Job summary
- Main area
- ENT ODP
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 193-6128634PCG-A
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Town
- Reading and Henley-on-Thames
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 pro-rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse (ENT OPD) - Fixed Term 12 Months
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Band 5 Staff Nurse (ENT OPD)
**Full Time / Part Time**
This is a fixed-term post for 12 months to cover maternity leave.
An opportunity has arisen for you to join our dynamic, patient-focused and friendly Ear, Nose and Throat Outpatient Department.
We offer a variety of treatments and outpatient procedures including caring for patients within Plastic Surgery.
Our nursing team support clinics cross-sites - with the majority of activity taking place in Townlands Hospital in Henley-on Thames.
Main duties of the job
New starters are provided with a period of induction, theoretical and in house-based learning opportunities, and have the support from a designated preceptor in practice. We work closely with the practice education team.
If you have any ENT, Plastic or Preoperative assessment experience this would be an advantage but not essential, as training would be given.
We are looking for dedicated and dynamic nurse, committed to delivering excellent patient care within a friendly and supportive team.
Working for our organisation
Henley-on-Thames and Reading both sit on the river Thames and are served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Henley-on-Thames and Reading are wonderful places to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder is responsible for undertaking and recording comprehensive nursing assessment and planning, delivering and evaluating high standards of evidenced-based nursing care to a diverse group of patients.
Deliver care without direct supervision and be accountable for the care delivered and any omissions of care.
Teach and supervise more junior staff, students and the non-registered nursing workforce.
Be accountable for care or any omissions of care that you delegate to others.
Act as role model, delivering care with empathy and compassion as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse – part 1
- Current NMC registration
- Evidence of recent continuous professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience (through placement or employment ) of working in an acute clinical environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience in speciality may be an advantage
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
- Elisabeth Andersson
- Job title
- Sister (ENT OPD)
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865903270
- Additional information
Elisabeth Andersson, Sister (ENT OPD) on 01865 903270 or [email protected]
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