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Job summary

Main area
acute stroke care
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (37.5 per week)
Job ref
362-A-24-6429435
Employer
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Stockport
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 Per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/07/2024 23:59

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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

The award winning Stroke team at Stepping Hill hospital is looking for a band 5 nurse to come and join our successful  team 
Ward A10 is a 28 bedded Hyper acute stroke unit incorporating  high dependency beds , assessment beds for newly admitted patients direct from the HASU ED and some short term rehabilitation beds.
A10 is unpredictable and fast paced with great job satisfaction. It is an area constantly developing with excellent learning and development opportunities. The teamwork between the medical , nursing and allied health professionals ensures the constant delivery and focus on high quality patient  care.
Our sister stroke ward E1 is a 30 bedded integrated stroke unit.  The stroke patients get transferred to E1 from A10 for ongoing stroke rehabilitation. We are able to offer rotational contracts throughout the 2 units upon request.

 

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a caring, compassionate individual that is well organised, thrives under pressure and feels ready to develop their leadership skills within a friendly and supportive team. 

Stroke experience is not essential as we offer a full in house training package. We offer  you excellent managerial support and commitment to your personal professional development. You can access a variety of training courses from Acute Illness Management, ILS and preceptorship. The Trust has a number of SLAs with local universities to access a variety of courses.

 

 

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.

 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.

 If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

 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.

 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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for effectively delivering skilled nursing care to patients using a systemic approach of assessing planning, implementing and evaluating to ensure a high standard of care. The post holder will assist in the admission and discharge processes for patients in line with local procedures.

 They will provide support with the effective patient admission pathways and effective discharge planning using their clinical skills to agree admissions and manage/report any impact on shifts/ workload and staffing levels. 

They will proactively engage with patients, relatives and carers to seek their views, gain agreement and keep them informed about their treatment and care.  They will demonstrate compassion by recognising and responding to individual needs in a warm, thoughtful, sensitive and helpful way.

Maintain registration, and nursing competencies, and comply with NMC code of Professional Conduct and related documents.

To be flexible to work within other areas or departments to meet the demands of the trust workforce model and changing service needs.

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.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NMC qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Stroke experience

Knowlege

Essential criteria
  • IT skills/knowledge
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching qulaification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience working within a hospital setting
Desirable criteria
  • Experience working within a stroke ward

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to supervise staff

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Samantha Trucca
Job title
Ward Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0161 419 5103
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