Job summary
- Main area
- Gynaecology
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (will include nights and weekends)
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-6354084
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse
Band 5
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
FULL TIME POST - 37.5 HOURS A WEEK
An exciting opportunity has risen for a band 5 staff nurse within our motivated and well established ward team. Within this department the successful applicant will be caring for early pregnancy and emergency Gynaecology patients in a ten bedded ward, alongside four assessment beds.
Whilst working on the ward you will be caring for a diverse caseload of patients ranging from post-operative elective surgery to acute emergencies. You will be expected to be involved in an individuals care from admission to discharge, maintaining and improving current standards and supporting the team in meeting required targets, both at local and national level.
Main duties of the job
The post holder should have an attitude base on strong nursing values and an overall commitment to provide patients and their families with care that is first and foremost based on a culture of compassion, professionalism and respect.
We are a 24 hour Gynaecology Ward with an in patient Assessment area and an Outpatient Assessment Unit combined. We have nine Gynaecology consultants covering various aspects of care including Fertility, Oncology, Early Pregnancy , Minor and Major surgery and Urodynamics.
Our Early Pregnancy Unit is Nurse Led with a 7 day a week scan service and there is opportunity for ward based training within this area as staff become more experienced.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice 3033
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We have a high number of students and will therefore have numerous opportunities for teaching and developing. We are keen to assist with Mentor training and encourage spoke placements to all of our linked areas including theatre, Colposcopy, Fertility, Early Pregnancy and Out Patients.
All our staff members work as a close team encouraging communication within all grades.
Continuing ongoing training is encouraged to ensure that all staff are compliant.
As a band 5 nurse you will be expected to care for a group of patients and when experienced on occasions, be in charge of the ward.
You will be expected to administer medications within the hospital policies and guidelines as well as develop skills if not already competent in Venepuncture and Cannulation. You will be expected to care for patients with ongoing miscarriages, Gynaecological problems major and minor, terminations and outlying patients with various conditions.
You will experience many telephone referrals from patients and therefore it is essential that you have excellent communications skills as well as a compassionate nature.
If successful, this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current first level registration
Desirable criteria
- teaching and assessing certificate
- relevant post registration courses
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Computer literacy
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Desirable criteria
- experience of supervising others
- experience of working in clinical areas
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Effective time management
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work effectively in a team
- Ability to use own initiative
- Demonstrates an awareness of patient dignity and respect
- motivated
- Demonstrates a positive 'can do' approach to change
Work Related Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Occupational Health Clearance
- Flexible and adaptable
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Laura Partington
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 419 5508
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