Job summary
Are you an experienced or newly qualified Nurse looking to grow within your career?
If yes, then this is the opportunity for you!
An opportunity has arisen for you to join the Acute Medical Unit nursing team within the Emergency directorate at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Frimley Park Hospital site. The post is for for 37.5 hours per week Permanent full time.
Main duties of the job
We have a strong sense of community in our teams and we are looking to recruit dynamic and motivated individuals who will become an essential part of our multidisciplinary team in an engaging and supportive environment.
Our units are rapidly developing unit, caring for patients with a range of acute medical conditions and fast paced patient turnover. The department takes admissions from our Emergency department and is now accepting direct GP referrals to the Unit.
As a department we take extreme pride in our staff, ensuring that individual development is paramount. If you wish to broaden your clinical skill set or gain further knowledge in the field of medicine then this is the opportunity for you!
Within our Trust we have a positive flexible working approach in order to help our staff achieve a healthy work/life balance, an ethic that is strongly supported by our department.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We brought together Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to create Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust on 1 October 2014.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse in UK
- Current (or pending) NMC Registration
Experience
Essential
- Able to work as an effective team member
- Hospital experience in UK setting
Desirable
- Previous experience managing patients with acute and chronic medical conditions.
Skills
Essential
- Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
- Able to prioritise workload (self and others) and meet deadlines
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
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Frimley Park Hospital
Portsmouth Road
Frimley
GU16 7UJ