Job summary
We are recruiting for a Registered Nursewho wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place".
Full and part time hours available.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our small friendly team.
As a staff nurse you will plan, deliver, and evaluate high standards of nursing care. You will be working with all members of the multi-disciplinary team, so will need to be organised and be able to prioritise your own workload.
In return, we will support you to learn and develop within your role. We will listen to you and value the contributions that you make to patient care and our team. If you think this role will suit you, we would be pleased to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
Mottistone is a 10 bedded surgical ward which provides care for both for pre and post operative patients, whom are on either an elective or emergency surgical care pathway. We support a wide range of surgical specialities including; breast; gynae, urology and colorectal, alongside other surgeries.
We have multiple daily admissions and discharges, so our ward is a fast-paced environment. As a ward we focus on ensuring bed availability for our elective patients; whilst supporting emergency surgical admissions when required to enable patient flow through the hospital.
About us
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Role Specific Knowledge
Essential
- Registered Practitioner with current registration.
Desirable
- Completion of work based learning nursing modules.
- Completion of required Trust mandatory training updates.
Physical Skills
Essential
- Physically capable of performing the role and responsibilities expected of the post holder e.g. manual handling of patients.
Desirable
- Attend annual update and complete e-learning modules, as required in relation to manual handling.
Aptitudes
Essential
- Professional/role model Flexible.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Ability to motivate others and maintain own motivation.
- Can demonstrate the key competencies of the Equality and Diversity Policy.
- Communicate with patients and relatives demonstrating compassion and a professional approach.
Desirable
- Support equality and value diversity.
Abilities
Essential
- Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff.
- Ability to effectively organise workload.
- Ability to practice independently; ability to take responsibility and show evidence of leadership skills.
- Ability to adapt and respond to changing circumstances.
- Able to work autonomously and Lead others, demonstrating awareness of own limitations and seeks out appropriate advice and support.
Desirable
- Promote monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety and security.
- Contribute to the improvement of services.
- Assess health and wellbeing needs and develop, monitor and review care plans to meet specific needs..
- Enable people to learn and develop.
- Assist with the maintenance and monitoring of environments, buildings and/or items.
Communication Skills
Essential
- Develop and maintain communication with people about difficult matters and/or in difficult situations.
Desirable
- Develop and maintain communication with people on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations.
- Modify, structure, maintain and present data and information.
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
Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Address
St Mary's Hospital
Parkhurst Road
Newport Isle of Wight
PO30 5TG