Band 4 Nursing Associate - Emergency Department

Job summary

We are expanding our Nursing team across our Emergency Department's at Birmingham Heartlands (BH), Good Hope (GH) and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QE). As part of this, we have opportunities to expand the Nurse associate role further. This is an opportunity to join a growing team, dedicated to delivering compassionate person-centred care within a supportive, engaging and positive working environment. The workload throughout the department is very varied and interesting with no two days being the same.

We have a dedicated clinical education team to support our staff and allow you to build on your existing nursing skills for your future career and development within Emergency Nursing.

We have full and part time position available and offer a range of long and short days and support flexible working.

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.

Please contact us by email to discuss or arrange an informal visit

GH -- Emma.Cowley@uhb.nhs.uk, BH - Denzil.Findley@uhb.nhs.uk,

QE - Deborah.McCarthy@uhb.nhs.uk

Main duties, tasks & skills required

We have vacancies for Nursing Associates with an active NMC pin number as well as nurses about to qualify and receive their NMC pin number who have an interest in Emergency Nursing to come and join our dynamic team.

Previous Emergency Nursing experience is an advantage but all applicants will be considered as long as they are willing to learn. All successful applicants will have a structured and supported induction period and will be able to access ongoing training and support from within our clinical training and education team.

Alongside the support and training provided by our in house clinical education team, you will also have a dedicated Band 7 team leader to support you alongside our in house well-being teams

As a management team our focus is on your development as a band 5 staff nurse with the opportunity to undertake extra professional development at University level providing it benefits the ward area.

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;
• 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

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Experience in delegating duties to others

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

Experience

Essential

*Please Note : For a detailed person specification for this vacancy, please see attached person specification* 

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Please Note : For a detailed person specification for this vacancy, please see attached person specification*

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: 

Emma Cowley 

Emma.Cowley@uhb.nhs.uk