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Staff Nurse

Employer
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Location
Leeds
Salary
£29,970 a year
Closing date
10 Dec 2024
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Profession
Nurse
Grade
Band 5
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Band 5 Registered Nurses (RN) - are you looking for an exciting opportunity to develop your career? There is great scope for the Registered Nurse role within our dermatology nursing team, as the specialty offers so many opportunities for career development

Main duties of the job

If you have a passion for dermatology, are enthusiastic and motivated, with a desire to provide excellent patient care, please consider joining our nursing team in C04 Dermatology Surgical Unit and Dermatology Outpatients. In the Dermatology Outpatient Department we have general and specialist clinics, day treatment, wound clinics, skin allergy testing and much more. As an RN there is scope to work across all areas of our services, and is a fantastic opportunity for someone keen to develop a career within the specialty. On C4 we undertake dermatological surgery, which ranges from simple biopsy for diagnostic purposes, to complex excision, flaps and grafts and MOHS day case surgery for skin cancer. Surgery is undertaken by Consultants, Registrars and Surgical Nurse Practitioners. The number of surgical lists undertaken is planned to increase in 2025, to enable to run the unit at 100%. As a result of this we now have additional Registered Nurse posts available.

About us

We have a fantastic team of staff (ranging from band 3, 5, 6, 7) who work either across both services in Dermatology Outpatients and on C04, or predominantly in one specific area. The team are fully committed to ensuring that the two departments are well led, and that the care patients receive is constantly of a high standard. Working across both areas enables a degree of flexibility in terms of staffing levels, but also an opportunity for nursing staff to enjoy working in a range of clinical areas, for example contact allergy, paediatric clinics, phototherapy, genital / vulval clinics, skin cancer, emergency clinics, general clinics, wound / leg ulcer clinics, lasers.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The role is to provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised programmes of care. You will deliver care without supervision and take responsibility as the prime care provider for a group of patients and at all times promote confidence in our commitment to provide excellent compassionate patient care. The role will involve taking charge of the ward or department as necessary in the absence of the Sister or Charge Nurse. You will participate in the in-service training, preceptorship and mentorship of junior staff, post basic learners and students as well as maintaining your personal development. The jobholder will work within an outpatient / day case environment caring for adult patients. The jobholder must comply with the wearing of PPE as appropriate to the clinical situation - this may involve wearing face masks for a considerable length of time.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Current health care awareness


Desirable

  • Surgery / theatre, dermatology


Qualifications

Essential

  • RN Adult, NMC registration , willing to undergo training


Skills & behaviours

Essential

  • Caring, compassionate & motivated
  • Reliable and trustworthy
  • Excellent interpersonal & communication skills Ability to act professionally at all times.


Desirable

  • Lateral thinking


Additional Requirements

Essential

  • Able to provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised programmes of care
  • Good written and verbal skills
  • Experience of developing a team


Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Chapel Allerton Hospital

Chapeltown Road

Leeds

LS7 4SA

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C9298-NUR-574

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