Job summary
Would you like to work for a Trust where you can be proud of the contribution you make to delivering high quality healthcare with a personal touch, come and join a Trust which recognises the contribution our Nursing, Midwifery and Operating Department Practitioners make, and values the work they do. This is reflected in our current strategy "Proud of Nursing and Midwifery in Newcastle; Compassion Quality and Excellence in all we do" (see link in Additional Information for full document)
- Interview Date: 14 February 2023
- Various Hours/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
Main duties of the job
As a Nurse, Midwife, Health Visitor or Operating Department Practitioner, in our Trust, we recruit staff who are committed to delivering a professional, caring and compassionate approach, putting patient care at the heart of all they do.
At interview you will be asked to select your preference for working specialty including site, and we will endeavour to appoint to your first choice where possible. If you would like to contact us about any of the vacancies use the hyperlink within the Additional Information for direct line managers details or email: nuth.NursingRecruitmentQueries@nhs.net
We currently have a number of Trust wide vacancies, the size and complexity of the Trust means that the range and number of posts varies over the course of the period that this advert is live. We have compiled and attached a document to this advert detailing all the Directorates, their departments, and an overview of what they do. ODP's can only apply for posts within theatres and Day Treatment Centre.
As vacancies are subject to change:
We recommend that candidates who are interested in a nursing role within our Trust contact the nuth.NursingRecruitmentQueries@nhs.net specifying which Directorate / Specialist area's you are looking for, so we can direct you to the most appropriate Matron to answer all your questions.
About us
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
Rated 'Outstanding' by theCQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Job description
Job responsibilities
All of our clinical areas are supported and lead by experienced Matrons - contact details are available on our Trust website see link in Additional Information Nurses | Newcastle Hospitals (nuth.nhs.uk)Please make contact and perhaps arrange an informal visit?
You will have time at the interview to look at the full list of vacancies, as there may be a specialty or area you didnt realize we could offer.
The Trust do not offer alternative interview dates so candidates need to be available for the interview date shown on the current advert
Staff need to be on the NMC register with OSCE completed and passed and have a current UK Visa
- Accountable for assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating high quality patient care in the Peri-Operative environment.
- Provide effective support to both patient and carers throughout their care pathway.
- Act as role model, teacher and supervisor for junior staff and students, participating in mentor and preceptorship programmes
- To abide by Trust policies and procedures.
- Provide support for and depending on experience deputise for nurse in charge in their absence.
- Act as patient advocate in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code / Health and Care Professions Council standards of conduct, performance and ethics.
- Work collaboratively as an effective member of MDT.
- Participate in 24 hour on call service when appropriate to role
The Directorates that engage with this Band 5 Adult recruitment process include:
- Surgery
- Urology and Renal
- Urgent and Emergency Medicine
- General and Older Peoples Medicine
- Musculoskeletal
- Neurosciences
- Womens
- Cancer Services
- Theatres
- Cardiology (General and Cardiothoracic Surgery)
- Critical Care (Intensive Care Units)
- ENT, Plastics, Ophthalmology, Dermatology
- Outpatients
- Neonatal care
- Paediatric ITU
- Research
- Community
- Day Treatment Centre
ODPs can only apply for posts within theatres and Day Treatment Centre.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
Newcastle Hospitals encourages all staff and volunteers who are appointed to join the Trust to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Job description
Job responsibilities
All of our clinical areas are supported and lead by experienced Matrons - contact details are available on our Trust website see link in Additional Information Nurses | Newcastle Hospitals (nuth.nhs.uk)Please make contact and perhaps arrange an informal visit?
You will have time at the interview to look at the full list of vacancies, as there may be a specialty or area you didnt realize we could offer.
The Trust do not offer alternative interview dates so candidates need to be available for the interview date shown on the current advert
Staff need to be on the NMC register with OSCE completed and passed and have a current UK Visa
- Accountable for assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating high quality patient care in the Peri-Operative environment.
- Provide effective support to both patient and carers throughout their care pathway.
- Act as role model, teacher and supervisor for junior staff and students, participating in mentor and preceptorship programmes
- To abide by Trust policies and procedures.
- Provide support for and depending on experience deputise for nurse in charge in their absence.
- Act as patient advocate in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code / Health and Care Professions Council standards of conduct, performance and ethics.
- Work collaboratively as an effective member of MDT.
- Participate in 24 hour on call service when appropriate to role
The Directorates that engage with this Band 5 Adult recruitment process include:
- Surgery
- Urology and Renal
- Urgent and Emergency Medicine
- General and Older Peoples Medicine
- Musculoskeletal
- Neurosciences
- Womens
- Cancer Services
- Theatres
- Cardiology (General and Cardiothoracic Surgery)
- Critical Care (Intensive Care Units)
- ENT, Plastics, Ophthalmology, Dermatology
- Outpatients
- Neonatal care
- Paediatric ITU
- Research
- Community
- Day Treatment Centre
ODPs can only apply for posts within theatres and Day Treatment Centre.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate.The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first months pay.
Newcastle Hospitals encourages all staff and volunteers who are appointed to join the Trust to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Person Specification
Shortlisting Criteria
Essential
- Meets all Essential Criteria
Desirable
- Meets all desirable Criteria
Person Specification
Shortlisting Criteria
Essential
- Meets all Essential Criteria
Desirable
- Meets all desirable Criteria
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
