Job summary
- Main area
- Staff Nurse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 370-NAM5WA45-224-A
- Employer
- Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Warrington Hospital
- Town
- Warrington
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum, pro rata for part time hours
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - A4 & A5
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
A4 - 2 x positions 37.5 Hours per week
A5 - 1x position 23 Hours per week
With in our Digestive Diseases Clinical Business Unit, band 5 Staff Nurse opportunities have arisen, on Ward A4 and Ward A5 elective. Offering full time and part time positions.
Both areas provide high quality, safe and sustainable care to our patients for a wide range of surgical specialities, such as Colorectal, Urology, Breast and UGI.
Recent in February 2024 both areas have been awards GOLD in their ward accreditation inspections, showing growth and development.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative Band 5 Staff Nurses who thrive in a challenging environment and are keen to make a positive impact on patient care.
If this is you, we would love for you to join our teams on Ward A4 and A5 elective.
Ward A4 is a 33 bedded emergency Acute Surgical Ward, with a wide range of surgical specialities
Ward A5 Elective is busy, fast paced 20 bedded Elective Surgical Ward.
The successful candidates will possess excellent communication skills, time management and organisational skills and display a genuine passion for nursing.
Working for our organisation
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a detailed list of job responsibilities please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with a diploma/degree or relevant experience
Desirable criteria
- Mentoring/ Teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Experience working within a clinical area
- Experience in delivering patient care
Desirable criteria
- Acute Ward Experience
- Surgical Nursing Experience
Skills Knowledge & Competencies
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to overcome barriers to communication
- Demonstrate evidence of personal development
- Good organisational skills and able to prioritise and delegate
- Confident in dealing with difficult situations
- Ability to work as part of a team
- High standards of infection control and prevention
- Knowledge of patient safety initiatives
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge/qualification for Quality Improvement
- Surgical skills i.e Total parental nutrition, patient control analgesia, central venous access devices and complex wound management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nathan Taylor-Thompson
- Job title
- Ward Manager A4
- Email address
- [email protected]
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