Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 825-7066387-OPS
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bishops Castle Community Hospital
- Town
- Bishops Castle
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per Annum / pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Bishops Castle Community Hospital
NHS AfC: Band 5
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicant who require a visa to work in the UK, providing the role you’ve been recruited to meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
From 4 April 2024 overseas workers requiring a general Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) but sponsored by an NHS organisation will need to meet the new salary threshold of £38,700. In addition, applications to the Health and Care Visa route for those occupations paid by NHS bands that are on the immigration salary, a list of skilled jobs which have lower salary requirements, will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the new minimum salary threshold of £23,200 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list/skilled-worker-visa-immigration-salary-list
https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/different-salary-requirements
Job overview
Bishops Castle Community Hospital is looking for Registered Nurses who are experienced in working in a multi disciplinary / multi-agency health / social care environment with knowledge of IT basic administration systems including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel etc).
You will be patient focused and have the ability to carry out comprehensive holistic nursing assessments and be able to priorities and make sound decisions, sometimes under pressure.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
- Formulate and deliver high quality patient care without direct supervision, seeking guidance on actions that are outside agreed defined standards.
- Recognise changes in patients’ conditions which require the intervention of others and ensure that timely referrals are made, or escalation procedures enacted as appropriate.
- Ensure patient safety is maintained at all times. Record and report adverse and potentially adverse events and assist with investigation of such events’, ensuring learning is shared with the wider team(s).
- Maintain clear, accurate and contemporaneous records in line with current NMC guidelines and standards.
- Access and use patient clinical diagnostic information to inform clinical decisions.
- Make appropriate and timely referrals to members of the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies to ensure patients’ on-going physical, spiritual, emotional and social needs are met.
- Ensure that high standards of nursing care are given and maintained and act when standards are not being maintained.
- Act as an advocate for your patients, ensuring that any barriers to the patient’s opinions and wishes being heard are challenged.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN NMC registration
- Evidenced recent study and personal development
- Ability to demonstrate a level of English language and grammar commensurate with writing in service user case notes
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of successful partnership working arrangements with other services
- Experience of working in a multi disciplinary / multi agency health/social care environment
- Experience of working in the NHS, which may include experience gained on practice placements
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to lead and manage the team on a regular basis in the absence of the Ward Sister
- Able to assess, implement and evaluate programmes of care
- To deliver a high standard of care
- Evidence of using research to enhance quality of care
- To act as Hospital Co-Ordinator in the absence of senior personnel
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
- Gareth Biggs
- Job title
- Interim Locality Clinical Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01588 638220
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