A vacancy has arisen for a Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner to join our anaesthetic team within the elective Theatre department at Wansbeck General Hospital which will also support our out of hours service at The Northumbria in Cramlington.

The successful candidate should be motivated and enthusiastic and committed to delivering safe, high-quality care.

Main duties of the job

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care under the direction of the senior nurse/SODP .

To assist in the provision of nursing care and maintain high clinical standards.

To exercise accountability as set out in the HCPC/NMC Codes of Professional Conduct.

Develop over time and contribute to the management of a clinical area and take charge in the absence of Senior Nurse/ODP.

Supervision of junior members of staff, students and visitors.To provide nursing care to a caseload of patients and to provide verbal and written handovers to nursing colleagues and the multi disciplinary teamTo provide on call cover as required to meet the needs of the serviceMay be required to work on other sites across the Trust

Full time or part time hours may be considered.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!

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Job description

Job responsibilities

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care under the direction of the senior nurse/SODP.

To assist in the provision of nursing care and maintain high clinical standards.

To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

Develop over time and contribute to the management of a clinical area and take charge in the absence of Senior Nurse/ODP.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 1st Level live NMC Registered General Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner qualification
• Registered Mentor. Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period)
• Evidence of ongoing practice development

Desirable

• Recognised post graduate theatre/anaesthetic qualification
• Recognised teaching qualification
• Post Registration qualification in speciality
• Diploma/degree in nursing/or health related topic

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wansbeck General Hospital

Woodhorn Lane

Ashington

NE63 9JJ

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