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Senior Nursing Assistant | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,625 - £25,674 linkgraded Band 2/3 Care certificate / local competency required |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 May 2025 |
| Location: | Headington Oxford, OX3 7LE |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7051534/321-NOTSSCAN-7051534-B3 |
Summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Nursing Assistant to join one of our friendly & enthusiastic Outpatient teams. We are dedicated to giving a high standard of care within our busy Outpatient units across the Specialist Surgery Directorate.
We currently have a full-time permanent vacancy within the Blenheim Head & Neck Outpatient Nursing Team based at the Churchill Hospital.
The successful applicant will be working in collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team. Applicants should be flexible, well organised with a professional, friendly manner & have excellent communication skills.
This role is an essential support to the busy Outpatient Head & Neck clinics. You will be supported and trained to decontaminate essential endoscopy equipment. Support and chaperoning patients during clinical examinations. Assisting with the smooth running of the unit - ensuring patient safety throughout the patient journey.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.
The successful applicant will be working in collaboration within a multi-disciplinary team. Applicants should be flexible, well organised with a professional, friendly manner & have excellent communication skills.
You should be able to use your own judgement to resolve issues, and have a tactful, sensitive approach to dealing with occasional difficult situations.
Working well under pressure with a flexible approach to work, with a willingness to suggest ideas for improvements will be welcomed.
Care Certificate Completion and or Qualifications in health & social care would be desirable, however this should not deter applicants who do not have this specific experience as support and training will be given. This is a link graded development opportunity, starting as a Band 2 and rising to a Band 3 dependant upon Care certificate and local competency completion. We very much wish to see you develop and grow in a career with us.
If you would like to be part of our expanding and dynamic nursing team then please contact us.
This is a full time position of 37.5 hours per week working in The Blenheim Head & Neck Outpatients department at the Churchill Hospital. Flexible working options can be discussed at interview. For further information and informal visits please contact Acting Sister Doreen Murigu via Doreen.murigu@ouh.nhs.uk or 01865 223534
This advert closes on Wednesday 7 May 2025
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