Job summary
We are looking to recruit a band 5 RGN who wants to work in a busy, dynamic and friendly Outpatient Department to deliver a modern-day outpatients service.
We are looking for a motivated and flexible RGN to join our Outpatient team, where you will have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills, clinic management and work autonomously in our nurse led dressing clinics. Out patients at Northumbria provides staff the opportunity to use IT and technology to support patient pathways in new and innovative ways.
We work across multiple Outpatients areas providing a seven-day service. You will also be required to support and Manage trauma and Orthopaedics clinics based at our specialist emergency hospital, and work within Outpatient departments at our brand new modern out patients' clinics at Morpeth View and Wansbeck Hospital to deliver care therefore a car driver is essential to this role as travel between sites is a big part of the role.
We will provide a supportive learning environment and encourage you with your personal and professional development.
Main duties of the job
Clinic management, taking charge of the department in the absence of the manager wound care infection control management.
About us
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is...the Northumbria Way!
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the ward team under the direction of the Ward Manager
- To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of nursing services in the ward/dept in the absence of senior staff on a regular basis.
- To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the ward team under the direction of the Ward Manager
- To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of nursing services in the ward/dept in the absence of senior staff on a regular basis.
- To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level live NMC registered Nurse
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18-month period).
Desirable
- PP126/7
- D32/33
- Post Registration qualification in specialty
- Diploma/degree in nursing
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st Level live NMC registered Nurse
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18-month period).
Desirable
- PP126/7
- D32/33
- Post Registration qualification in specialty
- Diploma/degree in nursing
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).
