Job summary
We are looking for registered nurses who want to enhance their surgical skills and knowledge to join our Docking Ward team. Docking Ward is a fast paced emergency surgical admission ward which covers an exciting range of specialties including: thoracic surgery, upper GI surgery, vascular surgery and general surgery. We are a welcoming and supportive team committed to providing the highest standards of care to patients on the ward. Docking Ward provides an excellent insight into some of the most skilled and challenging surgeries in the division and is a fantastic learning environment for anyone looking to gain new skills.
Full and part time hours available. These posts do include evening, night and weekend working. Docking Ward uses self-rostering.
Open for applications: 28th June 2022
Close for applications: 10th July 2022
Main duties of the job
The Job Description, which includes a Person Specification, provides a full outline of responsibilities and requirements for this role. Please use your supporting statement to demonstrate how you meet the person specification.
As post holder you will provide safe and expert care for all patients throughout their entire surgical journey. This will include personal care, nutritional management, medication management, complex pain management, complex wound care, complex drain management.
You will work with all members of the Ward/Department clinical team within the multi-disciplinary framework. You will maintain a high standard of patient care under the direction of the Ward/Department Sister/Charge Nurse.
To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH's 'PRIDE' values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence.
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities.
We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students.
About us
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
- Multi Faith prayer room
- Discounted gym memberships
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
- Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH site
- Free 24-hours confidential counselling support
- On-site Nursery
- On-site cafes offering staff discounts
- Support in career development
- Flexible staff bank
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Voted one of the Best Places to Live in the UK by The Sunday Times, Norfolk provides the perfect balance between city, countryside and coastline, with each being within a 30-minute drive of the other. Norfolk has over 90 miles of varied Coastline, providing the perfect opportunity for weekend get-aways. Norwich, a UNESCO city of literature, is filled with independent cafes, restaurants, and shops, as well as all the typical high street chains. With excellent transport links to Cambridge and London, affordable housing, and award-winning schools; Norfolk offers everything you require to establish the perfect work life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- Ensure practice is in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and work within limits of competence.
- To have successfully completed the Trusts preceptorship programme.
- Maintain a high standard of nursing care applying evidence-based practice.
Management and Leadership
- To manage the ward/department environment and staffing in the absence of a senior member of staff.
- To take responsibility for bed management in the absence of a more senior member of staff.
Educational Responsibilities
- To complete the mentorship preparation programme, act as a mentor and provide supervision to junior staff and other learners.
- To provide induction for new staff
Professional Development
- Maintain Continuous Professional Development in line with Trust Policy and professional bodies.
- Ensure own practice is up to date and evidence-based and demonstrate an awareness of current, relevant research.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- Ensure practice is in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and work within limits of competence.
- To have successfully completed the Trusts preceptorship programme.
- Maintain a high standard of nursing care applying evidence-based practice.
Management and Leadership
- To manage the ward/department environment and staffing in the absence of a senior member of staff.
- To take responsibility for bed management in the absence of a more senior member of staff.
Educational Responsibilities
- To complete the mentorship preparation programme, act as a mentor and provide supervision to junior staff and other learners.
- To provide induction for new staff
Professional Development
- Maintain Continuous Professional Development in line with Trust Policy and professional bodies.
- Ensure own practice is up to date and evidence-based and demonstrate an awareness of current, relevant research.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register
- Mentorship preparation programme (or required to complete once in post) if applicable to clinical area
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development and maintenance of a Personal, Professional Profile
Experience
Desirable
- Knowledge/experience of relevant speciality
Skills
Essential
- Competency in clinical skills including enhanced practice relevant to the level of experience and clinical area
Attitude, aptitude
Essential
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register
- Mentorship preparation programme (or required to complete once in post) if applicable to clinical area
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development and maintenance of a Personal, Professional Profile
Experience
Desirable
- Knowledge/experience of relevant speciality
Skills
Essential
- Competency in clinical skills including enhanced practice relevant to the level of experience and clinical area
Attitude, aptitude
Essential
- Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
