Main area: General Surgery
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Permanent, 7 days/nights rotation (12 1/2hr shifts)
Hours: 45.38 hours per week (rotation nights and days)
Job ref: 262-A-24-6771833
Employer: North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Cumberland Infirmary
Town: Carlisle
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/02/2025 23:59
Staff Nurse, Surgical
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Ready for a new challenge? Come and join Aspen ward. We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated band 5 staff nurse to join our team.
The successful applicant will be committed to providing excellent nursing care to our diverse group of patients. This is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate and increase your knowledge, experience, and skills on a fast-paced surgical ward.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be committed to providing an excellent standard of nursing care to our diverse group of patients, some who have complex needs. Previous experience of nursing surgical specialities or patients with tracheostomy/laryngectomy is desirable; however, training will be given.
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high-quality care every time’:
* Being a clinically led organisation
* Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
* A positive patient experience every time
* A great place to work
* Managing our money well
As an organisation, we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts.
The Trust will provide a twelve-month preceptorship period for all newly registered healthcare professionals.
Person specification
Knowledge
* Continuing professional development with portfolio.
* NMC code of professional conduct.
* Equality issues and best practice.
* Medical speciality.
* Local PCPI agenda.
Experience
* Student nurse in the NHS or general nursing within the NHS or equivalent.
* Relevant field of nursing.
* Budgetary awareness.
* Supporting students.
Qualifications
* Registered nurse with active registration.
* Teaching certificate or equivalent.
Skills and Aptitudes
* Ability to work as a team member, without close supervision.
* Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
* Organisational skills.
* Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
Personal circumstances
* Motivation
Other requirements
* Flexibility
* Willing to develop by expansion of the role
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.
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