Job summary
- Main area
- MIU
- Grade
- Band 5/4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 184-IM6238450
- Employer
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community Urgent Care
- Town
- Minehead
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse/Nursing Associate - MIU
Band 5/4
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint a Community Urgent Care Staff Nurse to support our Emergency Nurse Practitioners in our busy MIUs. Somerset Community Urgent Care service has approximately 110,000 attendances a year over our 7 units. If you would like to expand or learn new skills enjoy variety and caring for patients of all ages and acuity including trauma and illness this will be the post for you
Main duties of the job
Are you a band 5 staff nurse looking for a challenge in a new exciting role within our Minor Injuries Unit at Frome.
No two days are the same!
The role involves initial assessment , wound care, assessment, and closure , plastering, administrating medication under PGD, and assisting the Nurse Practitioners in their role.
As a dynamic team with a broad scope of advanced practice including both injury and illness, we embrace variety and the challenge of learning something new every day.
As part of your interview, you will be required to show the following: Proof of any essential qualifications stated on the Job Description, proof of NHS payslip if coming from another NHS Organization and all ID to prove your identity and Right to Work (More details will follow for successful applicants invited to interview)
Please note – the advertised posts are available in Minehead, Frome and Chard.
Working for our organisation
As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone’s throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We have a supportive senior nursing and management team who actively encourage innovation and education in order to achieve the highest standards of care and have a comprehensive CPD program.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
- RGN level 1 with current NMC registration.
Desirable criteria
- Relevant post registration course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience relevant to MIU.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Emergency and Unscheduled Care.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hannah Coleman
- Job title
- Managerial Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07919217962
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