About this role
Job summary This role is offered on a permanent basis . The hours are part-time, 30 hours per week.
An exciting opportunity has become available within the Theatre and Day Surgery Unit at Tewkesbury Hospital.
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are committed to delivering exceptional patient care. Our modern, state-of-the-art theatres provide a welcoming and reassuring environment where patients receive safe, high-quality, and individualised care tailored to their needs.
In return for a flexible and proactive approach to work, and a commitment to maintaining the highest standards of clinical care, successful candidates will benefit from a healthy work-life balance as part of a small, friendly, and supportive multidisciplinary team.
We are seeking an experienced Registered Nurse who is compassionate, approachable, organised, and efficient, with a genuine passion for delivering outstanding patient-centred care.See Job description for desired skills and experience.
For more information or to arrange an informal visit, please contactLisa Ryland(Band 6)orGemma Arkell (Band 6),on 0300 421 6147
The Elmbury Suitecaresfor adult patients,undergoing surgical procedures that willsee themgo home on the same day as surgery. Specialities we work with include Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics and ENT, under localor general anaesthetic.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Registered Nurse (RN) requires you to function effectively as a member of the peri-operative team to ensure the safe provision and development of an efficient and high-quality service. You will be a key member of the peri-operative team ensuring that patients receive excellent standards of care.You will be confident indelivering peri-operative care andwill have a broad knowledge and skill base.
You will be driven to ensure the standards of care you deliver are effective, current and evidenced-based and enjoy working withina small teamputting the patient at the heart of everything that you do.
The rolerequires a team approach, providing and maintaining high standards of care. The RN/ODPwill fulfil the roles on the wardundertaking assessment,planning, and evaluation of nursing care for service usersduring the perioperative journey.
The post holder will be required toparticipate intraining, supervision and competencyassessmentof learners, including student nurses and or other junior or inexperienced staff.
The unit is nurse led so the RN will need the experience and knowledge to ensure the safety of service users.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question. 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region. 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%. This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job description Job responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our peoples skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care. So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified; Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. In addition to the programme we also offer all preceptees the opportunity of enrolling and completing the level 7 (Masters) 15 credit validated module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).
Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.
The Trustis required towork in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit -https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS Essential
Degree in healthcare or equivalent. Level 1 RGN with current registration Evidence of on-going development.
Desirable
Post-reg qualification (e.g. care of elderly, care of the dying). Recognised qualifications in any of the following: oMental Health oCare of the Elderly oPalliative Care Facilitated Learning and Practice or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification A Management/leadership course at a PGC level.
NATURE OF EXPERIENCE Essential
Development of managerial skills to take charge of and lead a team post qualification Understanding of Clinical Governance.
Desirable
Community Hospital experience pre and post registration
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship 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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address Tewkesbury Hospital
Barton Road
Tewkesbury
GL20 5GJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)