Staff Nurse

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

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Job summary

Leeds Teaching Hospitals are recruiting for Band 5 Registered Nurses, newly qualified nurses, current student nurses in their final year and experienced nurses. You must be professional, have excellent interpersonal skills, and recognise the need to work flexibly to best serve the needs of our department and patients. Additionally, you must be able to work autonomously as well as within a team and have a passion for delivering customer service and a desire to provide an exceptional patient experience. We have a wide variety of opportunities across CSUs in the trust. Please state up to three specialty preferences on your application and where vacancies are available, we will endeavour to allocate at shortlisting to preference.

The trust is unable to provide OSCE training, due to there being no current International Nurse Programme to support this, therefore applicants are required to have current UK NMC registration with evidence of registrant clinical practice in the UK or a final year Nursing student.

Internal Nursing and Clinical Support staff currently employed by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, who wish to work in a different area, at the same AfC Band, job description and person specification should contact their Matron to express an interest through the internal nursing transfer process.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for individuals who can create a positive patient experience, are innovative, effective at working collaboratively, advocates for quality improvement and ensures the delivery of high quality patient care. The role is to provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised programmes of care. You will deliver care without supervision and take responsibility as the prime care provider for a group of patients and at all times promote confidence in our commitment to provide excellent compassionate patient care. The role will involve taking charge of the ward or department as necessary in the absence of the Sister or Charge Nurse. You will participate in the in-service training, preceptorship and mentorship of junior staff, post basic learners and students as well as maintaining your personal development.

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest acute health providers in the UK and based in one of the fastest growing and vibrant cities in the north. We use a cohort approach to recruitment, so you only need to apply to this advert for vacancies across the trust. Come and join our team in Leeds and become part of The Leeds Way sharing our vision and values. Our Trust is recognised for our staff engagement, great care and rated GOOD by the Care Quality Commission. Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work.

Our five values are: Patient-centred Collaborative Fair Accountable Empowered

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Date posted

29 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

C9298-COH-519

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Job description

Job responsibilities

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Clinical

Acts in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Conduct.

Communicate with patients and carers to ensure they have access to appropriate information.

Maintain and deliver compassionate patient focused care in accordance with LTHT guidelines, policies, values and behaviours.

Maintain a safe working environment.

Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for patients, ensuring documentation standards are upheld in accordance with NMC and LTHT guidelines, whether written or computerised.

Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of patients.

Promote evidence based practice.

Participate in the audit and evaluation of clinical practice in the interests of promoting and improving quality care through action on findings.

Undertake duties on other wards or departments as and when required by service demands or patient need.

Act in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to, the LTHT safeguarding policies.

Education and Training

Contribute to the promotion of a positive clinical learning environment.

Keep up to date with developments, advances and research in individualised patient care.

Participate in research and or education programmes relating to professional nursing issues and practice.

Complete mandatory training annually.

Participate in annual appraisal.

Participate in preceptorship and mentorship programmes

Participate in teaching, supervising and assessing of student nurses and other supervised staff, where allocated.

Undertake continuous professional and clinical development, constantly seeking opportunities to enhance skills.

Managerial

Demonstrate effective use of resources.

In the absence of the Sister or Charge Nurse take charge of the ward or department and co-ordinate ward or department activities.

Take responsibility for the prime care provider for a group of patients

When in charge of the ward takes responsibility for reporting, investigating and responding to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events.

As delegated and directed by the Senior Sister or Charge Nurse, participate in, investigating and responding to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events.

Raise concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrong doing by following the LTHT Whistleblowing policy and supporting processes.

Job description

Job responsibilities

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Clinical

Acts in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Conduct.

Communicate with patients and carers to ensure they have access to appropriate information.

Maintain and deliver compassionate patient focused care in accordance with LTHT guidelines, policies, values and behaviours.

Maintain a safe working environment.

Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of patients.

Promote evidence based practice.

Participate in the audit and evaluation of clinical practice in the interests of promoting and improving quality care through action on findings.

Undertake duties on other wards or departments as and when required by service demands or patient need.

Act in such a way that safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Is familiar with and adheres to, the LTHT safeguarding policies.

Education and Training

Contribute to the promotion of a positive clinical learning environment.

Keep up to date with developments, advances and research in individualised patient care.

Participate in research and or education programmes relating to professional nursing issues and practice.

Complete mandatory training annually.

Participate in annual appraisal.

Participate in preceptorship and mentorship programmes

Participate in teaching, supervising and assessing of student nurses and other supervised staff, where allocated.

Undertake continuous professional and clinical development, constantly seeking opportunities to enhance skills.

Managerial

Demonstrate effective use of resources.

In the absence of the Sister or Charge Nurse take charge of the ward or department and co-ordinate ward or department activities.

Take responsibility for the prime care provider for a group of patients

When in charge of the ward takes responsibility for reporting, investigating and responding to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events.

As delegated and directed by the Senior Sister or Charge Nurse, participate in, investigating and responding to accidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events.

Raise concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrong doing by following the LTHT Whistleblowing policy and supporting processes.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Adult Nurse Level 1 or 2
Has current registration on the appropriate part of the NMC register
Willing to undergo training as necessary

Desirable

In your final year of nurse training AND planned entry into the NMC register on completion of training

Experience

Essential

Current issues in health care
Able to provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised programmes of care

Desirable

Awareness of speciality

Skills & behaviours

Essential

Caring, compassionate & motivated
Reliable and trustworthy
Excellent interpersonal & communication skills
Ability to act professionally at all times
Ability to organise self and others
Teaching and assessing skills
Team player
Effective time management skills

Desirable

Capable of lateral thinking

Additional Requirements

Essential

Document 3 preferred speciality areas to be considered for allocation from those listed in the advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Adult Nurse Level 1 or 2
Has current registration on the appropriate part of the NMC register
Willing to undergo training as necessary

Desirable

In your final year of nurse training AND planned entry into the NMC register on completion of training

Experience

Essential

Current issues in health care
Able to provide and be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised programmes of care

Desirable

Awareness of speciality

Skills & behaviours

Essential

Caring, compassionate & motivated
Reliable and trustworthy
Excellent interpersonal & communication skills
Ability to act professionally at all times
Ability to organise self and others
Teaching and assessing skills
Team player
Effective time management skills

Desirable

Capable of lateral thinking

Additional Requirements

Essential

Document 3 preferred speciality areas to be considered for allocation from those listed in the advert.

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).