Registered Nurse – Brightlingsea Ward

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Colchester Hospital are looking for dynamic and motivated nurses to join our busy and friendly Brightlingsea Ward.

The ward is a 30 bedded emergency surgical ward which specialises in colorectal and upper GI, urology and ENT admissions. We provide care for patients requiring hospitalisation before and following emergency surgery.

This is a great opportunity to continue or start your career within surgery where you will be supported in your career and professional development.

It is essential for you to have recent acute hospital experience for this post.

We are looking for you nurses who are passionate about providing the best experience for our patients undergoing surgery.

Main duties of the job

To meet the needs of the Trust with regard to Induction, mandatory and statutory training
To work within the framework for Clinical Governance to provide effective, high quality individualisednursing care to patients and relatives/carers and to contribute to the continuing development of nursing practice.
To ensure high standards of patient care at all times, in line with Trust policies and guidelines
To work as an effective member of the nursing and wider multi-professional healthcare team
To work within the Trust's Competency Framework for Registered Nurses, the Ward/ DepartmentPhilosophy and the NMC Code of Conduct/ Professional Standards for the Protection of Patients.

About us

One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Date posted

20 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

432-HR1289-24

Job locations

Colchester Hospital

Turner Road

Colchester

CO4 5JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Worked within the healthcare setting
Recent acute hospital experience

Desirable

Undertaken preceptorship
Participation in research/audit

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse Level 1 or 2
Evidence of continuing professional development.

Desirable

Coaching qualification
Willingness to undertake further education

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Worked within the healthcare setting
Recent acute hospital experience

Desirable

Undertaken preceptorship
Participation in research/audit

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse Level 1 or 2
Evidence of continuing professional development.

Desirable

Coaching qualification
Willingness to undertake further education

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).