Job Summary
Provide optimum quality of care to patients, offering support to the multi-professional team. Will take management responsibility for an identified area on regular shifts.
Please note that we are recruiting across our Trauma and Orthopaedics areas, with vacancies on Ward 53.
Please note this post is not suitable for applicants who are required to undertake the OSCE training programme. Applicants who do not have current valid UK NMC registration will not be considered for this post.
Main Duties of the Job
Ward 53 - Ward 53 is seeking enthusiastic and self-motivated Staff Nurse to join our friendly and dynamic Team in the Trauma and Orthopaedic Department. The workload throughout the department is varied and interesting with no two days being the same. Our Ward is a 39 bedded orthopaedic and trauma unit, which cares for patients post-operative with a special interest in ortho-plastics.
You will be part of a multidisciplinary team providing professional and clinical support to our patients. You will also receive necessary training for skill and career development.
This is a fantastic opportunity to become a part of our happy and supportive team who will help you develop and thrive in this fascinating specialty.
Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
About Us
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high-quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.
Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.
We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)
By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.
The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity, and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Date Posted
24 February 2025
Pay Scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference Number
218-NM-B5-6860747-W53A-A
Job Locations
UHCW NHS Trust, Coventry, CV2 2DX
Job Responsibilities
The Recruitment Centre
If your application is shortlisted, you will be invited to attend a Recruitment Centre. This Recruitment Centre is intended to provide you with the opportunity to demonstrate how you would treat our patients and staff for whom we care, with the compassion, courtesy, respect, and dignity they deserve.
* Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust, and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
* Effectively communicate information regarding clinical decisions, policy, and care pathways to patients/carers and the multi-professional team including situations where difficulties in comprehension occur.
* A competent practitioner, teaching, assessing, and supervising/providing mentorship to appropriate students or junior staff.
* Responsible for clinical assessment of a group of patients and management of a team, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented, and evaluated, involving patients and users.
* Organisation of cross-departmental/organisational activities to support patient care pathways.
* Demonstrate technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient care management including; patient observations; equipment management and administration of agreed invasive tests/procedures.
* Utilise and ensure others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce, and resource data.
* Manage expected (and occasional unexpected) clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need, referring to a senior member of staff where appropriate e.g. in an unexpected event.
* Support patients, carers, and others during difficult situations arising in the clinical area, e.g. imparting bad news or following an unexpected event.
* Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards.
For further details please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential: see supporting documents
Desirable: see supporting documents
Experience
Essential: see supporting documents
Desirable: see supporting documents
Knowledge
Essential: see supporting documents
Desirable: see supporting documents
Skills
Essential: see supporting documents
Desirable: see supporting documents
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer Details
Employer Name: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Address: UHCW NHS Trust, Coventry, CV2 2DX
Employer's Website: https://www.jobsatuhcw.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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