Staff Nurse - Colorectal surgery
- NHS
- Part Time
- Portsmouth
- 29970 - 36483 a year
Job Description
Job summary
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Main duties of the job
This post is only open for applications for individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Care System
Organisations within scope are as follows:
- Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board
- Southern Health Foundation Trust
- Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
- University Hospital Southampton
- Solent NHS Trust
- South Central Ambulance Service
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust
- Hampshire Hospitals
Band 5: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata
Part-time 19.5 hours per week
A vacancy has now become available on the colorectal ward at Portsmouth University NHS Trust -the Queen Alexander Hospital. The team are looking for a highly experience colorectal nurse with minimum of five years experience within this specialty. Our service includes elective surgery as well as the emergency pathway. The team is currently junior, and the post holder will be required to work alongside to support them gaining the correct skills to support an ever-growing service.
E3 is a 34 bedded ward for colorectal surgery, but also covers general surgery which includes emergency admissions.
About us
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and Disability, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
- Ensuring high quality nursing care is coordinated and delivered using a family focused model of practice.
- Work as part of a cohesive multidisciplinary team ensuring patient care is delivered smoothly and efficiently.
- The expectations within this job description will be achieved through hands-on clinical practice, education and training and research.
- Applicant will need to have surgical nursing experience and an enhanced knowledge of colorectal procedures, with a minimum of 5 years' experience in a surgical setting.
Please refer to the Job description for further details:
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse with current NMC registration or registration pending
- Evidence of ongoing Professional Development
- Contribute to managing departmental budget and resources.
- Evidence of developing policy, guidelines and managing resources
- An awareness of research and evidence-based practice relevant to clinical area
Desirable
- Computer literate, knowledge of patient administration system
Additional criteria
Essential
- Clinically competent at Band 5 with 5 years of surgical nursing experience
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Teaching and mentoring skills
- Team building skills
- Ability to prioritise workload, instruct and direct others
- Organisational skills and able to work as part of a team
- Able to support development of others
- Articulate and knowledgeable of current professional nursing issues
- Health promotion
- Advocacy skills
- Ability to adapt to change within working situation
- Strong customer service skills
Desirable
- Intravenous Therapy Skills
- Mentors Course
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Address
Queen Alexandra Hospital
Southwick Hill Road, Cosham
PO6 3LY
Employer's website
https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)
