Job summary
If you're a Band 5 staff nurse currently working for the trust and looking to move to another area, please go to http://uhbpolicies/documents/internal-lateral-transfer-of-post-holders.htm to access our transfer process
Our team have told us what they need from their employer- and we've listened. If you are looking for hours to fit around your family, we can tailor our offering to you. This could be working school hours, weekends only, condensed hours or maybe it's just keeping your interest in nursing by offering one shift a week. We would rather adapt our rosters to secure your talent. All we ask for is that you provide the very best care to our patients and work with our teams to ensure patient quality and safe care is delivered. We are hiring across specialities at Heartlands Hospital which includes Cardiology, Respiratory and nephrology. With any role within UHB, each post comes with the support of our team and managers. This is extended by support from our School of Nursing, AHPs and Midwifery. The School offers exciting opportunities for career growth and development, and our focus is on providing a supportive environment as part of your continuing professional development.
Main duties of the job
Ward 9 and 6 care for patients with cardiac conditions. We have a full range of modern cardiology services. We provide 24hour PPCI service, Diagnostic angiography, PPM and complex devices. As part of the Cardiac Cath Lab team you will be expected to work across all three sites and participate in weekend/overnight on call as necessary at BHH. Ward 3 cares for a range of patients with renal conditions including kidney transplantation. You will have opportunities to gain experience in our neighbouring clinical areas including the renal assessment unit and the dialysis unit. You will also have the opportunity to shadow our clinical nurse specialists in renal medicine and transplantation.
Having the willingness to learn and undertake expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice is essential for a nurse working within the renal team
Ward 24 is a 43 bedded acute respiratory ward and Ward 26 is a Cystic Fibrosis Unit. Ward 24, specialises in many different complex respiratory conditions including COPD, CF, asthma, bronchiectasis and ILD. We have inpatient areas for both the West Midlands Regional Cystic Fibrosis Unit and the Birmingham Regional Severe Asthma service. We also have an inpatient area providing high dependency care for Non-Invasive Ventilation, CPAP and patients with Tracheostomies.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register
- Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
Experience
Essential
- Previous or recent experience of working in an acute secondary NHS care setting, can include student placements within the last 12 months
- Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/competence
- Experience of working on your own and in a team in a health care environment delegating to others within a team / providing supervision
- Willingness to become a practice supervisor / assessor to meet Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for student supervision and assessment
- Understanding and knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
- Understanding of preceptorship and work based learning and assimilation of skills and knowledge
- Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context
- Understanding / experience of the principles of safeguarding and Mental Capacity
- Awareness of health and safety issues
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Demonstrate achievement of numeracy and literacy skills, which include drug administration calculations
- Ability to read/write and speak, receive and understand instructions in English
- Good IT skills ability to record information electronically
- Competent in a range of clinical skills and willingness to undertake expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required
- Professional appearance
- Display genuine interest in the post applied for and can articulate this when questioned
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Ability to communicate articulately with others
- Caring and approachable
- Punctual and reliable
- Ability to work a varied shift pattern including nights/weekends/unsocial hours where required
- Describe why the Trust may deploy you to a different practice setting for a span of duty
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register
- Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
Experience
Essential
- Previous or recent experience of working in an acute secondary NHS care setting, can include student placements within the last 12 months
- Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/competence
- Experience of working on your own and in a team in a health care environment delegating to others within a team / providing supervision
- Willingness to become a practice supervisor / assessor to meet Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for student supervision and assessment
- Understanding and knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
- Understanding of preceptorship and work based learning and assimilation of skills and knowledge
- Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context
- Understanding / experience of the principles of safeguarding and Mental Capacity
- Awareness of health and safety issues
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Demonstrate achievement of numeracy and literacy skills, which include drug administration calculations
- Ability to read/write and speak, receive and understand instructions in English
- Good IT skills ability to record information electronically
- Competent in a range of clinical skills and willingness to undertake expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required
- Professional appearance
- Display genuine interest in the post applied for and can articulate this when questioned
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Ability to communicate articulately with others
- Caring and approachable
- Punctual and reliable
- Ability to work a varied shift pattern including nights/weekends/unsocial hours where required
- Describe why the Trust may deploy you to a different practice setting for a span of duty
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
