Job summary
- Main area
- Private Outpatients
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (5 x 7.5 Hour shifts a week - Shifts range from 7.30am-8.30pm MON-THURS and 7.30am-6.30pm FRIDAYS. No Weekends or bank holidays))
- Job ref
- 151-JLM382
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- PARKSIDE OUTPATIENTS FRIMLEY PARK
- Town
- FRIMLEY
- Salary
- £39,205 - £47,084 per annum INCL HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/01/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 13/02/2025
Employer heading
Junior Sister
Band 6
Job overview
As a junior sister in Parkside outpatients you are expected to be an experienced nurse and have previous outpatient experience.
You will be clinical on the department for the majority of your working week with some administrative time allocated for you to complete delegated tasks including off duty and audits.
You will be responsible for supporting our junior team and expected to assist consultants with their clinics including procedure lists.
You will be well organised with excellent communication and leadership skills.
Main duties of the job
- Organisation of the department day to day
- Reviewing skill mix to ensure clinics are appropriately covered and capacity is utilised to the fullest
- Completing off duty
- Stock ordering
- Wound reviews (including Removal of sutures/clips)
- Phlebotomy
- IM Injections
- Cystoscopies and bladder instillations
- Assisting with minor procedures
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a junior sister in Parkside outpatients you are expected to be an experienced nurse and have previous outpatient experience.
You will be clinical on the department for the majority of your working week with some administrative time allocated for you to complete delegated tasks including off duty and audits.
You will be responsible for supporting our junior team and expected to assist consultants with their clinics including procedure lists.
You will be well organised with excellent communication and leadership skills.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Pin
Desirable criteria
- Management module
- Mentorship
Clinical experience
Essential criteria
- Previous outpatient experience
- Has worked a minimum of 2 years at band 5 in an acute nhs trust
- Bladder scans; Venepuncture; ECG’s; IM Injections
- Catheterisation
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in ENT/Eye and Dermatology Clinics
- Uroflows
- Minor operations in a outpatient setting
- Competent teaching ISC
- Competent using EPIC
Management experience
Essential criteria
- Well organised with excellent communication skills
- Confident completing appraisals
- Able to review skill mix and complete off duty to maximise the effectiveness of the team
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience as a band 6
- Private patient experience
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jordan Gerrard
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03006134765
- Additional information
best to contact me via email as I work cross-site
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