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Job summary

Main area
Outpatients
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent: Monday - Friday 8-18:00
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
Job ref
275-2411SN-MIS
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway Maritime Hospital
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/12/2024 23:59

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Medway NHS Foundation Trust logo

Staff Nurse - Medical Infusion Suite

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 - Medical Infusion Suite 

Division: Medicine and Emergency Care

Care Group: Specialist Medicine 

Band: 5

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum/pro rata

Interview Date: 15th December 2024 

**Please note this advert is only open to UK Residents**

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.

Medical infusion suite cares for patients in an outpatient setting and delivers intravenous medication. The unit is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm. You must be competent in cannulation and venepuncture and the delivery of intravenous medication.  The role will involve running the unit as nurse in charge during the day and having a good knowledge of intravenous medication delivery. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work independently / autonomously and at times without direct supervision, accountable for their own professional working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.

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.

The NHS are striving towards “we work flexibly” as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

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 

Person specification

Value Based Question

Essential criteria
  • Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcomeGive an example of a time when you have gone the extra mile to help someone

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • RN1/RN2/RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register
  • To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues

Experience

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

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Competent in basic life support
  • Is able to administer intravenous drug therapy
  • Competent in cannulation/venepuncture
  • Able to manage difficult situations

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.

Application numbers

Please note this vacancy may close early if the number of applications is met.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sharon Molloy
Job title
Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01634 974897