We have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioners to work as part of our highly motivated and dynamic General Surgery Team. The vacancy will be within the General surgery scrub team at North Tyneside General Hospital.

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.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to hire keen and enthusiastic practitioners skilled and experienced in General Surgery 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.

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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

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 organisational boundaries.

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 qualification

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North Tyneside General Hospital

Rake Lane

North Shields

NE29 8NH

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