Main area: Outpatients
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday covering 8-6pm shifts)
Job ref: 326-6987202-AT
Employer: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Crawley Hospital
Town: Crawley
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 26/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 06/03/2025
Nursing Assistant - Outpatients (CY)
NHS AfC: Band 3
We want to give you the best possible experience in the next stage of your career.
We always strive to be the best place to work and to be cared for.
* We have been named the 2021 Acute NHS Trust of the Year, in the annual Health Service (HSJ) Journal Awards for our clear ambition and vision and a significant improvement journey over a number of years.
* The Trust is 6th highest rated Trust in the South East and was still in the top 25% nationally for recommended places to work.
* We are rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission and when asked whether the care of patients is the organisation’s top priority our staff rank us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts.
* We pride ourselves on supporting you to thrive in your existing role and to develop your career with us. So with us you’ll get loads of benefits, great training and development opportunities, flexibility and a real community feel.
Benefits to working with us
* Great training and education, including preceptorship and CPD (up to £1,000 individual CPD funding available for nurses, midwives and AHPs).
* Our location: you can access beautiful countryside, historic towns and villages and bustling city life all nearby.
* At least 35 days leave (inclusive of bank holidays).
* A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands.
* On-site Boots and WHSmith shops.
* An Amazon locker and an InPost locker on site.
* Full educational library services.
* Excellent rail and bus links.
* The local bus operator offers all new staff one month’s free travel to East Surrey Hospital when they first join.
* Lockable storage for cycles.
About us
* We are a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of c5,000 providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 535,000.
* We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon.
* We offer a full range of acute and complex services at East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, where we are the nearest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport.
* We provide a range of outpatient, diagnostic and less complex planned services at multiple locations.
The Trust is committed to being an inclusive employer - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. As an employer we offer a range of benefits including flexible working arrangements and facilities to support staff well-being.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Outpatient Department nursing team at Crawley Hospital. You will be key to supporting our improvements as we move forward with different ways of working for our patients requiring face-to-face and virtual consultations.
The Outpatients department at Crawley has two departments covering both medical and surgical specialties. There will be opportunity to develop clinical skills across all specialties.
The successful applicant will be joining a team of dedicated skilled staff, which includes Health Care Assistants, Nurse Associates, Staff Nurses, Sisters, Clinical Nurse Specialists and Senior Sisters.
We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, motivated, flexible, hardworking, and positive thinking whilst adhering to the Trust Values. The service may incorporate weekdays, evening and weekend working on a rota basis.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Criteria
* Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
* A complete and accurate application
* Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
* Evidence of essential experience for role
* Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
* Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
* Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
* Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workforce and actively encourage applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, race and ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation.
Successful candidates will be appointed to the first pay step within the band when they start with the Trust. For part-time roles, you will receive a pro rata'd salary payment based on the appropriate pay step/point and hours worked.
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust operate a 24 hour service and all nursing, clinical and operational roles will require staff to work 24/7 shifts unless specifically advised otherwise as part of the recruitment process.
Note: Some vacancies may receive a high volume of applications. In such cases, the vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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