Main area Surgery Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Cross site working/Shifts) Job ref 381-SS-6924841
Site Midland Metropolitan University Hospital Town Smethwick Salary £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata / per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/02/2025 23:59
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
Job overview
***Previous Applicants Need Not Apply***
Are you looking for a career in Critical Care Nursing? If you are seeking an opportunity to join a progressive unit to further your critical care education and experience then please read on as Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust wants to invest in you.
Main duties of the job
The Critical Care department within the Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust has flexible utilisation of beds to allow for a dynamic flow through the patients Critical Care pathway. Moving forward, the Trust has entered an exciting chapter, Midland Metropolitan Hospital opened in 2024 and provides the highest quality acute specialist services in a purpose built facility.
We are looking to recruit a committed and enthusiastic Band 5 nurse to join our team. This post is an excellent opportunity for a nurse to acquire knowledge and skills in the sphere of critical care services. If you are looking for an opportunity to enhance and develop within a positive and challenging environment, then this may be the role for you.
Supported by an enthusiastic and dynamic senior leadership team, the unit is responsive to specialist modernisation programs at local network and national network levels. We offer an established induction program over 12 months, supported by our practice development team and critical care staff. We also actively encourage your professional and personal development, offering opportunities to access post graduate education including “Adult Critical Care Nursing Course” within the local university.
Working for our organisation
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opened in October 2024 and provides care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role will be the MMUH. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails
Person specification
Experience
* Relevant clinical experience, including that as a student or unqualified nurse
* Relevant clinical experience since registration
* Relevant voluntary experience
Qualifications
* RN (Adult) with current NMC registration
* IV competent or willing to undertake within 6 months
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.
Application numbers
Please note-If this vacancy receives a high number of applications, it will close before the stated closing date. Please ensure that you have completed and submitted your application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
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