Job summary
Are you a nurse looking to either change direction, or develop and grow within your career?
- If yes, then Frimley Health Foundation Trust is your choice of employer!
- We are one Trust with 3 hospital sites across Frimley, Ascot and Slough
An opportunity has arisen for you to join the Medical Acute Dependency Unit nursing team within the Medicine directorate at Frimley NHS Foundation Trust, Wexham Park site.
Main duties of the job
Our MADU is a 16 bedded unit and has facilities for full cardiac monitoring and non-invasive ventilation. We provide level one and two care to patients with a variety of conditions from GI bleeds, DKA, type 1 and type 2 respiratory failure requiring non-invasive ventilation, CPAP, High Flow Nasal Oxygen Therapy, Heart failure, severe electrolyte imbalance, central lines and arterial lines monitoring, amongst others.
We are looking to appoint a dynamic individual with strong interpersonal skills and an enthusiasm for caring for acutely ill medical patients.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We brought together Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to create Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust on 1 October 2014.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We will consider newly qualified nurses nearing the end of their training wishing to join our team also and will ensure they will have the appropriate training and support they need.
We positively promote staff development with the support of our Respiratory specialist Practice Development nurse, and you will have the opportunity to develop your skills with the aid of the nationally recognised Skills competency Framework
We offer:
- Comprehensive Competency pack to support your learning and development
- Opportunities to undertake both degree/masters courses including our own inhouse accredited respiratory module
- Bespoke study days/event for tracheostomy care, NIV and many other topics
- Support of our in house specialist practice development nursing team to support your own professional development
As a department we take extreme pride in our staff, ensuring that individual development is paramount. If you wish to broaden your clinical skill set or gain further knowledge in the field of acute medicine then this is the opportunity for you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
We will consider newly qualified nurses nearing the end of their training wishing to join our team also and will ensure they will have the appropriate training and support they need.
We positively promote staff development with the support of our Respiratory specialist Practice Development nurse, and you will have the opportunity to develop your skills with the aid of the nationally recognised Skills competency Framework
We offer:
- Comprehensive Competency pack to support your learning and development
- Opportunities to undertake both degree/masters courses including our own inhouse accredited respiratory module
- Bespoke study days/event for tracheostomy care, NIV and many other topics
- Support of our in house specialist practice development nursing team to support your own professional development
As a department we take extreme pride in our staff, ensuring that individual development is paramount. If you wish to broaden your clinical skill set or gain further knowledge in the field of acute medicine then this is the opportunity for you!
Person Specification
Clincial
Essential
- Degree Level Qualification or working towards
- Current NMC PIN
- Evidence of Good written communication skills
Desirable
- Previous respiratory nursing experience
- Flexible working a combination of day and night shifts
- Evidence of post registration study eg Resp Module, Cardiac Module
- Minimum 6month recent experience working in an Acute Hospital Setting
Person Specification
Clincial
Essential
- Degree Level Qualification or working towards
- Current NMC PIN
- Evidence of Good written communication skills
Desirable
- Previous respiratory nursing experience
- Flexible working a combination of day and night shifts
- Evidence of post registration study eg Resp Module, Cardiac Module
- Minimum 6month recent experience working in an Acute Hospital Setting
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).
