Staff Nurse - Women's Health

Job summary

Staff Nurse - 37.5 hours per week- fixed term, 12 month position to cover maternity leave

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Location: Women's Health Unit, Basingstoke Hospital

What we offer:

• Opportunity to develop specialist knowledge
• Excellent work-life balance. We are happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns.
• Encouragement to develop extended skills such as venepuncture and cannulation
• Opportunity to work within the Early Pregnancy Unit if desired.
• Two week induction to the unit whereby you will have the opportunity to observe surgical procedures and specialist clinics
• Supportive line managers

Who we are:

We are a small, friendlydepartment who pride ourselves on working together as part of a team. Our unit consists of 10 beds, caring for women undergoing both breast and gynaecological operations as well as caring for women up to 16 weeks of pregnancy.

Main duties of the job

Role Description:

An opportunity has arisen for a Staff Nurse to join us on a fixed term basis on the fantastic Women's Health Unit.

What we look for:

• Commitment to delivering high quality nursing care
• Candidates must demonstrate good communication skills
• Ability to work flexibly as part of a team
• Someone with a passion and enthusiasm for providing care to women on a specialist unit

About us

About the trust:

The vision at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is to provide outstanding care for every patient. We serve a population of nearly 600,000 people across Hampshire and West Berkshire as well as some people who access our specialist services from across the country.

Created in January 2012 the Foundation Trust prioritises the provision of exceptional, compassionate, care delivered by the valued staff working in a culture of collaboration and mutual respect. HHFT employs circa 6,000 people and had a turnover of £382m in 17/18

Four core values (CARE) Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Encourage. These are in place to support of four clear objectives, provide outstanding care of patients, empowering all members of staff, sustainable growth and innovating for the future.