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Staff Nurse

Employer
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Chorley
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum
Closing date
7 Jun 2023

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Profession
Nurse
Grade
Band 5
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust Treatment Room service in the Greater Preston and Chorley South Ribble areas.

If you are able to work autonomously, you are motivated, hardworking and enthusiastic then come and join our team of dedicated treatment room nurses.

The Treatment Room service currently operates from Monday to Friday excluding weekends and bank holidays. We are an appointment only service between the hours of 08.30 and 16.30 however we do hold 2 late evening clinics (up to 8pm) and one early clinic (8am start) once a week.

Main duties of the job

Applicants must be willing to work flexibly over 5 days, be able to work well within a team and on their own initiative.

The Treatment Room provides care to patients with acute/chronic wounds, post-operative wound assessment, removal of sutures and clips, intra-muscular injections, lower limb assessments, compression bandaging and ear irrigation.

We are looking for a committed, compassionate RGN who puts the patient at the heart of everything they do. If this describes you then please apply.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 1st Level Registered Adult/General Nurse
  • Evidence of continuous professional development


Knowledge

Essential

  • Commitment to engage in continuing professional development to meet the needs of the service
  • Compliance with regulatory bodies


Skills

Essential

  • Flexibility to meet the service needs.
  • Have the ability to work in a non-judgemental manner.
  • Reliable and trustworthy.
  • Good team worker.


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) .

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chorley Health Centre

Chorley

PR7 2TH

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

351-CEN699-SHA

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