Staff Nurse - Inpatient Ward | Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust due to the expansion in urgent & emergency care services at the Trust. As a result of a widening catchment area of patients attending Walsall Manor Emergency Department in recent years and following the opening of Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust are seeking staff to continue to support the Trust’s journey to be a leading provider of care for our community.
We are looking for driven and ambitious individuals to join us. We are able to offer flexibility and opportunities for further development.
The clinical aspects of being a staff nurse include delivering the nursing care needed to patients on the ward and also being a good role model to junior staff.
It is a given from ward 14, that we would expect a nurse to be able to deliver safe and effective care.
To work on ward 14, we want our nurses to only give the care to a standard they would want to receive themselves, or the standard they would want their own loved ones to receive.
We welcome applicants that do see it as a given the main duties of this role is to show kindness, compassion to patients, visitors and their colleague.
We welcome applicants that can seize the opportunity of being part of improvement in the way we deliver care and work towards excellence.
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community.Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities.
Work is also well underway on its multi-million pound new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre which will house a new Emergency Department (including Children’s Emergency Department), co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Urgent Care Centre.
This is scheduled for completion this year.
We would particularly welcome applications from people from a BME background and people with a disability as these groups are currently under-represented at senior level. We value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
We support flexible working for all employees and prospective applicants.
Any settled workers meeting the requirements must be offered the position in preference to any non-resident candidates meeting the requirements, unless the role falls under a PhD-level code, in which case sponsorship may be attained.
To be part of the nursing team on ward 14, working under the guidance of the nurse in charge and ward manager but also:
We want you to understand your responsibility and duties to be a team player, to live the trust values of Respect, Compassion, Professionalism and Teamwork.
Please refer to JD and PS for more information
This advert closes on Friday 8 Nov 2024