Site: Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Town: Aylesbury
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum (pro rata for part time)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/02/2025 23:59
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
* Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics.
* Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services.
* Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke, and cardiac services.
* Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals, and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures, and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact bht.recruitment@nhs.net or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work on a 27 bedded multi-speciality Emergency Surgical Ward at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
We are looking to recruit a keen, enthusiastic, highly motivated, and dynamic individual to deliver and drive high standards of safe patient care.
We have excellent opportunities for you to expand your clinical skills and be part of our friendly, supportive, proactive team.
In-house specialist training is provided, and we actively promote professional development and strive to offer a learning environment where staff feel empowered to enhance their knowledge and skills.
If you are a newly qualified nurse, you will be supported through the Trust's 1-year preceptorship programme.
For experienced nurses, your development will be tailored to your individual needs along with a specifically designed surgical competency passport.
If you think that you would enjoy this challenge, have an approachable manner, excellent communication skills, and are a highly motivated Nurse who would like to work within a supportive and innovative environment, we would be pleased to receive your application.
Shifts are based on a 24/7 shift rotation of long days and nights to meet the needs of the service.
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is dedicated to providing good communication networks and supporting staff's wellbeing. The Trust has a dedicated wellness hub for staff to access.
Main duties of the job
* Acts at all times in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct.
* Supervises the work of the nursing team, ensuring individual programmes of care are formulated according to patient needs and current research/guidelines.
* Undertakes the assessment of patients including risk assessments e.g., Purpose T and falls assessments.
* Ensures planned nursing care is delivered safely and effectively, taking into account the views of the patient and their relatives.
* Ensures plans of care are implemented and updated as appropriate. Advises on the promotion of health and prevention of illness.
* Acts as link nurse to other specialties.
* Participates in audits relevant to the ward area.
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
* As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
* We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension, and access to NHS discount schemes.
* We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
* We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
* As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
* Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
* A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
* Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities, and be a great place to work.
* Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
* Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect, and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant, there is the option for secondment; all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
* Registered Nurse or student nurse awaiting confirmation.
* Committed to own professional development to enhance practice.
* Post registration education e.g., Mentorship, Intravenous drug administration, Intravenous cannulation desirable but not essential.
EXPERIENCE
* Previous surgical nursing experience.
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
* The ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, and the MDT verbally and non-verbally with clear, concise documentation.
* Willingness to reflect and alter communication skills according to the patient/client group and situation.
* Be able to care for patients without prejudice.
* Ability to work under pressure on a busy acute ward with high acuity patients.
* Aware of the NMC code of conduct and the implications on care provided to the client group, critically analysing situations to ensure patient safety and safe practice.
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
* Ability to travel to other sites when necessary.
* Flexible and able to work internal rotation, days, and nights.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a COVID-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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