About this role
Job summary
Gate 36/37 is looking for a dedicated, highly organised band 5 registered nurse to join the team, experience in surgery is preferred but not essential. If you are ready for a challenge and are keen to develop your skills this could be the role for you. Gate 36 is a busy 27 bedded Surgical Assessment Unit with 5 Same Day Emergency Care trolleys. the Surgical Assessment Unit cares for all surgical specialities and is a fast paced, high acuity and high turnover of patients area. As a new starter in this area you will be welcomed into a supportive team with multiple learning opportunities.
Are you highly organised. quick thinking and resourceful, able to work well under pressure and be committed to delivering excellent standards of care? If you have excellent communication skills, plenty of enthusiasm and motivation and experience of working within the NHS you will be a welcome addition to our friendly and experienced nursing team. Please note interviews will be face to face only.
Main duties of the job
- Manage a team of patients, providing support with all aspects of care.
- Work as part of the multi disciplinary team to ensure the patient is at the centre of care.
- Provide effective patient centred care, performing individual assessment of care needs, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care that meet the needs of the patient.
- Help promote and maintain an environment conducive to meeting the needs of the patient/relatives and carers.
- Advocate for patients and their relatives.
- Work as part of an effective team.
- Undertake any training required.
About us
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Essential person specification requirements
Qualifications
- Registered Nurse with the NMC or on an NMC approved BSc/MSc nursing programme due to register with the NMC within 12 months.
Experience
- Professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree or equivalent.
Knowledge and Awareness
- Up to date knowledge of current nursing issues, research and practice.
Skills and Abilities
- Ability to plan, assess, implement and evaluate patient care. •
- Prioritise tasks.
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships.
- Delegate and co-ordinate person centred patient care effectively.
- Work effectively as part of a Multidisciplinary Team.
- Supervise junior staff and learners in practice.
- An ability to perform clinical skills with dexterity for example: insertion and removal of peripheral cannulation, venepuncture and catheters.
- Administer medications using a range of routes
- IT skills which can be built upon to incorporate the use of hospital administration, information and training systems.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to review the full requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Please click apply now to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to apply).
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.
Employer details
Employer name
The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address
Pinderfields Hospital
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 4DG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)