Job summary
- Main area
- Surgical Ward
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-SU03359
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Poole
- Town
- Poole
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Registered Nursing Associate - Ward B2
Band 4
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
Do you have the passion, enthusiasm and knowledge to provide excellent care to acute surgical patients? Are you positive, creative and dynamic?
The Surgical Directorate is looking for Registered Nursing Associates for an exciting post on Ward B2, caring for patients under colorectal, general and gynaecological teams.
We are a supportive team who focus on providing safe, patient-centred and exceptionally skilled surgical care. To do so, we focus heavily on training, education, staff support and development; alongside collaborative multidisciplinary working. We are passionate about the contribution we make to safe and compassionate patient care, their working environment and our colleagues. We are a strong and happy team...so why not come and join us!
As a new RNA you will be enrolled onto the newly qualified preceptorship programme alongside other newly qualified NMC professionals. This is a two year programme designed to support your professional development.
You will also be able to develop your clinical skills and engage in additional in-house training so that you can become specialist RNAs in your area.
If you wish to progress onto becoming a fully registered nurse, you will need to work at UHD as a registered Nursing Associate for a minimum of 12 months, and will then be supported to apply for the Registered Nurse Degree Apprenticeship with Bournemouth University in future.
It is essential that you have surgical experience.
Base Location: Poole
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
If SR Zara Langshaw is unavailable, please do not hesitate to make contact with one of her Deputies (Susie White, Mara Caone, or Bryonne Gear)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Foundation Level Degree – Nursing Associate Qualification
- NMC registered Nursing Associate
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate ability to work in the area for which the application is made.
- Good experience of working in a team
- Demonstrates good customer care skills
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working within an acute, urgent or emergency care setting.
- Evidence of involvement in support and development of less experienced staff.
Technical Skills Competencies
Essential criteria
- Evidence of time management skills and the ability to prioritise.
- Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact
- Ability to work on own initiative
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Understanding of basic physiology, e.g. normal vital signs, fluid balance, nutritional requirements etc.
Desirable criteria
- Understand the scope of the Nursing associate role in context of the team and the organisation
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- Capable of workload prioritisation
- Able to interact with people at all levels
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
- Zara Langshaw
- Job title
- Ward Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 8567
- Additional information
If SR Zara Langshaw is unavailable, please do not hesitate to make contact with one of her Deputies (Susie White, Mara Caone, or Bryonne Gear)
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