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Job summary

Main area
Cardiology
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Long days, Nights and Weekends)
Job ref
275-2503SN-BW1
Employer
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Medway Maritime Hospital
Town
Gillingham
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 per annum/pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/04/2025 23:59

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Staff Nurse - Bronte Ward

Band 5

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.

Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

Job overview

Staff Nurse - Bronte Ward 

Division: Medicine and Emergency Care

Care Group: Specialist Medicine

Band: 5

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum/pro rata

We are recruiting for a Staff Nurse who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

Bronte ward has 19 beds and treats cardiac patients requiring level 1 care. We work closely with the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) and the Cardiac Catheter Suite (CCS).

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

Working for our organisation

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B – Bold

E – Every person counts

S – Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

It is essential the post holder holds the appropriate level of skills and knowledge needed in cardiac setting. We will provide training to develop you cardiac nursing skills, but a basic understanding of cardiac nursing is essential. 

Provide essential nursing tasks such as drug administration, carryout personal hygiene care, work alongside other multidisciplinary team, ensure practice is evidence based and compliance with the organisation policies.

Be proactive and take ownership of self development in cardiology

Ability to recognise clinical concerns and escalate it to  appropriate persons.

Adhere to trust policies and guidelines.

The role will encompass specific responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care and expertise within the clinical area.

Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of patients; and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • RN1/RN2/RN12 or RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register
  • To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working on own and in a team
  • Experience of working in the relevant area

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Able to assess plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care
  • Ability to administer prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products
  • Competent in basic life support
  • Able to manage difficult situations

Values Based Questions

Essential criteria
  • Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

Please note this vacancy may close early if the number of applications is met.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Hannah Payne
Job title
Bronte Ward Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01634 825088
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