Employer: University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Poole Town
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 pa
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 12/12/2024 23:59
Registered Nursing Associate - Ward B2
Band 4
As University Hospitals Dorset, we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
Do you have the passion, enthusiasm and knowledge to provide excellent care to acute surgical patients? Are you positive, creative and dynamic?
The Surgical Directorate is looking for Registered Nursing Associates for an exciting post on Ward B2, caring for patients under colorectal, general and gynaecological teams.
We are a supportive team who focus on providing safe, patient-centred and exceptionally skilled surgical care. To do so, we focus heavily on training, education, staff support and development; alongside collaborative multidisciplinary working.
As a new RNA you will be enrolled onto the newly qualified preceptorship programme alongside other newly qualified NMC professionals. This is a two year programme designed to support your professional development.
It is essential that you have surgical experience.
This role requires an NMC registered Nursing Associate.
Base Location: Poole
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Foundation Level Degree – Nursing Associate Qualification
* NMC registered Nursing Associate
* Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
* Demonstrate ability to work in the area for which the application is made.
* Good experience of working in a team
* Demonstrates good customer care skills
* Previous experience of working within an acute, urgent or emergency care setting.
* Evidence of involvement in support and development of less experienced staff.
* Evidence of time management skills and the ability to prioritise.
* Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact
* Ability to work on own initiative
* Ability to care for patients with various devices e.g. syringe drivers, pain devices
Knowledge
* Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
* Understanding of basic physiology, e.g. normal vital signs, fluid balance, nutritional requirements etc.
* Understand the scope of the Nursing associate role in context of the team and the organisation
Other requirements specific to the role
* Capable of workload prioritisation
* Able to interact with people at all levels
* Ability to work with others to manage ward workloads
Please note: Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. While this vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
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.
Name: Zara Langshaw
Job title: Ward Sister
Email address: zara.langshaw@uhd.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0300 019 8567
If SR Zara Langshaw is unavailable, please do not hesitate to make contact with one of her Deputies (Charlotte Leake, Susie White, or Bryonne Gear)
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