Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-6406713-RB-SK
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier and Epsom Hospitals
- Town
- Sutton, Carshalton
- Salary
- £29,460 - £31,909 per annum, incl. HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/08/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/08/2024
Employer heading
Nursing Associate
Band 4
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
Registered Nursing Associates - Eye Unit Ophthalmology outpatients
Band 4 - Full-time 37.5 hours per week
We are recruiting! Are you looking for an exciting opportunity?
LOOK NO FURTHER THAN EPSOM AND ST HELIER NHS TRUST!
*CQC RATING- GOOD!*
Congratulations if you are a Nursing Associate! An exciting opportunity has arisen for registered nursing associates to join our very friendly team in the Ophthalmology Department.
Why work for us?
- Fantastic staff benefits
- We will be offering successful candidates a fantastic programme of support and development in this role as part of an ongoing plan for our nursing associate workforce to grow to meet the needs of our patient
If you are forward thinking, compassionate and caring we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role will include:
- Providing optimum quality of care to patients
- Offering support to the multi-professional team
- Supporting the Registered Nurse on duty
- Taking responsibility for an identified area on a regular shift
- Administer medications in alignment with NMC standards of proficiency and Trust policy and procedure.
- Playing an integral role in the delivery of Care Benchmarking activities and Trust specific CQUINS targets
- Participating in audits
Successful candidates must demonstrate genuine desire to become a part of our amazing team and provide outstanding care for our ophthalmic patients. Ophthalmic experience desirable
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.
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
- Foundation Degree in Nursing.
- GCSE/Functional skills in English & Maths level 2
- Trained Nursing Associate
- Registered with the NMC.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understand requirements for NMC professional revalidation
Desirable criteria
- Professional Portfolio and Interview
Skills
Essential criteria
- Willingness to develop own practice
Desirable criteria
- Computer skills
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
- Ramona Lichi
- Job title
- Senior Sister Eye Unit
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07917 576288
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