Staff Nurse–Surgery (general vascular colorectal ENT) & gastro

The closing date is 2nd May 2023

Job summary

At University Hospitals Birmingham, we have one of the biggest Gastro departments in the country, spanning four hospitals, providing a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including emergency out of hours gastroenterology.

Recently, we have expanded our diagnostic endoscopy service at Solihull hospital and are looking for Band 5 staff nurses to join our friendly team.

Gastro is an ever -- changing speciality, and this job will give you the chance to become a specialised nurse, in an area where no 2 days are the same. Whether you are newly -- qualified, or an experienced nurse looking for an exciting new challenge, Gastro will provide you with a structured training plan, and give you the tools you need to become an expert nurse in a variety of conditions and procedures.

We pride ourselves on being a supportive team, ensuring that staff satisfaction and supporting a healthy work -- life balance are high on our priorities. If you'd like to join a caring and nurturing team, with plenty of learning and development opportunities, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

Working according to the NMC Code of Professional Standards of Practice and Behaviour and relevant professional guidelines and be accountable for their own professional actions

To use up to date knowledge and evidence to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care, communicate findings, influence changes and promote health and best practice

To achieve and maintain competence in identified mandatory and statutory training, develop and maintain clinical competencies, skills and knowledge which relate to the area of clinical practice

To respond to patients, relative and carers concerns as they arise and take remedial action as required

To take charge of the practice setting as required/ or a defined area of the practice setting

To assume responsibility for undertaking tasks delegated by the nominated line/shift manager. This may include representing the practice setting at meetings, link nurse responsibilities, audit, governance initiatives and supervision and role competence assessments for unregistered nurses and students/ trainees

For a full list of the main duties of the job, please refer to the job description.

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;
  • Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. We do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://birminghamandsolihullcovidvaccine.nhs.uk where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.

Job description

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register
Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC 

Experience

Essential

Previous or recent experience of working in an acute secondary NHS care setting, can include student placements within the last 12 months
Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/competence
Experience of working on your own and in a team in a health care environment delegating to others within a team / providing supervision
Willingness to become a practice supervisor / assessor to meet Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for student supervision and assessment 

Additional Criteria

Essential

Demonstrate achievement of numeracy and literacy skills, which include drug administration calculations
Ability to read/write and speak, receive and understand instructions in English
Good IT skills ability to record information electronically
Competent in a range of clinical skills and willingness to undertake expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required
Professional appearance
Display genuine interest in the post applied for and can articulate this when questioned
Positive and enthusiastic attitude
Ability to communicate articulately with others
Caring and approachable
Punctual and reliable
Ability to work a varied shift pattern including nights/weekends/unsocial hours where required
Describe why the Trust may deploy you to a different practice setting for a span of duty

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.

For help with your application, contact: 

Cerys Bate 

Cerys.Bate@uhb.nhs.uk 

 

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change 

Band

Band 5 

Salary

£27055.00  to £32934.00 Yearly 

Contract

Permanent 

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working 

Reference number

304-D4-RGN22E2 

Job locations

Trustwide 
Mindelsohn Way 
Birmingham 
West Midlands 
B15 2TH 

Attachments

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