Job summary
- Main area
- Trauma & Orthopaedics
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (NA)
- Job ref
- 382-SACT67-24
- Employer
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Blackpool Teaching Hospital
- Town
- Blackpool
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse
Band 5
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
We currently have vacancies for registered nurses on Ward 34.
Ward 34 is a 27 bedded male Acute Trauma Ward, caring for patients with acute or pathological fractures or acute joint conditions.
On the ward you will care for patients from admission via Accident and Emergency or Orthopaedic Clinic. We care for our Orthopaedic high care patients here on our ward so you will get experience providing high level post operative care.
Within the same environment you will also care for patients rehabilitating post injury - and we are proud to be at the forefront of the #endPJParalysis campaign - working with our multi-disciplinary team in preventing patients from deconditioning.
Due to the nature of trauma, you will nurse patients with extensive skin damage and we work closely with tissue viability, to teach our staff the necessary skills.
Main duties of the job
Many of our patients have existing comorbidities so you will also gain experience dealing with many medical conditions. Some of our patients may become confused, or have dementia -and we are proud to encourage all our staff to become dementia friends, to actively support the Butterfly campaign and, as a pilot site for the trust, we are instrumental in developing Johns campaign.
We are also the trusts pilot area for training nursing associates - so encouraging, developing and supporting our teams is a key part of what we do.
A full induction package and preceptorship programme will be offered and a Practice Development Sister works with the ward to help address any of your current and future development needs. There will also be the opportunity for further study in the area of Trauma Orthopaedics and associated courses such as Student Nurse Mentorship, Tissue Viability and Dementia and leading on to relevant management courses.
Working for our organisation
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for someone with good communication skills, who is enthusiastic and motivated to learn. You will work in a close knit team and we will you require you to be flexible in your hours of working to ensure that we can deliver a quality service.
Please ensure that you have read the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application, and for further details on the role.
A. MANAGING ACTIVITIES
A1. Maintain activities to meet requirements
A1.1 Ensure all policies/protocols/standards are upheld and abide by all policies
and procedures regarding implementation, monitoring, training and audit of
infection prevention and control issues
A1.2 Maintain Health and Safety for all staff, patients, visitors and members
of the multidisciplinary team following the Trust’s policy.
A1.3 The post holder must comply with all relevant policies, procedures and
training on infection prevention and control.
A1.4 Attend yearly updates for all statutory training.
A1.5 Take charge of a clinical area unsupervised after progressing through the foundation gateway, this will be on an occasional basis. Once the post holder has gained sufficient experience and has fulfilled their competencies, they will be required to take charge of a clinical area on a regular basis
A2. Manage activities to meet requirements
A2.1 Report and document accidents, incidents and losses.
A3. Manage activities to meet customer requirements
A3.1 Be accountable within the team for the planning, implementing and
evaluation of patient care, maintaining agreed standards and ensuring
patient satisfaction.
A3.2 Arrange for the care of patients’ valuables and other property as per
Trust policy
A4. Contribute to improvement at work
A4.1 Take part in developments and trials of new ideas and methods within
the Unit.
A4.2 Keep abreast of clinical and nursing developments within allocated
area.
A4.3 Develop the “Scope for Professional Practice”.
A5. Manage change in organisational activities
A5.1 Highlight areas for improvement and suggest changes to Matron/Ward Manager
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (1st or 2nd Level)
- Willingness to undertake teaching and assessing qualification
- Willingness to undertake conversion course to Part 1 of the NMC register
- Diploma/willingness to undertake Diploma
Desirable criteria
- Post Registration qualification
- Mentors qualification
- Orthopaedic course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to teach peers within clinical area
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Experience of team and ward management management (either as Staff nurse or Student Nurse)
Skills and attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to establish priorities
- Team Player & Team Leadership qualities
- Assertiveness
- Good time management
- Basic I.T skills
- Decision maker
- Communicate at all levels
- Problem solver
- Lateral thinker
- Basic Life Support
- The ability to communicate effectively in English
Desirable criteria
- - Venepuncture & Cannulation skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kelly Bramwell
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01253 953434
- Additional information
For any further information please contact ward manager Kelly Bramwell on 01253 953308
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