South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Staff Nurse (Romanby Ward)

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Job summary

Up to 37.5 hours per week

Romanby ward at the Friarage Hospital is looking for an enthusiastic registered nurse to join their team.

Romanby Ward is a 22 bedded medical ward at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton, North Yorkshire.

Friarage Hospital is one of the smallest district general hospitals in the country and forms an essential part of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, serving a rural population of 135,000 people.The Friarage Hospital is within easy reach of Teesside from the North via the A19 or York is 50 minutes south. There's also great train links to Northallerton centre, which is a lovely traditional market town. Car Parking facilities at the Friarage are also very good.

We are committed to delivering as many services as possible from the Friarage, with recent developments including the opening of our:

MRI Scanner

Dialysis unit

Eye unit

Rapid diagnostic centre

The Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre

Construction of a new £5million diagnostic hub is now underway and our new and innovative education centre has recently opened. We will shortly be welcoming a new clinical educator and have a newly strengthened leadership team with an operational manager, head of nursing and a clinical matron on site.

Main duties of the job

Key duties;

  • It is essential that you can demonstrate your commitment to maintaining evidence based practice, professional standards and your own personal development to enable you to provide safe, dignified and quality care. We welcome staff that can make a positive difference to people's lives.

Skills and Experience;

  • NMC registered nurse
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in sensitive and challenging situations
  • If you are a newly qualified nurse you will benefit from our highly regarded preceptorship programme

Here at the Friarage hospital we are passionate about providing the best service we can and working with our patients and their families to achieve this.

About us

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:

  • Explore leadership within the NHS
  • Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
  • Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
  • Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Details

Date posted

02 August 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£25,655 to £31,534 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

328-FCS-3269246-L

Job locations

Friarage Hospital

Northallerton

DL6 1JG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Details of the full job description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the about this job link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Details of the full job description and person specification are available to view when you click to apply for the vacancy and click on the about this job link and the documents will be attached at the bottom of the screen.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered General Nurse
  • Current NMC Registration

Desirable

  • Recognisable teaching qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working within an acute or community setting
  • Commitment to evidence based practice
  • Experience of Multi-disciplinary working

Skills

Essential

  • Effective communication skills - written
  • Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own work
  • A team player able to work well with others and demonstrate commitment to team objectives
  • Good information technology skills
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered General Nurse
  • Current NMC Registration

Desirable

  • Recognisable teaching qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working within an acute or community setting
  • Commitment to evidence based practice
  • Experience of Multi-disciplinary working

Skills

Essential

  • Effective communication skills - written
  • Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own work
  • A team player able to work well with others and demonstrate commitment to team objectives
  • Good information technology skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Friarage Hospital

Northallerton

DL6 1JG


Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Friarage Hospital

Northallerton

DL6 1JG


Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior ward sister

Joanne Potter

joanne.potter2@nhs.net

01609764400

Details

Date posted

02 August 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£25,655 to £31,534 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

328-FCS-3269246-L

Job locations

Friarage Hospital

Northallerton

DL6 1JG


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