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Job role: Registered Nurse

Company’s name: NHS Jobs

Job location: West Midlands

Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 a year

Job sector: Health Care

Job reference: 304-1093240

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About the Job: Registered Nurse needed in NHS Jobs

Are you a highly motivated and dynamic individual that strives for continuous service improvement?Are you caring,compassionate and committed to providing the best care for patients?

If so,an exciting opportunity has arisen in Opthalmology QEHB for a Registered Nurse.

The Opthalmology service spans all 4 sites of UHB and provides sight saving consultations and treatments covering a wide range of opthalmic conditions.

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Band 5 Registered Nurse who has a passion for Opthalmic nursing.

The successful candidate will be based at the QEHB Out Patients Opthalmology Department

Main duties of the job

The post holder will practice autonomously and be responsible and accountable for safe,compassinate, person centred evidence based nursing that respects and maintains dignity and human rights.They will be responsible for assessment of care needs of patients and planning programmes of care, implementation and evaluation of these programmes without direct supervision. At times they will have management responsibility and the nurse in charge role for the department. As well as supervision of junior members of staff .

The post holder will practice in a holistic,non-judgemental ,caring and compassionate manner ,that avoids assumptions, supports social inclusion and recognizes and respects individual choice and acknowledges diversity.They will work in partnership with other health and social care, professionals,students and trainees, service users and their carers and families. The post holder will contribute to the practice development within their clinical care setting and work in accordance with Trust Policies, Prcedures and Guidelines and will be responsible for completing any work based training associated with the role

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Adult Nurse on the
  • NMC Register
  • * Evidence and ability to revalidate
  • as required by the NMC

Experience

Essential

  • Previous / recent experience or
  • working in an acute secondary
  • NHS care setting (can include
  • student placements within the
  • last 12 months )
  • * Evidence of achievements and
  • career development in current
  • post and of on-going
  • professional development/
  • competence
  • * Experience of working on own
  • and in a team in a health care
  • environment delegating to others
  • within a team / providing
  • supervision to others
  • * Willingness to become a practice
  • supervisor / assessor to or meets
  • Nursing and Midwifery Council
  • (NMC) standards for student
  • supervision and assessment
  • * Understanding and knowledge
  • of the NMC code of conduct
  • * Understanding of
  • preceptorship and work
  • based learning and
  • assimilation of skills and
  • knowledge
  • *
  • * Awareness of current
  • relevant NHS policy context
  • * Understanding / experience
  • of the principles of
  • safeguarding and Mental
  • Capacity
  • * Awareness of health and
  • safety issues

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • Professional appearance
  • * Displays genuine interest in the
  • post applied for and can articulate
  • this when questioned
  • * Positive and enthusiastic attitude
  • * Ability to communicate articulately
  • others
  • * Caring and approachable
  • * Punctual
  • * Reliable
  • * Ability to work a varied shift pattern
  • including nights / weekends
  • unsocial hours where required
  • * The applicant can describe why
  • the Trust may deploy him /her to a
  • different practice setting for a span
  • of duty

To apply for this job please visit www.uhb.nhs.uk.