Staff Nurse

Bridgeway Health Services; North Shields; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Staff Nurse to join their vibrant Outpatient Department. This role offers the chance to work in a fast-paced environment, where you will lead nurse-led dressing clinics and utilize innovative IT solutions to enhance patient care. You'll be part of a supportive team that values personal and professional development, allowing you to grow your leadership skills while ensuring high-quality nursing standards. If you are passionate about providing exceptional care and want to make a difference in patients' lives, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to manage clinics and supervise nursing students.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for patients.
• Provide effective clinic management and support patient pathways.

Skills

Nursing care

Clinic management

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Patient assessment

IT and technology in nursing

Education

1st Level live NMC registered Nurse

Qualification for supervising and teaching students

Job description

Job Summary

We are looking to recruit a Staff Nurse who wants to work in a busy, dynamic and friendly Outpatient Department to deliver a modern-day outpatients service.

We are looking for a motivated and flexible staff nurse to join our Outpatient team, where you will have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills, clinic management and work autonomously in our nurse led dressing clinics. Outpatients at Northumbria provides staff the opportunity to use IT and technology to support patient pathways in new and innovative ways.

We work across multiple Outpatients areas providing a seven-day service. You will also be required to support and Manage trauma and Orthopaedics clinics based at our specialist emergency hospital, and work within Outpatient departments.

We will provide a supportive learning environment and encourage you with your personal and professional development.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

1. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the department team under the direction of the Ward Manager and in their absence.
2. To provide effective clinic management.
3. To provide a nurse led dressing clinic service working autonomously on a regular basis.
4. To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
5. To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
6. To provide modern day nursing to our patient group in using IT in clinics and Virtual nursing.

About Us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Date posted
03 April 2025

Pay scheme
Agenda for change

Band
Band 5

Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata per annum

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number
319-7049493JA-HAS

Job locations
North Tyneside General Hospital
Rake Lane
North Shields
NE29 8NH

Job Description

Job responsibilities

1. To provide nursing care to a department of patients and to provide verbal and written handovers to nursing colleagues and the multi-disciplinary team.
2. Work closely with the MDT in supporting patient care.
3. When responsible for the dept to ensure that individualised pathways are formulated and carried out fully for each patient on the dept and across all areas of outpatients.

Person Specification

Essential

• 1st Level live NMC registered Nurse
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).

Desirable

• Clinic management
• Experience in Emergency Surgery and Elective Care

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address
North Tyneside General Hospital
Rake Lane
North Shields
NE29 8NH

Employer's website
https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/