Surgical Assessment Unit Staff Nurse

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and reliable individual to join our forward thinking team here within Surgery at theUniversity Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust. We currently have a vacancy on the combined Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU) and Surgical Ambulatory Care Unit (SACU). Both departments provide emergency unplanned care for General Surgical, Vascular, Urological, ENT, Plastics, MaxFax and Gynecological patients.

SAU/SACU are dynamic clinical areas that thrive on the daily challenges faced by emergency unplanned care, our team shows great commitment to providing high quality and patient focused care, delivered by a team of individual people with vision and dedication to this team ethos showing a great passion for providing a high standard of patient care .

SAU and SACU work hard to adhere to the trust's key values and places great emphasis on staff development and wellbeing and continued education with regular locally arranged study days to support qualified staff NMC revalidation. As a department we also proactively support and encourage student nurses, paramedics and medical students. In 2022 the department secured "Placement of the Year 20022" awarded by Keele University.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and reliable individual to join our forward thinking team On SAU and SACU we provide emergency unplanned care for General Surgical, Vascular, Urological, ENT, Plastics, MaxFax and Gynaecological patients.

As an unplanned care department we manage all emergency referrals from GP's, Walk in Centres and A&E departments . As a team we assess and implement care management plans up to admission or discharge from hospital. SAU/SACU also provide pre operative care for emergency surgical patients.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Royal Stoke

London Road

Stoke on Trent

ST4 6QG

Employer's website

https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Royal Stoke

London Road

Stoke on Trent

ST4 6QG

Employer's website

https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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