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Our Major Trauma Centre has been ranked number one in the country for survival rates, come and join the number one team! We currently have a vacancy for Registered Nurses or ODP at Band 5 in our state of the art Theatre Suite in the specialties of cardiothoracic Theatre within the Royal Stoke University Hospital.

We are very keen to recruit Scrub & Anaesthetic Practitioners with existing skills, all Nurses and ODP's are welcome to apply.

Ideally, we are looking for experienced theatre team members, but we welcome applications from newly qualified staff / or new to theatres who can demonstrate a keen interest in joining our team. Any students who qualify in the next 3 to 6 months are encouraged to apply.

You will gain a wide range of experience and can expand your skills and knowledge in this challenging and rewarding environment.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for dynamic, enthusiastic candidates with the ability to work well within a challenging environment, and who can deliver high quality patient care from Scrub skill set. We promote a dual role workforce in our theatre department.

In turn, we can offer you a structured preceptorship and induction programme for all new members of staff, plus access to on-going continuing professional education and development, appraisal and clinical supervision.We have a vacancies for a full time staff. We have a wide range of shifts available, and we cover both elective and emergency sessions over 7 days a week /24 hour a day (at Royal Stoke)Presently, We are covering emergencies with On-call and this will be changed to a 24 hours working which will include night and weekend work.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATION/ education

Essential

• REGISTERED NURSE OR REGISTERED ODP

Desirable

• DIPLOMA LEVEL STUDY OR ABOVE

SKILLS/ABILITY/KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Supporting Documents 1- poor, 2-average,3-good, 4-very good,5-excellent

Desirable

• Cardiac Experience

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Royal Stoke

Newcastle Road

Stoke-On-Trent

ST4 6QG

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205-6518079