Job summary
- Main area
- Day Surgery/ELIPSE
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 423-6932167
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Keighley
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/02/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 13/02/2025
Employer heading
Staff Nurse -Day Surgery/ELIPSE Unit (Band 5)
NHS AfC: Band 5
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
Staff Nurse (Band 5)
Day Surgery/ELIPSE unit (Ward 20/B16)
We have an excellent opportunity for qualified Band 5 Staff Nurses to join the Day surgery Team.
We are very proud of the high level of care we provide to our patients which is reflected in our patient feedback.
We provide pre and post-operative care to patients undergoing General Surgery, Urology, Dental, ENT, Orthopaedic, Gynaecology, Cardiology, Vascular and Breast Surgery, acute surgical and trauma patients. We also treat patients under the care of the Endocrinology, Gastroenterology and Neurological Teams.
Presently the ward opens 07:00 – 20:00 hrs Monday to Friday ( Saturday working may be required)
As the successful applicant you will have experience working within an acute hospital setting, be adaptable, able to work in a fast paced environment and be able to meet changing working patterns and caseload, working independently as well as within the team. You will have good IT skills.
You will enjoy good support and supervision with the ward team have a commitment to CPD along with the opportunity to work with our friendly and enthusiastic team.
If you have these skills, can work as a team and independently, we want to hear from you.
The successful applicant will be expected to work variable shifts. Staff must be flexible with shifts to enhance the care we provide
Main duties of the job
1. Ability to caseload manage and prioritise workload.
2. Maintain a high standard of patient care as Named Nurse
3. Be aware of current developments in clinical practice. Participate and assist in research at ward level.
4 Be accountable for personal nursing practice having responsibility for nurse led discharge pf patients against set protocols
5. Act as mentor / assessor to students and Health Care Support Workers within the requirements of NMC. Act as a role model for junior staff.
6. Undertake training as required in respect of the extended role ie. intravenous cannulation, drug administration, venepuncture male/ female catheterisation
7. Maintain custody of controlled drugs, administering, checking and maintaining ward stock
8. Work as part of the multidisciplinary team. ensuring good two way communication between nursing and medical staff
9. Undertake study to continue professional development
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national center for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sectorand aso provide the service to patients in thier homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford university, Craven Colleges and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future
We want to attract staff who embrace our right care behaviours of compassion, commitment to the quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To see full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Nurse qualification
- NMC registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Already working at Band 5 level
- Evidence of personal and professional development
- Experience of caseload management
- Experience of working in an Acute Hospital Trust
- Experience of working in a team
- Experience of caseload management
Desirable criteria
- Experience of mentoring and assessing junior staff
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
- Sharon Golson
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 292201
- Additional information
Sharon Golson – Senior Sister or Gwyneth Trout – Junior Sister on 01535 292201.
Jenny Scull
Victoria Weller
Lissy Joseph
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