Staff Nurse

University Hospitals Of North Midlands Nhs Trust; Stafford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is seeking a motivated nurse to join the SDEC team, delivering ongoing patient care and developing care pathways in a busy ED/SDEC setting.

Applicants must be NMC registered and have SDEC/acute hospital experience, with excellent communication skills and flexibility to cover 08:00–20:30 over five days. UHNM supports development and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on the professional register (NMC).
• SDEC experience is essential.
• Experience in an acute setting.
• Has worked within the Emergency Department as a student or bank staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing care of patients and an effective care pathway within SDEC.
• Contribute to a culture of quality and patient experience improvements.
• Communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team and adapt to service demands.

Skills

NMC Registered Nurse

SDEC experience

Acute setting experience

ED department experience (student/bank

Job description

Job summary

The Medical Same Day Emergency Care(SDEC) is going through an exciting period of positive development and change at the moment. We welcome motivated, enthusiastic and innovative Nurses to join our SDEC team.

We have a workforce model focused on providing safe and effective patient care, leadership and development of the nursing team. You will be offered a period of supernumerary duty as well as training from a dedicated team and support and guidance through acclimatization and preceptorship.

Full and part time hours are available; you will be required to work covering day shifts 08.00-20.30 over a 5 day period Mon-Fri.

ED/SDEC experience is essential

Main duties of the job

In this post you will be responsible for providing on going care of patients and providing an effective care pathway within the SDEC department.

We are committed to developing a culture in line with our values that improves quality and enhances the patient experience, and you will play a vital part in developing new ways of working to achieve this goal.

Candidates ether need to be on the NMC register; a period of time spent within the department either as a student or as bank staff will be an asset. It is essential that applicants have spent time in an SDEC/acute hospital andmust be flexible to the demands of the service and be able to work within a multidisciplinary team within a large, busy and evolving department. Excellent communication skills are essential for this post.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job responsibilities

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached job description and person specification. For more details on this post, please contact, [e-mail]

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse on the professional register
• Has experience as a student or registered nurse in a SDEC.
• Experience in acute setting.
• Has worked within the Emergency Department as a student or bank staff

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.

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).