Band 4 Theatre Nursing Associate Birmingham, England
Job description
Job summary
Theatre Nursing Associate Band 4
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we know that we need incredible staff to do this.
We are looking for dynamic, highly motivated Nursing Associates to work in Theatre on any of our four sites: Good Hope Hospital, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Solihull Hospital. We cover many specialities including Obs & Gynae, Trauma & Orthopaedics, Interventional Radiology, Thoracic, Cardiac, Liver, Neuro, Plastics, Burns, Hands, General, Urology, Renal, Maxillofacial, ENT, Vascular, Paediatrics, Ophthalmology, Day case surgery and Emergency.
Our team have told us what they need from their employer and we've listened. If you are looking for hours to fit around your family, we can tailor our offering to you. This could be working weekend's only, condensed hours or maybe it's just keeping your interest by offering one shift a week. We would adapt our rosters to secure your talent. All we ask for is that you provide the very best care to our Patients and work with our Teams to ensure patient safety and compliance.
Main duties, tasks & skills required
Division 1 Theatre is an exciting place to work; it's full of challenges, development opportunities and delivers great job satisfaction within a supportive and enjoyable environment. We have full/part time jobs for Band 4 Registered Nursing Associates with any amount of experience but at UHB we also do things a little differently. All we ask for is that you provide the very best care to our patients and work with our teams to ensure patient quality and safe care is delivered
With any role within UHB, each post comes with the support of our education team and managers. This is extended by support from our School of Nursing, AHPs and Midwifery. The School offers exciting opportunities for career growth and development, and our focus is on providing a supportive environment as part of your continuing professional development. We want you to feel a sense of belonging, community, commitment and support.
If you like what you hear about the incredible work the Division 1 Teams do, please contact by email on [email protected]. We will ensure the appropriate person contacts you to answer any questions
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
Job description
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
Maths and English Level 2
Qualification ( Equivalent to GCSE
Grade C or above )
- Care certificate completion or
evidence of training related to health
care support worker role
- Foundation Degree or Level 5 Diploma
in Health and Social Care undertaken
whilst training to be an Assistant
Practitioner
Experience
Essential
Previously employed in a theatre
environment in a complex health care
environment undertaking the role of a
trainee nursing associate
- Can evidence a range of clinical
competencies achieved during
training related to the speciality /
practice setting
- Ability to work effectively as a team
player under appropriate supervision,
and as part of a multi-disciplinary
team
- Insight into how to evaluate own
strengths & development needs,
seeking advice where appropriate
- Ability to take part in reflective
practice and clinical supervision
activities
- Ability to deal with non-routine and
unpredictable nature of the workload
and individual patient contact
- Understanding of the scope of the
role of the Theatre Nursing Associate
in context of the team and the
organisation, and how the role may
- Understanding of evidence based practice
- Evidence of involvement in support /
development of less experienced staff
contribute to service development
- Knowledge of when to seek advice
and refer to a registered care
professional
- Understanding of basic physiology,
e.g. normal vital signs, fluid balance,
etc.
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.
