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Job summary

Main area
Head & Neck, Orthopaedic and Reconstructive Services L3
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
328-HNO-6323846
Employer
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The James Cook University Hospital
Town
Middlesbrough
Salary
£43,742 - £50,056 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/07/2024 23:59

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South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialist Nurse in Perioperative Care

Band 7

Job overview

37.5 Hours per week

An exciting opportunity for a peri operative practitioner to join an established team covering The James Cook University Hospital and Gara Orthopaedic Unit, Friarage Hospital, Northallerton has arisen

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have responsibility for leading and developing a ward based service to provide safe and equitable care for all orthopaedic patients.  This will include elective, urgent and emergency patients and will follow the patient’s journey from admission to discharge.

The role requires you to complete the Physical Assessment Skills course, and Non Medical Prescribing. 

Working for our organisation

South Tees Hospitals is the largest hospital trust in the Tees Valley with two acute hospitals and services in a number of community hospitals.

The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough is a designated major trauma centre and provides all its specialties from one site which is unique for a hospital of its size. It provides a wide range of district general hospital services and specialist services such as neurosciences, renal medicine, spinal injuries, major trauma, cardiothoracics, vascular surgery and cancer services. It has 1,024 beds, a 24-hour acute admissions unit and an emergency department which houses the major trauma centre for Durham, East Cleveland, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire and has its own helipad.  In 2012 the Middlesbrough hospital completed a £35 million redevelopment of its cancer services and is now proud to provide some of the best facilities in Europe.  The James Cook University Hospital has a modern, central operating suite containing 20 well-equipped theatres and a 16-bedded intensive care unit. There is also an Institute of Learning, Research and Innovation on site, embracing postgraduate medical education, undergraduate teaching centre, nurse training school, the school of radiography and library facilities.

The Friarage Hospital in Northallerton is an essential part of our organisation and an important point of delivery for the community.  It is one of the smallest district general hospitals in the country and has 189 inpatient beds.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.  You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to;-

Explore leadership within the NHS

Promote Trust Values and Behaviours

Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills

Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Post registration experience, with experience in a senior post
  • Experience of undertaking audit
  • Current teaching experience
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge in Service improvement methodology

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NMC level one Registration
  • Master’s degree or working towards.
  • Recognised teaching certificate
Desirable criteria
  • Nurse prescribing
  • LEO or equivalent leadership certificate

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Julie O'Hara
Job title
Senior General Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01642 850850
Additional information

Julie O'Hara

Senior General Manager, Trauma and Orthopaedics, ext. 56414

or

Stacey Brown

Clinical Matron, Trauma and Orthopaedics, ext. 57283

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
The Recruitment Team
The Murray Building
The James Cook University Hospital
TS4 3BW
Telephone
01642 850850, ext. 57396
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