Job summary
- Main area
- 317 Trustwide
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: & Fixed Term
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 317-2024-SNA-ODP-SEPT
- Employer
- The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- 317 Trustwide
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 10/09/2024
Employer heading
Staff Nurse
Band 5
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job overview
We’ve been providing patient-centred healthcare to communities in the North East of England and beyond for over 250 years and are proud to be one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, offering a vast and diverse range of specialist services.
We approach our daily work with the ethos that patients remain at the heart of everything we do, in line with the trust’s Vision and Values and is reflected in our newly launched Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Strategy.
We seek self-motivated, confident nurses with a natural aptitude for empathy and attentiveness, who can demonstrate a sensitive yet self-assured approach with patients who are often very scared and uncertain for their future.
Acting as an advocate for your patients, you will need authentic communication and listening skills, and the ability to build trust, considering all factors in their response to prognosis and treatment plans. This can require considerable resilience and insight and you will liaise with colleagues from many external partnership services, requiring good coordination and organisation skills.
- Interview Date Tuesday, 10 September 2024
- Full & Part Time Hours/Week
Main duties of the job
Providing outstanding standards of care, takes a successful multi-disciplinary approach and you will work alongside a large team of talented individuals including medical, surgical, anaesthetic and intensive care teams, allied health professionals, pharmacists and many more.
Our teams also include many nurse specialists and as such there is great scope for progression to more specialist and other senior nursing and managerial roles.
Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
There is a multitude of opportunities for career development within our Trust. Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in particular is extremely important to us, to ensure our staff can fully liberate their potential. You will be encouraged and supported to develop your skills and competencies with dedicated support from our Clinical Educators.
All of our clinical areas are supported and lead by experienced Matrons - contact details are available on our Trust website. Please make contact to find out more and you may be able to arrange an informal visit.
Working for our organisation
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please note that we are unable to offer alternative interview dates so candidates should make every effort to be available for the interview date shown on the current advert. Should you live out of the area we would be happy to accommodate a Microsoft Teams Interview.
The current market for employment is a competitive one, as a Trust we have concluded our International Recruitment programme, and we are now opening up our vacancies to Internal candidates and Students working within the Trust.
Current vacancies
There are a number of limited vacancies available Trustwide for internal candidates and students only.
The list of the vacancies will be finalised and ready for all candidates to review on the day of the interviews. This allows all vacancies to be added during the period up to the interview date giving an accurate list for candidates to choose from on the day.
The following specialities also have vacancies for staff with specific experience in those specialities:-
ENT – new ear service
ENT outpatients at freeman hospital are looking to appoint within the department as part of an exciting developing service for ear care. This post would suit a nurse with some ENT experience or someone who is keen to learn all about ENT procedures undertaken in clinics. The successful candidate will be trained up in ear care alongside the current staff to provide support and eventually to hold independent clinics.
For informal information/visit please email Fiona Pywell the Senior Sister on the ENT outpatients [email protected]
Theatres
Specialist theatres including Cardio Thoracic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Ophthalmology and a temp 9 month part time post in gynaecology. Candidates must have experience within the theatre environment.
Ward 35 Neonates
A busy level 3 Neonatal Unit comprising of 12 ITU, 14 High dependency and 12 Low dependency cots . We provide care for Term and Preterm babies who require support at birth. We care for babies with complex health needs, babies who require Surgical intervention, Neurological or Cardiac input.
Our Nursing team rotate within all areas of the Ward. We provide an excellent staff development programme and facilitate the opportunity for career progression. We welcome Registered Adult nurses to apply. Neonatal and Intensive Care experience is desirable, but not essential.
For further information please contact
Marie Thorogood Senior Sister:- [email protected] or
Sara Donnison Practice Support lead:- [email protected]
Ward 36 Freeman Hospital
- Ward 36 is a fast paced acute day unit administering systemic Anti-Cancer therapy (SACT) to patients with an oncological or haematological malignancy. In addition to administering SACT we also care for patient undergoing supportive treatments such as: blood transfusions, immunoglobulin and venesections. We see between 60-80 patients daily.
- Staff will be expected to train within the administration of chemotherapy and immunotherapy within 6-12months of employment through course attendance and completion of UKONS SACT passport.
- We also hold the UKONS 24hour triage phone, triaging patients who are unwell whilst on treatment and run an acute emergency assessment unit for patients who need to attend hospital and potentially need admission.
- The unit is open 08:00-19:00 seven days a week including bank holidays, therefore weekend working and bank holiday working is an essential part of the role.
- In addition we run a community SACT clinic in Cramlington Manor Walks Shopping Centre on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays therefore rotation between the two sites is essential.
- Full time hours: 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
Shift pattern: x2 LD (08:00-19:00) and x2 E (08:00-17:00) over a seven day service.
F For further information please contact Senior Sister Ashleigh Hughes [email protected]
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Person specification
Shortlisting Criteria
Essential criteria
- Meets All Essential Criteria
Desirable criteria
- Meets All Desirable Criteria
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
- Nursing Recruitment
- Job title
- Nursing Recruitment
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
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They can direct your query to the most appropriate Matron to advise on their current vacancies, shift patterns, arrange any informal visits and the skill & experience they require etc and let you know whether their vacancy is coming to this set of interviews.
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