[ref. b21031316] Keighley - AAU Staff Nurse (Band 5)
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come.We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people.
Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
Medical nursing within the ward environments at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust can be challenging, demanding, but at Airedale we aim to be skilled and responsive to the needs of our patient group.
We provide a creative, enthusiastic and motivating environment and are situated in the natural beauty of the Yorkshire Dales. We are committed to education and practice development and an individualised induction package designed to meet your personal requirements.
In exchange for your skills and commitment, we offer an excellent NHS pension scheme, generous annual leave, various staff discounts and extensive in house training and support, within this close knit and friendly team.
Main duties of the job
Acute Assessment Unit
Our new purpose built unit opened in April 2018 and sits beside our state of art Emergency Department. The Acute Assessment Unit (AAU) is a 43 bedded unit that cares for patients who require an urgent medical, surgical or orthopaedic assessment and short stay.The AAU works collaboratively with the emergency department and Ambulatory Care as an Urgent Care division to provide treatment to the acutely ill patient.
We require enthusiastic and motivated individuals to join and be a part of our multi-professional team, to work and grow in this very busy and challenging AAU. Opportunities exist to rotate to each area to provide a varied professional development and experiences within the field of Urgent Care.
You will be supported to maintain your professional developments through our Training and Education Centre, as well as being mentored and taught by our own Urgent Care Clinical Educator.
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes.Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our ‘Right Care’ behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients – we want to make these part of our DNA.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see further details for this vacancy including Job Description and Person Specification in the attached documents.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria- Recent, relevant post qualification experience of working in an NHS acute in-patient area
- Recent experience at a band 5 within an acute hospital setting
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Registered with NMC
- Studied to Diploma level or equivalent
- Degree in Healthcare/Nursing studies
- Completed 6 months Preceptorship period following registration
- Recognised teaching qualification for example SLIP/ ENB 998D32/D33
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Knowledge of the NHS Constitution & ‘Understanding the New NHS’
- Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of health and safety issues
Skills
Essential criteria- Problem solver and innovative
- Skilled clinician
- Leadership qualities
- Excellent communicator
- Able to motivate others
- Can lead by example and demonstrate teaching and coaching skills
We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.
NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.
If you are offered a position which requires you to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust will administer the DBS check on your behalf and will recover the cost (Enhanced £54.40, Standard or Basic £26.40) from your first full months salary. This is a condition of your employment.
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