Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
An amazing opportunity has arisen within the Emergency Surgery and Elective Care Business unit with the development and extension of the Urology services within the Trust.
We are looking for a highly motivated band 5 staff nurse to join our team within the Urology diagnostic and treatment services. The successful candidates will be required to work across cross sites.
You will be expected to show commitment, flexibility and good interpersonal skills to provide high standards of care for those patients accessing our services.
The hours of work will predominantly be Monday to Friday, but evening and weekends will be required.
Use and access of a car is an essential requirement for this position.
Main duties of the job
We are predominantly a nurse-led service, with consultant cover daily. We encourage staff to complete training in advanced skills to enable them to plan, assess and care for patients undergoing diagnostic investigations for both benign and malignant urological disease.
Duties will include:
1. Assisting with diagnostic procedures
2. Administrating chemotherapy for the treatment of bladder cancer
3. Teaching patients intermittent self-catheterisation
4. Urinary flow studies
Candidates please note that full or part-time will be considered for this post. This post will include across site working.
Job responsibilities
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate pathways of care, under the supervision of the department manager.
To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of the nursing services in the department in the absence of senior staff on a regular basis.
To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC code of professional conduct.
To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the Trust.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* 1st Level live NMC registered Nurse
* Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18-month period).
* Thorough understanding of contemporary nursing issues
* PP126/7
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata per annum
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