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Job summary

Main area
The Friarage & Community L3
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (12 hour day and night shifts)
Job ref
328-FCS-6177936
Employer
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Redcar Primary Care Hospital
Town
Redcar
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 per annum (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Staff Nurse (UCR Service)

Band 5

Job overview

37.5 Hours per week (Urgent Community Response)

The post holder will support the needs of any individual’s complex health issues and acute episodes of ill health requiring an urgent 2 hour response, and agree care plans, utilising the single assessment process and escalate to senior staff when necessary.

Main duties of the job

  • To be an active member of the multidisciplinary team by using professional judgement and assuming responsibility and accountability for assessing, implementing and evaluating clinical care for patients to meet their needs in a safe caring environment that promotes dignity, privacy and respect.
  • The post holder will be expected to develop knowledge and skills within the speciality and will assist in the management and organisation of nursing work in the ward/department within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
  • The post holder will actively support the admission avoidance agenda, providing high quality care to people in their own homes and will work within a service which enables recognition of the early symptoms of disease; provides an appropriate response to exacerbation and sub-acute illness and maintains a high quality service to include palliative care and patients who need on-going input within their own home.
  • The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across 7 days a week, ensuring the 24 hour service is covered, to meet the changing needs of the service, which may include working across the Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Hambleton and Richmondshire area

Working for our organisation

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.  You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:

  • Explore leadership within the NHS
  • Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
  • Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
  • Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Diploma or Degree in Adult Nursing.
  • Registered as fit to practice by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of Post Graduate clinical training/ development

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of Multi-disciplinary working.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience working within an acute or community setting

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sarah Mallett
Job title
UCR Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07442820532