Job summary
- Main area
- Surgery
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 359-6816458-T2
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone Hospital
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Surgery Division
Band 5
Job overview
Are you a Registered Staff Nurse looking for a new challenge and looking to progress within your nursing career? Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust currently have openings for Staff Nurses to join our Surgical Division.
We currently have vacancies in:
Kent & Medway Orthopaedic Centre Inpatient Ward and Ward 30 - Trauma and Orthopaedic
Ward 32 and Ward 11 - General Surgery
Urology Investigation Unit - Urology
Ophthalmology Outpatients - Ophthalmology
We our looking for enthusiastic, well-motivated individuals to join our highly skilled multi-disciplinary team and make a difference in patient care. You must be flexible, approachable, compassionate, hardworking and be able to use your own initiative whilst also having the ability to work under pressure.
There are full-time and part-time positions available across the division. We welcome interested individuals to contact us if you would like any further information about the vacancies we currently have. This role will involve developing further skills and knowledge in relation to patient care, as well as, managerial/team leadership duties.
Main duties of the job
Head and Neck:
MTW’s Department of Ophthalmology is the largest specialised eye unit in the south east of England, serving a total population of 1 million.
Surgical Specialities:
Surgical Specialities consists of a 19 bedded ward caring for surgical and urology patients, the Urology Investigation Unit and the Maidstone Short Stay Surgery Unit.
Trauma and Orthopaedics:
Our Trauma and Orthopaedic team help care for patients with disorders of the bones, muscles or joints. The department offers a full range of planned (elective) surgery and emergency (trauma) surgery for patients who may need urgent treatment as a result of an accident. This includes routine procedures such as arthroscopies (a procedure to investigate joint) problems) and more specialist surgery such as treatment for pelvic fractures. We have T&O wards at both Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells.
The trust has recently opened the Kent and Medway Orthopaedic Centre, which is a multimillion-pound theatre complex at Maidstone Hospital. It has three operating theatres and 24 dedicated surgical beds for patients having planned orthopaedic surgery for arthritic conditions and soft tissue injuries affecting the bones and joints.
General Surgery:
The general surgery directorate consists of 2 acute surgical wards, the Surgical Assessment Unit, the Private Patient Unit and our endoscopy departments.
Working for our organisation
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.
We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in West Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre. Fordcombe Hospital is near Tunbridge Wells and became part of the Trust in October 2024. It focusses on planned care and has two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day care beds, diagnostic services including X-ray, MRI, CT and endoscopy, and a number of consultation and treatment rooms.
In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email [email protected] if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First Level Registered Nurse registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of further education since qualification
- Mentorship/ Preceptorship course (or equivalent)
- Advance Life Support provider
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of nursing theory and best practice at the level of a newly qualified nurse.
- Understanding of equality and diversity and how to apply it to self.
- Understanding of NMC Code and requirements of it for own practice and behaviour.
- Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the NHS.
Desirable criteria
- Experience at Band 5 in an acute setting.
- Proficient clinician and clinical role model
- Understanding of audit and benchmarking processes
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good communication skills
- Evident commitment to high standards of patient-centred care
- Adaptable and flexible
- Effective organisational skills
- Ability to reflect on practice, accept criticism and act constructively
- Understanding of own accountability, responsibilities and reliabilities
- Utilises a problem-solving approach to work
- Demonstrates effective nursing practice in all basic registered nurse procedures.
- Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
- Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role.
- Demonstrates awareness of importance of working as part of a team.
- Demonstrates awareness of research-based practice.
- Able to communicate effectively verbally and written to staff, patients and relatives ensuring that communication is tailored to the person being addressed.
- Able to document observations, results, decisions and actions etc. effectively in patient health records and communicate these effectively to appropriate members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Motivated, and able to articulate reasons for desire, to work in this clinical area.
- Able to supervise clinical support workers and students effectively when required.
- Good written and non-verbal skills
Desirable criteria
- IT/Keyboard skills
- Commitment to teaching others
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tean Johnson
- Job title
- Nursing Workforce Coordinator
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07745743001
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