Would you like to join a centre of excellence in rural and remote healthcare?
Main area: AMU BAND 5 Registered Nurse Grade NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: 11 months (Fixed term contract till February 2026)
Hours: Part time - 24 hours per week (12 hour shifts)
Job ref: 262-A-24-6840718
Site: Cumberland Infirmary
Town: Carlisle
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum Pro Rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/03/2025 23:59
Job overview
Registered Band 5 Staff Nurse working on the Acute medical unit delivering high standards of quality care. Fixed term until February 2026. 24 hours per week.
The acute medical unit is a fast-paced, acute care environment; assessing, prioritising and caring for a multitude of patients and families, with specific acute care needs and long-term conditions. AMU is a 29 bedded Short Stay Unit with the potential to be escalated to 39 patients. We care for patients with acute care needs for up to 72 hours and look after specialty patients until a bed becomes available in the appropriate area. We pride ourselves on being an area that upholds the trust values: Kindness, Respect, Collaboration & Ambition.
Our team is a rapidly growing workforce delivering high-quality patient-centered care ensuring that we are continually assessing, auditing and developing our ways of working.
The role will consist of 12-hour shifts; both day and night shift working.
Main duties of the job
1. Manage and provide all aspects of patient care.
2. Admit, assess & escalate any concerns to nurse in charge.
3. Assessing NEWS score and effectively managing.
4. Act in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct.
5. Support other nurses in the ward team as necessary.
6. Demonstrate practice based on current advances in nursing practice and research.
7. Comply with infection prevention and control procedures at all times.
8. Comply with responsibility to safeguard children and vulnerable adults, ensuring attendance at appropriate training.
9. Take personal responsibility for putting the person receiving care first, and to challenge poor care, doing so as soon as any shortcomings are seen.
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’:
1. Being a clinically led organisation
2. Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
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.
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.
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.
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. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
The Trust will provide a twelve-month preceptorship period for New to registration Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals.
Registered Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.
1. Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
2. 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.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
For candidates applying using a Hotmail account or have strict firewall settings please ensure the following:
1. Junk Mail is checked regularly
Disclosure and Barring Service:
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.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered nurse (adult) with active registration.
* AIMS/ALERT
Experience
* Relevant field of nursing
Knowledge
* Continuing professional development, with portfolio.
* NMC code of professional conduct
* Budgetary awareness
* Local PCPI agenda.
Skills
* Ability to work as a team member, without close supervision
* Developed communication and interpersonal skills
* Ability to act as a mentor
* Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care
Personal Circumstances
* Motivation
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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