Main area: Emergency Department Grade Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Shifts, Days, nights, weekends)
Job ref: 357-GR-1910-24
Employer: United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Grantham Hospital
Town: Grantham
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/02/2025 23:59
Staff Nurse - Grantham UTC - Band 5
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Our values guide everything we do. They are:
* Patient-centred: Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
* Safety: Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
* Excellence: Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
* Compassion: Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
* Respect: Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.
We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.
Job overview
Are you excited? - Do you want to do something completely different? Come and join our brand new 24 hour GDH Urgent Treatment Centre. If you are passionate about emergency care and have a desire to work in a new service with an expanding team, we would love to hear from you!
Both Full and/or Part time positions available. NQNs will of course be welcome to apply.
If you would like further information or to come and have a look around the department please contact Teresa Shepherd (Senior SR).
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a Band 5 registrant to join a team of hard-working nurses who can deliver care of a high standard across all streams within a UTC. The Restricted hour Emergency department sees 30,000 new patients each year. We expect our new UTC will see much more in excess of this. We will be seeing a great mix of patients including acute medical patients and minor injuries as well as providing an appointment stream.
Duties for this post will include clinical duties such as assessing, planning, delivery and evaluation of nursing care and supporting colleagues in care provision.
Working with and leading the multi-disciplinary team, you will need to have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to motivate and manage, adapting to rapidly changing situations.
We are looking for a RN/RSCN level 1 nurse with post registration experience at Band 5 level. We are also able to consider applications from dual trained staff with an RSCN qualification. You must have good organisational skills, the ability to communicate in difficult and challenging situations, and have an understanding of emergency clinical management and emergency patient flow.
Applicants must be flexible in shift working pattern to cover a 24/7 service.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Currently live on the NMC Register
* Degree level nursing or equivalent
* Nursing mentor live on NMC register
Experience
* Demonstrates the ability to implement and sustain high levels of individualised, evidence-based, clinically effective care
* Successful Completion of preceptorship
* Evidence of continuing professional development
Specific Requirements
* Flexible approach to work
* Ability to work using own initiative
* Team player
* Ability to travel to other healthcare settings
Knowledge, Skills, and Aptitudes
* Excellent written and communication skills
* Understands and can demonstrate good working practices within the safeguarding agenda
* Ability to manage difficult or complex situations and to work under pressure
* Ability to organise and prioritise workload
* Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
* Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: Patient Centred, Safety, Compassion, Respect, and Excellence
* Commitment to ongoing personal and professional development
* A willingness to act as a mentor for students
ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy.
As a responsible employer, ULTH would encourage staff wishing to join the Trust to take up the COVID vaccination as this continues to remain the best line of defence against COVID19.
Please note that we do not accept CVs.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.
No DBS fees to pay: Successful candidates will have DBS applications applied for & paid by ULTH where applicable. There is no requirement to reimburse ULTH for this cost.
We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community.
For more information please contact Teresa Shepherd 01476464761.
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