Job summary
Looking for a new career path in one of the most picturesque parts of the country? Are you a student looking to take up your first post? Then Morecambe Bay is just the place for you, offering the beautiful Lake District on your doorstep and within easy reaching distance of the City of Lancaster which offers excellent transport links to the main cities in the UK.
Do you consider caring with compassion to be fundamental to your role?Our Trust is recruiting enthusiastic, highly motivated nurses to join our dynamic, dedicated, forward thinking professional team which serves a wide geographical area with rural and urban communities.
You will be reliable, flexible, motivated, have excellent clinical skills, a commitment to ongoing learning and development, a commitment to delivering high quality care, and be willing and open to embracing positive change and transformation in order to meet the demands of the community we serve.
If this sounds like you, then we want to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
The units encompass inpatient, day care and assessment services for our communities. We also have dedicated Children's Out-Patient departments on both sites. This ensures a rich variety of experiences and development for our staff.
Our Children's inpatient services provide compassionate care for Children and Young People from 0 to 16 years of age across two busy sites, Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Furness General Hospital. The units provide care for a mixture of specialties and for a wide range of conditions including High Dependency Care.Here at Morecambe Bay we are not only committed to supporting our employees in mandatory training requirements but also professional development in your Children's nursing career. We offer the following (not an exhaustive list):- Preceptorship Package- Supported development in tertiary centres- Various in-house leadership programmes- PLS and opportunity to complete APLS- Support from Practice Development Team
About us
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay visiting our website https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the NMC as a Children's Nurse or neonatal nurse
Desirable
- Mentoring/assessing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant pre-registration experience of working with babies and children
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of establishing effective communication
Skills, Ability and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable appropriate skills in nursing for babies and children
- Basic life support skills
- Willingness to advance competencies
- Basic IT skills
- NMC Regulations
- Awareness of current child health and neonatal issues
- Child protection awareness
- Up to date knowledge of legislation pertaining to children and young people
- Awareness of clinical governance agenda
- Awareness importance of preceptorship and supervision
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the NMC as a Children's Nurse or neonatal nurse
Desirable
- Mentoring/assessing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant pre-registration experience of working with babies and children
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of establishing effective communication
Skills, Ability and Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstrable appropriate skills in nursing for babies and children
- Basic life support skills
- Willingness to advance competencies
- Basic IT skills
- NMC Regulations
- Awareness of current child health and neonatal issues
- Child protection awareness
- Up to date knowledge of legislation pertaining to children and young people
- Awareness of clinical governance agenda
- Awareness importance of preceptorship and supervision
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).
