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Job summary

Main area
Outpatients
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The hours are 0800-1800 hrs and 1100-2030 hrs for 4 days a week (Mon-Fri with occasional weekend work.))
Job ref
275-2406SN-ODP-(2)
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway Maritime Hospital
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/07/2024 23:59

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Staff Nurse - Outpatients

Band 5

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

Staff Nurse - Outpatients

Division: Cancer & Core Clinical Services 

Care Group: Cancer & Access

Band: 5

We are recruiting for a Staff Nurse who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a dynamic individual to join our friendly team based at Medway Maritime Hospital (some clinics are held off site).  The post will involve you undertaking and overseeing clinics in various specialities.  The successful candidate  will be proactive in their approach and a willingness to learn.

As a department we a looking to expand to a 7 day service and evening clinics in order to meet the needs of our patients. We offer a wide variety of clinics including Haematology, ENT, Vascular, Gynaecology, Cardiology, Plastics, Urology, and many others. You will develop various skills to work on all of these clinical areas.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.  Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission through to discharge 

Will be responsible for the application of knowledge across the range of work procedures and practices, underpinned by theoretical knowledge and practical experience 

To act as advocate for patients within the area, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines 

To ensure that patients’ receive high quality clinical care and a good patient experience, having regard for their customs, religious beliefs and doctrines 

Recognise and avoid situations that may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of the individuals 

Will advise on the promotion of health and the prevention of illness 

Recognise the significance of observations made, and use them to develop and initiate nursing assessments and devise a plan of care

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • RN1/RN2/RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
  • Knowledge of the NMC Code of professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working on own and in a team
  • Experience of working in the relevant area

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to assess plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care
  • Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids
  • Ability to administer prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products

Values Based Question

Essential criteria
  • Give an example of a time when you have gone the extra mile to help someone

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverDisability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeStep into health

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Yvonne McCartney
Job title
Senior Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01634 833775
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