An exciting new opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Band 5 Nurse to join the respiratory nursing teams on Ward 12. Full time and family friendly hours will be considered at interview.

Excellent opportunities are available for personal and professional development. You need to be a team player and have the ability to deliver safe and high quality care. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are necessary.

Experience working in the acute setting would be advantageous but is not essential.

Main duties of the job

Ward 12 is a 30 bedded busy, acute respiratory ward incorporating 8 Level 2/RSU beds. The ward meets the needs of adult patients requiring in hospital treatment for a range of respiratory conditions. We work as part of an MDT which includes our Respiratory Specialist Nurses and Respiratory Physiotherapists.

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! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the ward team under the direction of the Ward Manager.

To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of nursing services in the ward/department in the absence of senior staff on a regular basis.

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

To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

essential

Essential

• 1st Level live NMC registered Nurse (1)
• Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).

Desirable

• PP126/7
• D32/33
• Post Registration qualification in specialty
• Diploma/degree in nursing

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

NSECH

cramlington

NE23 9NZ

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