Job summary
- Main area
- Surgery
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 per week)
- Job ref
- 343-6859259-RB-SK
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £34,521 - £41,956 per annum inc HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Mary Moore Ward
Band 5
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
The post holder will provide high quality care and work towards developing and working within a cohesive multidisciplinary team. The expectations within this job description will be met through, hands on clinical practice, education and training, and research. The post holder will be caring and compassionate with patients, relatives and staff, and will actively listen, understand and respond to the patients’ needs and improve and innovate for patient safety. You will provide highly skilled assistance in all and act as a professional member of the team. The initial objectives of the post will be reviewed with the post holder on an annual basis.
Main duties of the job
We are really excited about the Band 5 roles that we have developed for our wards within our Surgical Directorate and Planned Care Division. As part of our ambitious agenda and on-going development of the wards, we are seeking to appoint surgical nurses on MMW at St Helier hospital.
Are you a compassionate nurse? Are you enthusiastic, highly motivated, and passionate about surgical nursing?
Mary Moore Ward is an acute general surgical ward,ward comprising of 39 beds, caring for emergency general surgical patients admitted via our emergency department, SACU and ICU.
All staff members are encouraged to develop and excel in their roles and we offer experience within the unit to achieve this. You will have the opportunity to develop your skills, both surgical and clinical and will be supported by the Ward based Clinical Matron, Ward Sister and highly visible senior leadership team who pride ourselves on being transformational in our approach.
Our successful candidates will be someone who is highly engaged, with a desire to put the patient first.
If providing excellent nursing care, getting the basics right are important to you and have a strong desire to develop within our surgical areas, we would love to hear from you to discuss this exciting opportunity further. Development opportunities with the education team are available and would be supported as part of appraisal.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting Job description/Person Specification documents which contains more information about the role
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse on NMC
- Evidence of recent and ongoing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Degree or working towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate the provision of evidence based nursing care
- Interest in Surgery
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Surgery
- Experience of using PC based NHS patient systems
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Understanding of the principles of managing a group of patients
- Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise.
- Knowledge and understanding of confidentially
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and experience of Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written and interpersonal skills Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care
- Sound clinical skills Ability to learn new skills Able to maintain clear and legible documentation
- Ability to communicate with patients (and their relatives or carers) who may have a range of complex health care issues, and a variety of sensory / communication / physical / mental health / language needs
- Planning and organisation skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using database
Abilities
Essential criteria
- IT skills
- Time Management
- Ability to meet deadlines
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected]. 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
- Emonido Justina Oyibo
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07557293819
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