Registered Staff Nurse

Love nursing? Love Weston-super-Mare. Find your future in Weston and be a part of shaping ours.

AMU-Sandford Ward is a busy and fast paced Medical Admissions Unit. We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic NMC Registered Nurse to join our team. Come and work for a Trust that believes your wellbeing is instrumental in delivering the highest standards of patient care. 

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is the ideal location for you to enhance your nursing career. Be part of a team who strive to deliver safe and compassionate care and consistently improve through learning and innovation. If you are passionate about delivering safe, high quality healthcare then we would love to hear from you!

Weston General Hospital is situated in the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare and is a sought-after place to both live and work. We are proud to be part of one of the largest teaching Trusts in the South West. You will be an integral part of our friendly and welcoming team; a team committed to seeing you flourish.

** This vacancy is not suitable for Overseas Registered Nurses required to take the OSCE exam. You must be NMC registered **

Main duties of the job

• Both our Surgery Directorate and Medicine and Urgent Care Directorate at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust are passionate about getting it right for patients and their families. We believe that by investing in our staff, they will deliver better care to our patients and help create and contribute to a work environment that makes it fun to come to work. We are an extremely friendly, forward thinking and progressive division who are looking to appoint enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic Band 5 Registered Nurses who are seeking to start or progress their career. 
• The acute clinical and compassionate leadership skills you will gain from working within any of these specialities will be highly advantageous for individuals aspiring to become a Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist or Advanced Clinical Practitioner in the future. In order to achieve the latter you will be supported by a preceptorship programme (if applicable), as well as Senior Sister, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Practice Development Nurse and the Matron. The breadth and depth of specialities would also be an ideal platform for individuals with aspirations of starting a career within a critical care environment. 
• We will be providing integrated services liaising directly with community teams. Offering excellent networking opportunities. We have a very exciting range of acute specialities within the medicine and surgery directorate.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of caring for acutely unwell patients in a variety of settings
• Extensive post qualification Acute Medical Experience

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience of speciality
• Experience of taking charge

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Good basic level of English language demonstrated through effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to solve problems and use initiative
• Ability to develop own clinical skills and a willingness to participate in continuing professional development
• Competency in medication administration including IV drug administration or willingness to undergo training
• Basic IT skills (e.g. Microsoft packages)
• Ability to take the lead, initiate and ensure appropriate action in response to the deteriorating patient
• Interpersonal skills – Calm - Supportive - Motivated – Professiona
• Willingness to develop teaching skills
• Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
• Able to manage difficult situations
• Self-motivated
• A team player
• Recognition of own limits
• Flexible working practices for 24 hour service
• General good health, Able to work on feet for long periods. Aware that the role can be stressful and emotional at times

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of audit & research

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• Current NMC Registration

Desirable criteria

• Training Qualification or equivalent experience
• Relevant post registration course

Aptitudes

Essential criteria

• Supportive
• Respectful
• Innovative
• Collaborative