We have exciting opportunities for Registered Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners to work as part of our highly motivated, dynamic Trauma and Orthopaedic team. The vacancies are available within the Trauma and Orthopaedic scrub team at our purpose-built Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital Cramlington.

You can build your career further when you join our team. Part of our Northumbria Way is a commitment to supporting you to develop your clinical skills, as well as any career or leadership aspirations you may have. To enhance and broaden your career, we offer several schemes and training opportunities to maximise your personal development.

The Trauma and Orthopaedic Theatres team has state of the art Trauma and Orthopaedic facilities, at our Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to hire keen and enthusiastic practitioners skilled and experienced in Trauma and elective Orthopaedic scrub to join our high performing teams delivering safe, high-quality patient care. We have a wide range of training opportunities available to support your personal development and offer speciality training in your chosen field.

The successful post holder must be able to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the Trust.

Essential Criteria:

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

Desirable Criteria:

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

The successful post holder must be able to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the Trust.

Closing date:

Please Note:If sufficient applications have been received then the advert may close early.

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 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.

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 and (c) facilitates teamwork and collaboration within teams/departments and across organisationalboundaries.

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

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria Way

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ

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