Registered Nurse

Transformationunitgm; Workington; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in North Cumbria is seeking a Band 5 Registered Nurse for the Outpatients Team in Workington. This full-time role involves managing specialty clinics and ensuring high-quality patient care. The successful candidate will demonstrate effective communication and organizational skills, and will be responsible for performing various diagnostic tests. A preceptorship period is available for newly registered healthcare professionals.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience as a student nurse in the NHS or general nursing.
• Knowledge of NMC code of professional conduct.

Responsibilities

• Supervise Band 3 HCA's and manage various clinics.
• Perform diagnostic tests including spirometry and ECG monitoring.

Skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Teamwork

Education

Registered nurse with active registration

Teaching certificate or equivalent

Job description

Main area Workington Outpatients Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 75 hours per week (Monday- Friday 0900-1700) Job ref 262-A-25-7109856

Employer North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Workington Outpatients/Community Diagnostic Centre, Town Workington Salary £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 28/05/2025 23:59

Registered Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

Band 5 Registered nurse, Outpatients 75. hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Outpatients Team at Workington Outpatients and the new Community Diagnostic Centre

Main duties of the job

The RGN will undertake supervision of Band 3 HCA's. Be responsible for the running of the varying speciality clinics and Diagnostic Clinics namely neurophysiology, urology, Cardiology and Respiratory

The RGN will be required to independently manage a clinical workload and undertake safe running of a number of clinics.

The candidate will be required to practice effective communication and organisation skills and possess a number of clinical skills to ensure the safe running of clinics

You will be required to perform a number of diagnostic tests, which include; spirometry, ECG monitoring, cardiovascular observations, venepuncture, height and weight, urinalysis, bladder scans and flow tests

The successful candidate needs to be flexible in working pattern and be adherent to the Trust Policy and procedures at all times.

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

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 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

· 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.

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.

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• Junk Mail is checked regularly

Disclosure and Barring Service:

On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.

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.

If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.

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Please note the cost of the DBS check is increasing from 2 nd December and the new cost will be

Standard DBS check £21.50, Enhanced DBS check £49.50 + any admin costs.

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 the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also 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

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

• Registered nurse with active registration
• Teaching certificate or equivalent

Experience

• Student nurse in the NHS or general nursing within the NHS or equivalent.
• Budgetary awareness
• Relevant field of nursing
• Supporting students.

Knowledge

• Continuing professional development with portfolio
• NMC code of professional conduct
• Equality issues and best practice.
• Medical speciality.
• Local PCPI agenda.

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.

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.

Name Alison Scott Job title Sister Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01946 523296

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