Band 5 Staff Nurse-Cardiology/Respiratory/Diabetes

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

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 Good Hope Hospital which includes Cardiology, Respiratory and Diabetes. 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 8 and 10 are 33 bedded ward. The ward cares for a variety of diabetic conditions such as poor glycaemic control, hypoglycaemia and ketoacidosis. The team work in partnership with the highly skilled diabetic clinical nurse specialist's team, to ensure that patients receive the best outcomes. The ward has access to the diabetic professional development team, who will be able to guide you through your career path within the speciality. Endocrinology services actively promote self-wellbeing and strongly believe taking care of each other allows us all to provide excellence in care for our patients.

Ward 24 is a 28 bedded Respiratory which provides care for patients with a multitude of conditions including asthma, COPD, pleural effusions, pneumothorax, altered airways, chest drains, Type 1 and Type 2 Respiratory failures

We deliver a Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) Service within the ward which is greatly supported by our dedicated Respiratory physiotherapy team, our specialist NIV therapy support workers, our highly skilled nurses alongside the rest of the multi-disciplinary team to provide this specialist acute care. Ward 24 houses a Respiratory Acute Care Unit/Area which includes central monitoring and external NIV alarms; allowing for improved monitoring for Level 2 / acutely unwell patients.

Ward 23 at GHH covers a 6 bedded CCU and cardiology ward, a cath lab providing complex device implantations. The CCU manages patients requiring additional cardiology or CPAP support.

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.

Date posted

19 June 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-1071866YS

Job locations

Good Hope Hospital

Rectory Rd

Sutton Coldfield

West Midlands

B75 7RR

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note*: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note*: For a 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/recent experience or 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 own and in a team in a health care environment delegating to others within a team/providing supervision to others
Willingness to become a practice supervisor/assessor to or meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) 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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register
Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC

Experience

Essential

Previous/recent experience or 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 own and in a team in a health care environment delegating to others within a team/providing supervision to others
Willingness to become a practice supervisor/assessor to or meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) 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

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).