, breathtaking National Parks, and lively cities.
Come and meet us in person at our Newly Registered Nurse open day on Saturday 18th January 2025 at the North Devon District Hospital, Raleigh Heights, Barnstaple, EX31 4JB. You will be able to chat to our Nursing and learning teams to find out more about our preceptorship programme and what it is like to work with us. We will be holding interviews and making offers on the day, and we try our best to accommodate ward/specialty preferences.
Please note that this advert is for our Child nursing vacancies based in our Northern Devon services.
Main duties of the job
As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.
About us
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).
Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people's own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It's never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
Job responsibilities
Every day you will make a huge difference to the lives of the people we care for, delivering a high standard of care alongside your colleagues.
As an acute teaching trust providing specialist, community, and regional services, we can offer plenty of scope and opportunities for an exciting and varied career.
Our teams are caring, compassionate, and inclusive, so whatever your background, you will be made to feel very welcome.
Your first year as a Registered Nurse
It's important to us for you to enjoy your first Nursing role. We know that it can feel a little daunting starting your Nursing career and that's why we've developed an outstanding preceptorship programme to help get you settled and guide you through the first year.
You'll be supported with a mentor, an induction, and supernumerary period, plus have access to professional Nurse Advocates, specially trained to provide support in clinical practice.
Career development and progression
Once you've found your feet, it's only natural to start looking at progression and development opportunities. We'll help you to grow your skills and we'll invest in your training and development, providing CPD, paid study leave, and funding for specialist qualifications.
If there is an area that you're keen to learn more about, we'll support rotational placements across most areas or help you to develop specialist skills to progress your career.
Find out for yourself why we are regularly voted as one of the best NHS trusts to work for - visit our website: https://royaldevon.nhs.uk/join-us
Working Pattern: Part-time and full-time
Interview Date: Saturday 18th January 2025 at North Devon District Hospital, Raleigh Heights, Barnstaple, EX31 4JB.
For further information please contact: Stephanie Hunter, Resourcing Manager on rduh.careers@nhs.net.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you're starting out in the NHS, you'll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.
You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers.
You will also have access to other benefits including:
* National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
* Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter.
* Car lease schemes.
* The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
* Cycle to work scheme.
If the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
Person Specification
General Requirements
* See job description text above, and (where applicable) you can download a copy of the full job description.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
185-214-8973
Job locations
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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