Band 5 Staff Nurse, Stroke Unit
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team on Elm A/HASU. We are seeking to recruit a highly enthusiastic and motivated team player who will work within the team providing high-quality patient care.
The department specializes in acute stroke care and stroke/neuro rehabilitation and comprises a 10-bedded hyper acute stroke unit, with 33 acute stroke and neuro rehabilitation beds. The Stroke Department is a friendly and caring environment providing care to the most critically/acutely ill patients. Our current Stroke wards regularly receive excellent feedback from patients and their families about our caring staff. The aim of HASU is to provide holistic care for acute stroke patients, utilizing a coordinated multidisciplinary approach, resulting in optimal patient outcomes.
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 of whom have complex needs. This is an excellent opportunity to demonstrate and increase your knowledge, experience, and skills in stroke and rehabilitation.
Successful applicants must be able to provide high-quality safe nursing care which is driven by patient experience and evidence-based practice. Previous experience of nursing stroke patients or patients with tracheostomy is desirable; however, not essential as training will be given.
The role will involve working across the ward on both the hyper acute stroke unit and the rehabilitation side within the nursing team and alongside other professionals in our highly motivated multidisciplinary team.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We're responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high-quality care every time':
1. Being a clinically led organisation
2. Quality and safety at the heart
3. A positive patient experience every time
4. A great place to work
5. Managing our money well
As an organisation, we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria, we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job description
Job 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.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
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The Trust will provide a twelve-month preceptorship period for all newly registered healthcare professionals.
Healthcare Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.
* Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
* If sufficient response is received, this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date; please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
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The changes mean that:
* youth cautions, reprimands, and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
* the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
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The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children; therefore, if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of one of the largest employers in the UK, NCIC future employees will have access to the following benefits:
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Nurse with active registration
Desirable
* Essential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
* Dementia nursing
Knowledge
Essential
* Continuing professional development with portfolio
* Equality issues
* NMC code of professional conduct.
Desirable
* Rehabilitation procedures.
* Budgetary awareness.
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
* Ability to work as a member of a team.
* Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to act as a mentor to HCAs.
* Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
Desirable
* IT skills
Personal Circumstances
Essential
* Motivation
* Enthusiasm
Other requirements
Essential
* Flexibility over working hours.
Employer details
Employer name
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Cumberland Infirmary
Newtown Road
Carlisle
CA2 7HY
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