Job summary
Employer heading
Staff Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
The Specialist Surgery Care Group has a vacancy for an enthusiastic nurse to join a evolving nursing team in a busy surgical environment.
This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside an existing team to care for both elective and emergency admissions and provide a high standard of urology nursing care.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website.
Main duties of the job
Registered Nurse duties expected as per the attached job description. Compassion and care being essential to these roles, you will be caring for a wide range of patients having experienced urology surgery or treatment for urology symptoms.
You will also be an excellent team player and have great communication skills.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As per the job description, you will be professionally responsible and accountable for care delivered to patients in your care. You will of course be supported by the wider multidisciplinary team and expected to undertake specific courses/education in relation to the Urology specialty.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship qualification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Intravenous admin skills
- Team Worker
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Good organisational skills
- Demonstrates an understanding of current development in the specialty
Desirable criteria
- Able to use a range of central venous access
- Leadership qualities
- Cannulation and venepuncture skills
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jessica Chester
- Job title
- Ward Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01482 623015
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