Job Description
Main area: AAU Acute Medicine Wards Grade: Band 6 Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref: 259-7021364WXH Site: Whipps Cross Hospital Town: London Salary: £42,939 - £50,697 Per annum inc Salary period: Yearly Closing: 04/03/2025 23:59 About Us Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage. Job Overview The Acute Admissions Unit (AAU) at Whipps Cross Hospital is a busy 29 bedded medical admissions unit including 12 monitored beds. We see a wide range of complex acute conditions on the unit that include level 2 patients (NIV).
The area also comprises of a 20 bedded Older Persons Assessment Unit (OPAU) which allows for quicker decision making for our patients over the age of 65 years with frailty syndromes. We also staff a Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC) which allows for patients to be able to have their treatments, a review by the medical team and return home the same day. This SDEC area has 10 cubicles and a large seated area for patient assessments and treatments.
We are looking for a dynamic, motivated and hardworking individual who has the experience and knowledge to complement the Senior Nursing Team on AAU/OPAU/SDEC. We welcome applications from staff nurses who wish to challenge themselves further in their career. This is an excellent opportunity to undertake a key role to make a difference to the quality of care, patient safety and experience in a busy and friendly environment.
Main duties of the job To provide the highest standard of individualised and holistic patient care, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team. To deputise for the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse in their absence. Work as part of the wider Band 6 team to ensure highest standards of care are maintained and to ensure staff are supported, appraised and developed to ensure these standards are achieved.
Working for our organisation Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment. Detailed job description and main responsibilities When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High Cost Area Supplement) is not included for non-medical roles.
This ensures fairness and consistency within our organisation, as some of our sites fall under inner HCAS, while others are classified as outer HCAS. The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification Qualifications: Essential criteria Registered Nurse Intravenous accreditation Prep for Mentorship course or equivalent Specialist Clinical Course relevant to area or equivalent. Fulfils KSF outline for Staff Nurse (Band 5) Desirable criteria BSc Nursing or working towards Skills Essential criteria Coordinating a shift. Ability to recognise acutely unwell patients.
Able to care for level 2 patients. Service Improvement Essential criteria Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy and policy Ability to offer constructive suggestions for service improvement Effectively carries out tasks related to evaluating services. Quality Essential criteria Ability to work within set timeframes working to priorities and deadlines Ability to monitor the quality of own and others work Able to recognise own limits and work within those limits of competence Ability to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively and encourage others to do so People management Essential criteria Ability to plan allocate and supervise the work of a team Ability to support staff during the NHS KSF development review process Ability to assess the work of the team, provide clear constructive feedback to the team in order to maintain and improve performance Specific requirement Essential criteria Ability to work flexible hours to meet service requirements We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging.
We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful. After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.
By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection.
The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.