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Senior Nurse Recruitment Day - Stamford

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Job summary

Recruitment Day

Are you a caring and supportive experienced nurse with great communication skills thriving to provide excellent care to our patients?

Join our Recruitment Day at Stamford and Rutland Hospital to learn about us, our activity, career pathways to secure your future career with us.

The Recruitment Day will take place on Wednesday the 1st of November at Stamford and Rutland Hospital, Ryhall Rd, Stamford PE9 1UA, between 09:00-14:00.

This event will give you the great opportunity to:

  • Meet our teams who will support and guide you throughout the day, as well as after you join us as an employee.
  • Learn more about the training, development and further career opportunities we offer.
  • Get first-hand experience on a day in a life of a registered nurse at John Van Geest Unit, their duties and responsibility.
  • Take a tour of your future workplace.
  • Attend a formal interview and leave with a job offer if successful.

JVG is a 22 single-bedded step-down ward providing further medical care to patients transferred from Peterborough City Hospital. With a mix of diagnoses and co-morbidities, our patients are often elderly and frail. You will be confident in demonstrating strong acute clinical skills and expertise in assessing and evaluating each patient to identify the right care plan.

If you are a natural leader, confident in making the best clinical decisions for the benefit of the patients, this is the place for you!

To confirm your attendance, please submit an application form

Main duties of the job

You will be a clinical champion and act as a role model taking a lead role in the patient's journey. You should be able to deputise for the Ward/Department Manager when required.

You will be responsible for the coordination of the clinical care of the patients by offering a secure caring environment and safe working levels with the appropriate skill mix for the shift and subsequent shifts.

By working collaboratively with all disciplines and effectively managing resources, you will ensure a high standard of care for our patients, their relatives, and carers.

You will be responsible for critical clinical decision-making in advising, delivering or referring onward as appropriate.

Professional development is key to the roles. You will facilitate the development of your own clinical practice and skills through training and education as well as your team members.

Our work patterns are created on a shift basis as our patients need our care and attention 24 hours a day 7 days a week, so everyone gets involved working different shifts to ensure our patients receive the best care.

About us

We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.

Benefits to you

  • 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
  • NHS Pension Scheme:
  • Flexible working opportunities;
  • Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
  • Career development and training;
  • Wellbeing support and activities;
  • In-house physiotherapy Service;
  • On-site canteens with subsidised meals;
  • Subsidised staff parking (currently free).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Full duties can be found in the attached job description but if you want to learn more about this role, please drop us an email.

Details

Date posted

06 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

176-Med-5703988

Job locations

Stamford Hospital

Stamford

PE9 1UA


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the detailed job description and person specification for more information regarding this role.

PRRVIOUS CANDIDATES NEED NOT APPLY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the detailed job description and person specification for more information regarding this role.

PRRVIOUS CANDIDATES NEED NOT APPLY

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • 1st Level Registration
  • Management / leadership certificate or equivalent or in process

Desirable

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent
  • ILS trained
  • Venepuncture and Canulation

Experience

Essential

  • 3 years' experience within speciality/acute care area
  • Evidence of leadership qualities
  • Roster managment and safe staffing
  • Preceptor new staff / students
  • Dealing with critical incidents and complaints
  • Patient care and public evolvement
  • Audit and research in practice

Desirable

  • Budget managemnt

Key Skills

Essential

  • Expert clinical role model who is committed to improvement of standards and patient care
  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
  • Knowledge of trust policy and procedures
  • Continuing professional development in portfolio
  • Ability to work autonomously
  • Act as a clinical supervisor, role model and preceptor
  • Good organisational skills

Desirable

  • Evidence of networking across professional boundaries
  • project development skills
Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • 1st Level Registration
  • Management / leadership certificate or equivalent or in process

Desirable

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent
  • ILS trained
  • Venepuncture and Canulation

Experience

Essential

  • 3 years' experience within speciality/acute care area
  • Evidence of leadership qualities
  • Roster managment and safe staffing
  • Preceptor new staff / students
  • Dealing with critical incidents and complaints
  • Patient care and public evolvement
  • Audit and research in practice

Desirable

  • Budget managemnt

Key Skills

Essential

  • Expert clinical role model who is committed to improvement of standards and patient care
  • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
  • Knowledge of trust policy and procedures
  • Continuing professional development in portfolio
  • Ability to work autonomously
  • Act as a clinical supervisor, role model and preceptor
  • Good organisational skills

Desirable

  • Evidence of networking across professional boundaries
  • project development skills

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).

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.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Stamford Hospital

Stamford

PE9 1UA


Employer's website

https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Stamford Hospital

Stamford

PE9 1UA


Employer's website

https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward Manager

Chloe Jamieson

chloe.jamieson1@nhs.net

01733678216

Details

Date posted

06 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

176-Med-5703988

Job locations

Stamford Hospital

Stamford

PE9 1UA


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