Band 4 Nursing Associate – ED/Acute Medicine

Job summary

We have full time jobs for Band 4 Nursing Associates with any amount of experience but at UHB we also do things a little differently. 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 school hours, weekends only, condensed hours or maybe it's just keeping your interest in nursing by offering one shift a week. We would rather 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 quality and safe care is delivered.

Division 3a comprises of our Emergency and Acute Services within the Trust. Currently we have vacancies across the Acute Medical Directorate on each of our Hospital Sites. The Acute Medical Directorate comprises of the Medical Assessment Units (MAU), Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) and the Acute Medical Short Stay Wards. With any role within UHB, each post comes with the support of our 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.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

What's in it for you?

*Employed in one the largest NHS Trust

*A comprehensive induction, on-going training, and professional development

*To be part of team where you are valued, and where your opinion and ideas make a difference to people's lives.

*Public sector pension

*Access to onsite Temporary employment bank -- where additional shifts can be selected

*Access to any vaccinations such as Covid and Flu

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 detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE or equivalent to Level 2 Functional Skills Maths & English

NMC registered Nursing Associate

Level 5 Foundation Degree In Health & Care associated with Nursing Associate training

Experience

Essential

Evidence of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment under appropriate supervision as part of a multi-disciplinary team

Experience of providing and receiving complex sensitive information

Experience of managing / prioritising own case load / workload, using initiative

Competent in a range of clinical skills and practices relevant to the scope of practice required

Experience in delegating duties to others

Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate

Desirable

Experience of Clinical Audit 

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: 

Andrew Coughlan 

Division3aRecruitmentTeam@uhb.nhs.uk