Job summary
We are looking to recruit highly motivated and enthusiastic registered nurses for the Medical Division wards and services at Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. We accept applications from those already registered and students who are about to be registered within 6 months.
The medical division encompasses acute medicine, including acute respiratory care and stroke, frailty and elderly care.
Main duties of the job
Joining our team will mean being belonging to a hard-working, multi-professional workforce, dedicated to delivering compassionate, patient-centred, evidence-based care. Our One Culture of Care philosophy recognises that care and support for colleagues is essential to ensure quality care is delivered to patients. To support your well-being and development we will:
- Provide a supportive learning environment in which to start your career.
- Ensure you develop the necessary specialty knowledge and skills to be confident in assessing patients' needs and evaluating and amending their care as appropriate, without direct supervision.
- Provide access to a variety of support networks promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- Involve you collaboratively to support local quality improvements and actively influence the future development of our services.
- Give you digital access to advanced roster management.
The successful candidates will be required to work flexibly across the 24-hour period and 7-day week.
About us
We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be responsible and accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based, person-specific, and family-centred nursing care. The post holder will also assist in the necessary management and organisation of nursing work associated with care quality improvement and assurance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be responsible and accountable for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based, person-specific, and family-centred nursing care. The post holder will also assist in the necessary management and organisation of nursing work associated with care quality improvement and assurance.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse in relevant field of practice (or within 6 months of completing a validated BSc or MSc course, resulting in NMC registration)
- Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor qualification or willingness to complete
Desirable
- Additional post-registration qualification relevant to field of practice
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Role Specific Training relevant to specialty of the post
- Teaching Qualification
- Leadership Qualification
Knowledge, experience & expertise
Essential
- Knowledge and skill to plan, deliver, and evaluate high quality, evidence-based nursing care to a group of patients within the speciality of the post
- Experience of working with patients, and those that matter to them, from a range of diverse cultures and backgrounds
- Experience of working as part of a team, with the ability to prioritise own workload.
- Knowledge and skill in infection prevention and control principles and procedures
- Knowledge and skill in safeguarding principles and procedures
- IT literacy and ability to use NHS systems
- Competence in speciality or role specific extended skills required of the post or willingness to undertake necessary training.
Desirable
- Clinical experience in the specialty of the post
- Skills in research and audit methodology and application of findings to practice
- Evidence of introducing change and innovation into nursing practice
Communication & Relationships
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to adapt to meet the requirements of patients, their families/carers, and professional colleagues.
- Ability to work under pressure
- Flexibility to meet the needs of the service
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse in relevant field of practice (or within 6 months of completing a validated BSc or MSc course, resulting in NMC registration)
- Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor qualification or willingness to complete
Desirable
- Additional post-registration qualification relevant to field of practice
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Role Specific Training relevant to specialty of the post
- Teaching Qualification
- Leadership Qualification
Knowledge, experience & expertise
Essential
- Knowledge and skill to plan, deliver, and evaluate high quality, evidence-based nursing care to a group of patients within the speciality of the post
- Experience of working with patients, and those that matter to them, from a range of diverse cultures and backgrounds
- Experience of working as part of a team, with the ability to prioritise own workload.
- Knowledge and skill in infection prevention and control principles and procedures
- Knowledge and skill in safeguarding principles and procedures
- IT literacy and ability to use NHS systems
- Competence in speciality or role specific extended skills required of the post or willingness to undertake necessary training.
Desirable
- Clinical experience in the specialty of the post
- Skills in research and audit methodology and application of findings to practice
- Evidence of introducing change and innovation into nursing practice
Communication & Relationships
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to adapt to meet the requirements of patients, their families/carers, and professional colleagues.
- Ability to work under pressure
- Flexibility to meet the needs of the service
Desirable
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).
