Band 5 Staff Nurse Outpatients Solihull Solihull, England
Job description
Job overview
We are looking for a full time Band 5 Staff Nurse to work within our Outpatient Department at Solihull Hospital.
We cover a range of clinics including ENT, Cardiology, Respiratory, Breast, and General Surgery, Plastics, Vascular and more! You will be working with a team of Nurses and Healthcare Assistants as well as Consultants, Doctors, Specialist Nurses, Educators, Radiographers, Audiologists etc.
Your role would include the set up and shut down of clinic areas, ensuring patients are in the right area for their appointment, chaperoning, assisting with small procedures, dressings and other general nursing tasks.
Our nurses oversee the running of the department and take on link nurse roles such as sepsis, IPC, Safeguarding. Nurses can learn to do vascular dressings, assist with breast biopsies and assisting with ENT investigations.
Usual hours of work would be between 7:30 - 18:00 Monday to Friday with occasional weekend cover needed.
Occasional cross site cover may be needed from time to time.
Main duties, tasks & skills required
Your role would include the set up and shut down of clinic areas, ensuring patients are in the right area for their appointment, chaperoning, assisting with small procedures, dressings and other general nursing tasks
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
Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register
Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
Experience
Essential
Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/competence
Experience of working on own and in a team in a health care environment delegating to others within a team/providing supervision to others
Willingness to become a practice supervisor/assessor to or meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for student supervision and assessment
Understanding and knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
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.
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.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
