Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
About
First choice for Buckinghamshire and beyond
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust provides a wide range of high-quality acute and community services from two acute hospital sites in Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe, and community hospitals at Amersham, Thame, Marlow, Buckingham, Chalfonts, and Gerrards Cross. Details of these can be found on their hospitals and community facilities page. Specialist services include our regional dermatology, allergy and skin cancer centre, burns care and plastics sub-regional centre, cardiac services, and the National Spinal Injuries Centre. More than 6,000 staff serve residents across Buckinghamshire, Thame (Oxfordshire), Tring (Hertfordshire), and Leighton Buzzard (Bedfordshire) - a combined population of 500,000. It serves a much larger population, 1.5m for burns and plastic services and 14m for spinal injuries.
Where your needs always come first
Our patients are at the heart of everything that we do, providing you with safe and compassionate care, every time. Our focus is on providing high-quality care when and where you need it.
Key details
Location
Site: Stoke Mandeville/ Wycombe Hospital
Town: Aylesbury
Postcode: HP21 8AL
Major / Minor Region: Buckinghamshire
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Part time also available)
Salary
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (pro rata for part time)
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 5)
Specialty
Main area: Intensive Care
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
* Provide specialist spinal services at our world-renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics.
* Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services.
* Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke, and cardiac services.
* Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients' own homes, community hospitals, and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures, and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family-friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves on being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job Overview
This is an exciting time for the Intensive Care Unit as the service continues to grow. We are currently seeking highly motivated and passionate staff nurses, with a minimum of 12 months experience in an acute setting in an NHS Hospital, who are keen to develop and progress their critical care nursing skills within our Intensive Care Unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Wycombe Hospital.
Our nurses are highly valued and our Critical Care units are supported by an established practice development team. You will be encouraged to develop your competency in Critical Care practice in a structured way with a combination of bedside practical supervision and theory sessions off the unit. We are a friendly, caring unit supporting each other while providing excellent nursing care to the most critically ill patients in the hospitals.
As part of our team, you will represent the Trust in delivering nursing care in line with the Trust Values, providing effective clinical assessments followed by the implementation of individual patient care plans. You will be an advocate for our patients and their families, ensuring a positive patient experience. We routinely work between the units at Wycombe and Stoke Mandeville Hospitals. This makes our work varied, stimulating, and extremely rewarding.
Please note we have full and part-time posts available.
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* Acts at all times in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct and Scope of Practice.
* Ensure planned nursing care is delivered safely and effectively, respecting the views, culture, and beliefs of the patient and their family.
* Recognises situations that are beyond the scope of own competence and informs the shift leader or doctor promptly.
* Conducts a comprehensive assessment of the patient at the beginning of each shift and devises an individual plan of care for evaluation throughout the day.
* Maintains confidentiality in respect of all medical and nursing records adhering to the Data Protection and Freedom of Information Acts.
* Ensures that nursing procedures are carried out in accordance with current research and Trust / Critical Care protocols.
* Maintains patient safety, reporting all accidents and incidents and completing relevant documentation.
Working for our organisation
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
* As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
* We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension, and access to NHS discount schemes.
* We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
* As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
* Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
* A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
* Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities, and be a great place to work.
* Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
* Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect, and enable.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment; all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
PPE Requirements
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
Applicant requirements
Warning: You must have appropriate UK professional registration. Info: 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.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
* Pre-foundation year: Good general education;
* Registered Nurse (General)
Desirable criteria
* Experienced nurses: Mentoring and assessing;
* Accredited Critical Care Course
Experience
Essential criteria
* Previous experience in an acute ward of an NHS hospital
* Ability to work within a team and independently
Desirable criteria
* Previous experience in ICU or HDU ward area
* Previous experience of teaching students, HCAs, and junior qualified staff
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Good communication skills: written and verbal and in English
* Reasonable clinical knowledge
Desirable criteria
* Knowledge of research-based practice
Special circumstances
Essential criteria
* Ability to work across site on a regular basis.
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential criteria
* Ability to work all shifts including night duty.
Documents
* Job Description (, 149.4) PDF KB
* Person Specification (, 222.7) PDF KB
* Functional Requirements (, 192.6) PDF KB
* Welcome to Buckinghamshire NHS Trust (, 430.1) PDF KB
* Living in Buckinghamshire (, 2.0) PDF MB
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Kathleen Hartburn
Job title: Ward Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01296315618 #J-18808-Ljbffr