Job summary
We require reliable, enthusiastic and motivated Staff Nurses to join our bank to work in our Special Care Baby Unit. In return we will offer you:
- Flexible hours; choose when and where you want to work
- Competitive pay rates; including enhanced pay for unsociable hours
- Paid annual leave
- NHS pension scheme
- A fast-track recruitment process if you move to a substantive role
- Opportunities to work in different wards and departments, including community, dental and specialist services
- Access to Services, such as those provided by our Staff Wellbeing Team
- Ability to book your shifts from home using our online portal
- Option to block-book shifts in a set period
- SMS notifications of shift availability
- Access to staff newsletters and bulletins
- Eligible for various local and national discounts which are available to NHS staff
- Free uniform, where applicable
To find out more about the benefits of working on the bank visit our website www.yournorthumbriacareer.co.uk/staff-bank
Main duties of the job
The Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) is based at The Northumbria Hospital and is a level one neonatal unit, comprising of 12 special care cots. It supports a busy, high risk obstetric Maternity unit. We do provide high dependency care and stabilise infants requiring intensive care, prior to transfer. SCBU has an established innovative staffing model with an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) delivered service, on site . For over twenty years our existing ANNPs have had clinical responsibility and leadership of the neonatal unit with support for the Consultant Paediatricians
We have a range of shifts 7 days per week including day shifts, early shifts , late shifts , twilight, nights and weekends. With bank you can pick and choose shifts which suit you.
The role is to provide high standards of care to patients accessing our services. You will need to embrace our trust values, demonstrate excellent communication skills, with a flexible approach to your work.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the ward team under the direction of the Ward Manager.
- To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the ward team under the direction of the Ward Manager.
- To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level live NMC registered Nurse
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
Desirable
- PP126/7
- D32/33
- Post Registration qualification in specialty
- Diploma/degree in nursing
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level live NMC registered Nurse
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
Desirable
- PP126/7
- D32/33
- Post Registration qualification in specialty
- Diploma/degree in nursing
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).
