Job summary
- Main area
- Elective Orthopaedics
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 20.5 hours per week (Rotational days and nights)
- Job ref
- 205-6173275
- Employer
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- County Hospital
- Town
- Stafford
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
We have a very exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Staff Nurse Nurse to join our Elective Orthopaedic nursing team
We welcome applications from individuals who feel they can meet the demands and needs of this specialist area.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will have good communication skills and should have experience of working in an acute hospital setting ideally within an elective orthopaedic setting. We are looking for a committed team player who has high standards and is passionate about improving the patient experience.
Elective orthopaedics cares for a variety of patients with complex conditions and needs that are undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery and require specialist skills and knowledge to aid and maximise their recovery.
If you feel you have these attributes, please apply
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.
We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
For more details on the post, please contact Janice Wood (see contact details)
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse on the professional register
Experience
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills
- Experience in undertaking dressings
- Has experience as registered nurse in an Acute hospital setting.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Is able to recount / discuss the requirements for high standard of care
- Ability to use a computer
Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Able to use own initiative.
- Ability to work as part of a team and working autonomously
- Good communication skills
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
- Janice Wood
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01785 230036
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