Staff Nurse, Beech C

Ncic; Carlisle; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes including le​

Vivup counselling service

Job summary

NCIC in Carlisle is recruiting a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join Beech C Ward (37.5 hours per week, fixed-term 12 months). You will provide high-quality patient care on a 22-bed gastroenterology and general medical ward.

The role requires teamwork, excellent communication, and the ability to work with initiative within local policies and the NMC code of professional conduct. DBS checks and eligibility will apply.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with active registration is required.
• Experience in gastroenterology or general medical care preferred.
• Ability to work as part of a team and use own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate nursing care without supervision.
• Contribute to development and evaluation of nursing practice within ward area.
• Provide nursing care in accordance with local policies and NMC code of professional conduct.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication skills

Mentor HCAs

Compassionate care

Education

Active nursing registration

Job description

Would you like to join a centre of excellence in rural and remote healthcare?

Band 5 Staff Nurse 37.5 hours per week Fixed Term 12 months

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team on Beech C, we are seeking to recruit a highly enthusiastic and motivated team player who will work within the team providing high quality patient care.

The department specialises in gastroenterology and general medical conditions. We are a 22 bedded ward treating both male and female adult patients

Our staff nurses provide a high quality service in a safe environment where the needs to each patient are cared for in a professional and holistic manner by using all available specialist knowledge and skills. The wellbeing of all our patients relies on appropriate and timely assessment, investigation, treatment and care.

In joining our team, you will bring your skills and passion to provide the highest quality patient-focused care and compassion for our patients. You must be a team player with excellent communications skills and have the ability to work using your own initiative as well as part of the wider team.

Main duties of the job

You will assess, plan, deliver and evaluate nursing care, providing the prescribed nursing care without supervision. You will also contribute to the development and evaluation of nursing practice within ward area, as well as providing nursing care in accordance with local policies, procedures and guidelines and comply with NMC code of professional conduct.

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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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 eligiblevacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

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.

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: £20.00 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £26.50. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £41.00 + administration cost of £6.50 = £47.50. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

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.

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.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with active registration.

Knowledge and Experience

• Relevant field of nursing

Skills and Aptitudes

• Ability to work as a team member without close supervision.
• Developed communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to act as a mentor to Health Care Assistants.
• Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.

Other Requirements

• Flexible approach to shift patterns.
• Flexible approach to shift patterns

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.