Job summary
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 12/03/2024
- 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.
About us
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.
Job description
Job 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.
Overseas Staff need to be on the NMC register with OSCE completed and passed and have a current UK Visa.
Current vacancies
Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse Fixed Term contract for 12 months with contractual hours of 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8-4pm.
The role involves caring for and assisting patients recovering from and managing their cardiovascular problems; you will be involved in the delivery and co-ordinating phase one cardiac rehabilitation to the variety of patients recovering from a range of cardiology conditions and cardiac surgical procedures. The role is a complex, multicomponent intervention that focuses on information including education, advise, guidance, and support for patients to improve their functional capacity, wellbeing and health-related quality of life, through identifying risk management and providing psychological support, all of which personalised to each individual patients needs with the aim of maintaining healthy lifestyle changes.
Other vacancies:
- Variety of posts in Older Peoples Medicine
- Interventional Radiology
- ITU limited posts
- Variety of posts in Surgical Services
- Immunology & Allergy Clinic Mon Fri post
- Cardiology specifically Ward 27 part-time
- Cardiothoracic Theatres both scrub & anaesthetics, experience desirable
- Neonates
- Emergency Admission Suite Freeman
Community: driving licence essential
- Nursing Home Project Team
- District Nursing
- District Nursing Ambulatory Clinics
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 months 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.
Job description
Job 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.
Overseas Staff need to be on the NMC register with OSCE completed and passed and have a current UK Visa.
Current vacancies
Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse Fixed Term contract for 12 months with contractual hours of 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8-4pm.
The role involves caring for and assisting patients recovering from and managing their cardiovascular problems; you will be involved in the delivery and co-ordinating phase one cardiac rehabilitation to the variety of patients recovering from a range of cardiology conditions and cardiac surgical procedures. The role is a complex, multicomponent intervention that focuses on information including education, advise, guidance, and support for patients to improve their functional capacity, wellbeing and health-related quality of life, through identifying risk management and providing psychological support, all of which personalised to each individual patients needs with the aim of maintaining healthy lifestyle changes.
Other vacancies:
- Variety of posts in Older Peoples Medicine
- Interventional Radiology
- ITU limited posts
- Variety of posts in Surgical Services
- Immunology & Allergy Clinic Mon Fri post
- Cardiology specifically Ward 27 part-time
- Cardiothoracic Theatres both scrub & anaesthetics, experience desirable
- Neonates
- Emergency Admission Suite Freeman
Community: driving licence essential
- Nursing Home Project Team
- District Nursing
- District Nursing Ambulatory Clinics
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 months 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
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- Meets All Essential Criteria
Desirable
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Person Specification
Shortlisting Criteria
Essential
- Meets All Essential Criteria
Desirable
- Meets All Desirable Criteria
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
