Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 10 months (up until 03.08.2025 to provide cover for a secondment)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 302-24-6698263M
- Employer
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
- Town
- Wigan
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse Pemberton Ward
NHS AfC: Band 5
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Job overview
There is an opportunity for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to work with the team on Pemberton Ward based at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary.
Candidates will be required to -
- Provide the highest standards of care to our patients.
- Perform well within a multidisciplinary team
- Uphold the NMC Code of Conduct
- Adhere to Trust policies and procedures
This vacancy is open to all internal and external candidates. NHS employees should ideally secure their manager’s agreement for a secondment arrangement prior to applying, as this will be a condition of any offer made.
This vacancy is being advertised on a fixed term basis up until 03/08/2025 as it has been established to provide cover for a staff members secondment. This vacancy may become permanent in the future but please note this may be on an another Trust Site/Ward or Department.
Please note this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of suitable applications are received.
Main duties of the job
Under the supervision of the ward manager the nurse is responsible for the provision, organisation and direction of nursing care of the patients in his/her care.
To communicate effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe and high-quality care is provided to all patients.
Working for our organisation
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Planning and Organisational Duties
- Accountable for nursing practice and takes every opportunity to sustain and improve his/her knowledge and professional competence
- Participates in the assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care relevant to patients within sphere of responsibility and under supervision.
- To be sensitive to the needs of the patients in relation to curtesy , privacy and dignity
- To be familiar with and adhere to Trust and Divisional objectives, policies, guidelines and current legislation
Communications and Key Working Relationships
- To communicate effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe and high quality care is provided to all patients
- Maintain effective working relationships with ward colleagues particularly those highlighted within the organisational chart abov
Responsibility for Finance
- To be aware of resources and give high quality cost effective care.
Responsibility for Human Resources
- In conjunction with the ward manager, participate in induction programmes, introducing new staff to the ward and their duties
Responsibility for Health & Safety
- Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 – the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions
Responsibility for Teaching
- Take personal responsibility for developing and maintain own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness in conjunction with NMC guidance
- Attend mandatory training as directed by Trust
- In conjunction with the ward manager, help create and maintain a suitable learning environment for staff and students and act as a mentor in the supervision and teach of less experienced staff.
- To develop own teaching skills and participate in education programmes supervising unqualified nurses and students as directed.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal/written/interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to maintain and improve standards of care
- Ability to challenge unacceptable behaviour or practice in a professional context
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in the relevant speciality of which you are applying
- Experience of working independently and as a member of a team
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC registration
- Recent evidence of continuing professional development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Knowledge of evidence based practice
- Understanding of research and audit
Additional
Essential criteria
- Flexible and positive approach to work
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
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
- Joanne Winstanley
- Job title
- Ward Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01942 778847
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