Job summary
Are you a student nurse graduating in 2024 and seeking a supportive environment to start your career?
Would you like to work in a forward-thinking Trust that believes staff well-being is instrumental in delivering the best patient care?
As a newly qualified nurse you will be fully supported to become part of our professional community. Support will include your line manager, the practice education tea as well as our nurse wellbeing team. As a newly registered nurse, our 12-month Preceptorship Programme will support your transition from a student nurse to a confident and professional registered nurse.
Interested?
We would welcome an application Please state your preferred speciality/location and the month and year you expect to qualify. Your referees will be your personal tutor and your final/most recent placement clinical mentor.
Please note - this opportunity is not suitable for Overseas Registered Nurses required to take the OSCE exam.
Next Steps
After successful allocation to a clinical area, new colleagues will attend a Trust induction. Your first few weeks on the ward will be supernumerary to allow for an easeful transition into your new team.
All locations offer a supernumerary period of at least 2 weeks with some areas routinely offering longer.
Main duties of the job
We would welcome applications from candidates with a keen interest in the following specialities
Haematology & Oncology in patient wards
Teenage & Young Adult Cancer Unit
Theatres
Endoscopy
Cardiac Cath Labs
Trauma and Orthopaedic inpatient wards
Short Stay Surgical and Medical ward
As a registered nurse, you will make a real difference to patients' lives. We pride ourselves on recruiting high calibre nurses who are compassionate, motivated and deliver the highest quality care.
You will be required to :
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care needs from admission to timely transfer or discharge.
- Work as part of the nursing team & MDT progressing to:
- Either leading the team for a span of duty on a regular basis in a Ward or Department
- Or be responsible and accountable for the total patient care of a critically ill patient or group of patients
Act as professional role model/team leader setting standards of practice promoting clinical effectiveness and opportunities for teaching others as part of a 24hour service.
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- RN (NMC registered) / or NVQ 3 Operating Department Practice pre 2004 or Diploma in Higher Education Operating Department Practice post 2004
- Current NMC registration / or current Health Professions Council registration for ODPs
Desirable
- Work towards relevant university accredited post basic study programmes Eg: A&E course, ITU course, Care of the Elderly, PICU, Renal, Oncology, etc
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Broad knowledge and experience of clinical nursing practice within a hospital environment
- Interest in the clinical area
- Experience of teaching
Desirable
- Experience of taking charge
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate competence in clinical skills relevant to the clinical area
- Good interpersonal and communication skills, able to communicate effectively with patients, carers and MDT.
- Computer skills
- Competence in calculations for safe administration of medicines/fluids
- Ability to take the lead, initiate and ensure appropriate action in response to the deteriorating patient
- Clinical decision making ability
- Teaching/supervisory skills
- Ability to work with minimum supervision
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.
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 .
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 .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address
Trustwide
Upper Mauldin Street
Bristol
BS2 8HW