Bank Staff Nurse

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 14 April 2025

Job summary

We require reliable, enthusiastic and motivated Staff Nurses to join our bank. To work in our acute medical wards, surgical wards, mental health wards, Special Care Baby Unit, Paediatrics and community nursing. In return we will offer you:

Flexible hours; choose when and where you want to work.
Competitive pay rates; including enhanced pay for unsociable hours.
Paid annual leave.
NHS pension scheme.
A fast-track recruitment process if you move to a substantive roleOpportunities to work in different wards and departments, including community, dental and specialist services.
Access to Services, such as those provided by our Staff Wellbeing TeamAbility to book your shifts from home using our online portal.
Option to block-book shifts in a set period.
SMS notifications of shift availability.
Access to staff newsletters and bulletins
Eligible for various local and national discounts which are available to NHS staff.
Free uniform, where applicable

To find out more about the benefits of working on the bank visit our website www.yournorthumbriacareer.co.uk/staff-bank

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

There are bank assignments all around the Trust, including our community settings in Haltwhistle, Berwick, Alnwick, Morpeth, Rothbury, Blyth as well as our main hospitals in Hexham, Ashington, North Tyneside and Cramlington. We require bank adult and children's nurses to work in medical and surgical wards and also require bank mental health and community nurses.

This post is for Bank Nurses able to pick up shifts in Berwick however shifts elsewhere will also be available.

We have a range of shifts 7 days per week including day shifts, early shifts, late shifts , twilight, nights and weekends. With bank you can pick and choose shifts which suit you.

The role is to provide high standards of care to patients accessing our services. You will need to embrace our trust values, demonstrate excellent communication skills, with a flexible approach to your work.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Date posted

31 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year Pro Rata, Per Annum

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

319-7073434GH

Job locations

Northumbria House

7/8 Silver Fox Way

North Shields

NE27 0QJ

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 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.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

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 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.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

Qualifications/ Professional Registration

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

Experience and knowledge

Desirable

Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Person Specification

Qualifications/ Professional Registration

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

Experience and knowledge

Desirable

Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

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.