Band 5 Staff nurse - Respiratory and Diabetes

The closing date is 31st Mar 2023

Job summary

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. 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.

We are hiring across specialities across our 4 sites .Posts include Cardiology, Cardiac / Thoracic surgery, Liver medicine and Surgery, Respiratory and Diabetes. We have variety of Band 5 nurse jobs in both Surgical & Medical areas available; with any amount of experience acceptable. The posts are available across our clinics; wards and outpatient areas

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. If you like what you hear about the incredible work the Division 2 Teams do, please contact by email on Division2recruitment@uhb.nhs.uk. We will happily discuss opportunities with you.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

Ward 8 is a 31 bedded ward at Good Hope Hospital as an Endocrinology and diabetes specialist ward, with acute medical patients. The ward cares for a variety of conditions such as poor glycaemic control, hypoglycaemia and ketoacidosis. The team work in partnership with the highly skilled diabetes clinical nurse specialist's team, to ensure that patients receive the best outcomes. The ward has access to the diabetes professional development team, who will be able to guide you through your career path within the speciality.

Endocrinology and diabetes services actively promote self-wellbeing and strongly believe taking care of each other allows us all to provide excellence in care for our patients.

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 vaccinations such as Covid/ 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;
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

*Please Note : For a 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 / recent experience or 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 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

Understanding of preceptorship and work based learning and assimilation of skills and knowledge

Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context

Understanding / experience of the principles of safeguarding and Mental Capacity

Awareness of health and safety issues

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: 

Gemma Wilkinson 

Gemma.Wilkinson@uhb.nhs.uk 

012103715345 

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

304-1067659PM 

Job locations

Trustwide 
Mindelsohn Way 
Birmingham 
West Midlands 
B15 2TH 

Attachments

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