Staff Nurse - Eye Unit

NHS; Truro; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an amazing nursing team at the Eye Unit of the Royal Cornwall Hospital, where patient care is the priority. We welcome all Registered Nurses, offering a supportive environment focused on professional development and positive patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 months' experience in an acute Trust within the last 12 months.
• Evidence of professional portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Provide care for planned surgery and emergency patients.
• Support professional and personal development.
• Complete identity and professional registration checks.

Skills

Basic Computer Skills

Ability to plan

Ability to prioritize

Ability to evaluate nursing care

Education

Level 1 Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration

Job description

This is your chance to be part of an amazing nursing team - where patient care is at the centre of everything we do.

Do you want to make a difference to each patient's experience of the NHS. The Eye Unit at the Royal Cornwall Hospital is recruiting now and we want you!

Wheal Coates is mixed specialty surgical ward caring for patients through their elective and emergency pathway journey. We provide care for planned surgery which includes Inpatients and Day-cases across many specialties, for example; Max-Fax, ENT, Ophthalmology, Oral and Vascular. We also care for emergency and medical patients too.

If you want to gain a huge amount of cross specialty surgical care, whilst working with a fantastic supportive team, where autonomous nursing practice and learning is central to everything we do, then come and join our expanding team and assist us to ensure positive patient outcomes from positive and motivated staff.

It is not essential to have worked within Surgery to apply for this position as we would welcome all Registered Nurses as we are committed to going the extra mile for you, as you would for our patients. We work together to create a positive team spirit, recognising achievements and celebrating success. We know that happy patients start with happy staff.

Main duties of the job

If you are looking for professional and personal development then we will support you to achieve this. There is a clear development structure in place, which includes senior level nursing as well as Clinical Nurse specialists within the specialty.

About us

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with

visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is a research active organisation.

It's established South West Clinical School in Cornwall exists to promote clinical academic career opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals interested in research and evidence-based activities. Read their research paper to find out more.

Website: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/clinical-schools/royal-cornwall-hospitals-nhs-trust-clinical-school

https://doi.org/10.1177/17449871231209037

Job responsibilities

PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.

To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:

• Identity Checks
• Professional registration and qualification checks
• Employment history and reference checks
• Occupational Health clearance
• Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
• Right to work in the UK

For further information please visit:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation

We reserve the right to close this advert early.

We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.

We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Level 1 Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration / students pending registration
• Evidence of professional portfolio

Skills / Experience

• Minimum of 6 months' experience in an acute Trust within the last 12 months (this can include student placement)
• Basic Computer Skills
• Ability to plan, prioritize and evaluate nursing care in accordance with NMC Principles

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.