Job summary
Love nursing? Love Weston-Super-Mare. Find your future in Weston and be a part of shaping ours.
We are looking to recruit enthusiastic NMC Registered Nurses to join our team. Come and work for a Trust that believes your wellbeing is instrumental in delivering the highest standards of patient care.
University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is the ideal location for you to enhance your nursing career. Be part of a team who strive to deliver safe and compassionate care, and consistently improve through learning and innovation. If you are passionate about delivering safe, high-quality healthcare then we would love to hear from you!
Weston General Hospital is situated in the seaside town of Weston-Super-Mare and is a sought-after place to both live and work. We are proud to be part of one of the largest teaching Trusts in the South West. You will be an integral part of our friendly and welcoming team; a team committed to seeing you flourish.
What we offer our staff
In order to equip you with the correct knowledge, skills and attitude to become a competent and confident Registered Nurse we will provide you with:
- Rotation programmes
- Access to Band 5 in house clinical skills training and leadership programmes
- Access to an in house acute advanced skills course
- Salary Sacrifice Scheme for Child care and bikes
- Subsidised onsite Cafe
* This vacancy is not suitable for Overseas Registered Nurses required to take the OSCE exam. You must be NMC registered *
Main duties of the job
Both ourSurgery Directorate andMedicine and Urgent Care Directorate atUniversity Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trustare passionate about getting it right for patients and their families. We believe that by investing in our staff, they will deliver better care to our patients and help create and contribute to a work environment that makes it fun to come to work. We are an extremely friendly, forward thinking and progressive division who are looking to appoint enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic Band 5 Registered Nurses who are seeking to start or progress their career.
The acute clinical and compassionate leadership skills you will gain from working within any of these specialities will be highly advantageous for individuals aspiring to become a Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist or Advanced Clinical Practitioner in the future. In order to achieve the latter you will be supported by a preceptorship programme (if applicable), as well as Senior Sister, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Practice Development Nurse and the Matron. The breadth and depth of specialities would also be an ideal platform for individuals with aspirations of starting a career within a critical care environment.
We will be providing integrated services liaising directly with community teams. Offering excellent networking opportunities. We have a very exciting range of acute specialities within the medicine and surgery directorate.
About us
University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, with a workforce of over 13,000 staff and 100+ different clinical services across 10 sites, serving a population of over 500,000 people across Bristol and Weston.UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to patients. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust,committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact.
Join us and you can enjoy city living, be in the countryside or by the seaside, with easy access to all the South Westoffers. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
As an equal opportunities employer, actively working towards a diverse workforce, we aim to create aworkforce that represents the diversity of our community and are committed to designing our services around the needs of patients and their loved ones. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
For further details/informal visits contact:
Sam Roberts, Recruitment Lead for Weston
Email address: samantha.small@uhbw.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01934 636363
This vacancy is not suitable for Overseas Registered Nurses required to take the OSCE exam. You must be NMC registered.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
For further details/informal visits contact:
Sam Roberts, Recruitment Lead for Weston
Email address: samantha.small@uhbw.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01934 636363
This vacancy is not suitable for Overseas Registered Nurses required to take the OSCE exam. You must be NMC registered.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- oAble to demonstrate an understanding of audit and quality issues
- oWillingness to develop within role
Desirable
- oPolitically astute re; changes in NHS/developments in NHS
- oKnowledge of the area applying for
Skills, Abilities, Aptitudes
Essential
- oAble to demonstrate awareness or importance of working as part of a team
- oAble to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing using the English language proficiently
- oAble to complete accurate & legible patient records
Desirable
- oAble to work under own initiative within boundaries of role
- oAble to prioritise own work load and that of other as appropriate
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- oRGN/EN
- oCurrent NMC Registration
- oFluent in the English Language - verified either by English taught qualification or a pass in an English language assessment
Desirable
- oAssessor Student Nursing/NVQ Assessor
Other
Essential
- oIV Certificated
- oMotivated and flexible
Desirable
- oDemonstrate awareness of evidence based practice
- oAbility to teach students and untrained staff to develop skills & willingness to develop skills
- oI.T Skills
- oUndertake assessment of students/NVQ
- oAbility to contribute new ideas
- oAbility to adapt to change
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- oAble to demonstrate an understanding of audit and quality issues
- oWillingness to develop within role
Desirable
- oPolitically astute re; changes in NHS/developments in NHS
- oKnowledge of the area applying for
Skills, Abilities, Aptitudes
Essential
- oAble to demonstrate awareness or importance of working as part of a team
- oAble to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing using the English language proficiently
- oAble to complete accurate & legible patient records
Desirable
- oAble to work under own initiative within boundaries of role
- oAble to prioritise own work load and that of other as appropriate
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- oRGN/EN
- oCurrent NMC Registration
- oFluent in the English Language - verified either by English taught qualification or a pass in an English language assessment
Desirable
- oAssessor Student Nursing/NVQ Assessor
Other
Essential
- oIV Certificated
- oMotivated and flexible
Desirable
- oDemonstrate awareness of evidence based practice
- oAbility to teach students and untrained staff to develop skills & willingness to develop skills
- oI.T Skills
- oUndertake assessment of students/NVQ
- oAbility to contribute new ideas
- oAbility to adapt to change
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).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address
Weston General Hospital
Grange Road
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 4TQ
Employer's website
https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
