Staff Nurse - Acute Medicine

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust; Smethwick; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated healthcare team in a forward-thinking NHS Trust, focused on delivering exceptional patient-centered care. As a Band 5 Nurse, you'll thrive in a dynamic environment, providing critical care to acute medical patients. This role offers the chance to develop your skills with a supportive team and contribute to the transformation of healthcare in the community. With flexible working patterns and a commitment to staff wellbeing, this position is perfect for those looking to make a real difference in patients' lives while growing their nursing career. Embrace the opportunity to work in a brand-new hospital and be part of a mission to improve health outcomes for a diverse population.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development programs

Health & wellbeing support

Real Living Wage

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Nurse with NMC registration.
• Experience in Acute Medicine and evidence of professional development required.

Responsibilities

• Provide skilled nursing care to patients without direct supervision.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team for seamless care delivery.

Skills

Nursing

Acute Medicine

Patient Care

Team Collaboration

Education

Registered Nurse (RN)

Current NMC Registration

Job description

Main area Medicine and Emergency Care Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent: We are unable to offer night-only contracts

Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Flexible working patterns available)

Job ref 381-ME-6828215

Site MMUH Town Smethwick

Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum

Salary period Yearly

Closing 02/01/2025 23:59

Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.

We have three strategic objectives:

1. People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;
2. Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;
3. Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;

We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.

Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls.

Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.

Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.

Job overview

Acute medicine cross is looking to recruit exceptional nurses that enjoy fast pace, quick turn over nursing care whilst providing quality patient centered care.

Working across AMU and the short stay unit you will be providing care to Acute medical patients in the first phase of illness.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for band 5 staff nurses who are hardworking, motivated and committed to the delivery of high-quality care to our patients. This is an exciting time to be joining acute medicine and with the support of our dedicated Professional development team a great place to grow in your career.

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens in 2024 and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH from 2024 (or beyond). If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continuing your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three strategic objectives:

1. Our People – to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients – to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population – to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We can offer you a supportive bespoke programme designed to meet the needs of your own professional development, this includes supernumerary period with a dedicated preceptor, close involvement with our practice development nurse who will work with you to achieve further nursing skills.

We have full and part time hours available and flexible working can also be discussed but you must be able to work a variety of days and nights.

Please contact any of us if you want to discuss anything further, we look forward to hearing from you.

To co-ordinate and provide skilled nursing (without direct supervision) to patients, in accordance with responsibilities under the NMC Code of Conduct. To contribute to the continued development of nursing, including the supervision of junior nurses and support staff.

To work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, internal and external to the organisation, to facilitate holistic seamless care delivery for all Trust Patients.

Person specification

Experience

• Experience in Acute Med
• Evidence of professional development
• Student assessor

Qualifications

• RN (Adult) with current NMC registration

As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the onboarding process.

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.