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Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Staff Nurse- Tenbury Community Hospital

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Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic team players to come and join our nursing team. If you have an interest in elderly care and rehabilitation and want to work in a high functioning team to support patients and their families during the most challenging of times, this could be the post for you.

Tenbury Community Hospital is a rural inpatient setting of 22 beds that supports patients as a step down to receive ongoing medical treatment, rehabilitation, discharge planning or end of life care which no longer requires acute support but cannot be managed in the community

Tenbury Community Hospital :-

  • A team that champions the culture of inclusive and supportive teamwork
  • Working in an environment that is passionate about holistic patient focused care
  • Caring for a caseload of patients with varying needs, supporting dynamic practice and professional experience and development
  • Working collaboratively with colleagues
  • Ward environment up to date and spacious.
  • Strong community links

If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you get in touch with the recruiting manager, details can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert.

Join our team, we pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support.

Main duties of the job

As a Staff Nurse you will be responsible for providing care to people admitted to our ward for rehabilitation.

Our focus is promoting the comfort and wellbeing of patients, enabling them to live as independently as possible. Tenbury is a small but friendly team to work with. As a team we encourage ongoing learning and development through reflection and clinical supervision which we try and embed in our daily practice.

Our nurses are required to facilitate the day to day running of the ward, administering medications, working alongside all members of the MDT as well as patients, their families and carers to provided 24/7 rehabilitation to enable the highest level of independence and quality of life.

Our nurses are required to attend meetings as needed such as MDT and CHC or Discharge Planning.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

  • 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
  • Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
  • Flexible and agile working opportunities
  • Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
  • Wide range of supportive staff networks
  • Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Details

Date posted

19 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9798-1219

Job locations

Tenbury Community Hospital

Worcester Road

Burford

Tenbury Wells

Worcestershire

WR15 8AP


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Skills and abilities

Essential

  • Ability to communicate effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Basic IT skills

Qualifications

Essential

  • RGN
  • NMC Registered Adult Nursing

Desirable

  • Practice Supervisor and/or Practice Assessor Training.
  • Accredited courses in Palliative Care, Tissue Viability, Diabetes, Dementia

Knowledge

Essential

  • Confidence to teach student nurses, patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team

Desirable

  • Medication administration via various routes PO, PR, S/C, IM, IV
  • Experience of Audit
  • Knowledge and understanding of Mental Capacity and DOLs

Experience

Essential

  • Experience gained during post-registration training in an inpatient setting.

Desirable

  • Experience gained working in the frailty care setting.
Person Specification

Skills and abilities

Essential

  • Ability to communicate effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Basic IT skills

Qualifications

Essential

  • RGN
  • NMC Registered Adult Nursing

Desirable

  • Practice Supervisor and/or Practice Assessor Training.
  • Accredited courses in Palliative Care, Tissue Viability, Diabetes, Dementia

Knowledge

Essential

  • Confidence to teach student nurses, patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team

Desirable

  • Medication administration via various routes PO, PR, S/C, IM, IV
  • Experience of Audit
  • Knowledge and understanding of Mental Capacity and DOLs

Experience

Essential

  • Experience gained during post-registration training in an inpatient setting.

Desirable

  • Experience gained working in the frailty care 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.

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

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Tenbury Community Hospital

Worcester Road

Burford

Tenbury Wells

Worcestershire

WR15 8AP


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Tenbury Community Hospital

Worcester Road

Burford

Tenbury Wells

Worcestershire

WR15 8AP


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Matron

Sharon Price

sharon.price8@nhs.net

01584810643

Details

Date posted

19 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year pro rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9798-1219

Job locations

Tenbury Community Hospital

Worcester Road

Burford

Tenbury Wells

Worcestershire

WR15 8AP


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