Main area: Staff Nurse Grade Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 day working)
Job ref: 205-6861176
Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: UHNM
Town: Stoke-on-Trent
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 31/12/2024 23:59
Staff Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
Division: Medicine
Job Title: Registered Nurse
Band: Band 5
Location: Ward 80 based at Royal Stoke
Hours of Duty: Full time
Managerially accountable to: Sister/Charge Nurse
Professionally accountable to: Sister/Charge Nurse
Key Relationships: Junior Sister / Charge Nurse, Senior Staff Nurse for Quality Ward Team, Other wards and Departments
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Band 5 Nurse to work on Ward 80. The ward comprises of 18 beds. Our focus is to deliver high quality care to the older adult waiting to be discharged from hospital.
The team is cohesive and professional with a genuine interest and passion for providing a high standard of patient care. If you are looking for a new challenge, then ward 80 could be for you.
Main duties of the job
1. The Post holder will be responsible for the assessment of the needs, development of programmes of care, and for the implementation and evaluation of these programmes for patients and their relatives.
2. To provide a high standard of clinical nursing within the ward / department.
3. To manage a group of patients.
4. To take charge of the ward when rostered and assessed as competent to take on the roles and responsibilities of leadership and supervision.
5. To act as a role model to students and Clinical Support Workers.
6. To present a positive, professional image of the organisation and of the nursing team.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.
We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person specification
Experience
* Has experience as a student or registered nurse in an acute hospital setting.
* Full UK NMC pin required.
* NHS experience.
Skills and Knowledge
* Able to recount/discuss the requirements for high standard of care.
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
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If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help.
At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles; on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!
If you obtained your qualifications overseas, you will be required to provide an official government translation through ECCTIS (formerly known as NARIC). Please note, this is in addition to any professional registration requirements and not a replacement for your qualifications.
If you are currently in the UK on a visa, you must have at least six months remaining on your visa at the time of application to ensure sufficient time for the recruitment and training process associated with the role. The requirement of at least six months remaining on your visa does not apply to a Skilled Worker Visa, as a new Skilled Worker Visa would be required for a new role.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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