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Job overview
Are you an experienced registered nurse looking for a role with full flexibility and top-quality care opportunities? Join North Bristol Trust & University Hospitals Bristol & Weston’s Collaborative Bank — and enjoy a rewarding, flexible nursing career tailored to your needs!
* Valued Team Membership: As a bank nurse with us, you’ll be a respected member of our team, with access to exceptional benefits including the NHS Pension scheme, paid mandatory and statutory training, and full induction support.
* Flexible Working Patterns: Choose shifts that fit your lifestyle, including earlies, lates, long days, and nights, with competitive pay rates and holiday pay. Enjoy the freedom to work without rigid hours.
* Diverse Experience: Work across multiple disciplines and specialties, broadening your clinical skills and experience in a supportive environment.
* State-of-the-Art Facilities: Opportunity to work in award-winning settings like the Brunel building.
* Additional Perks: Receive free uniforms, training opportunities, and pay incentives.
* Convenience and Regular Work: Benefit from long and short-term placements that offer flexibility, along with the team spirit and friendly atmosphere of a permanent role.
If you’re a dedicated adult nurse committed to delivering outstanding care but want flexibility to align with your circumstances, our collaborative bank offers the perfect solution. Apply now and take the next step in your nursing career!
Main duties of the job
As a Bank Registered Nurse, your responsibilities will include :
* Supporting all clinical areas of the Trusts as and when required.
* Taking personal responsibility and accountability for ensuring that Trust and local policies and procedures are known and followed and ensuring duties are carried out in accordance with the advisory guidelines and practice set out in the NMC code.
* Being responsible for assessment, planning, Implementation and Evaluation of patient care.
* Taking responsibility for the supervision and guidance of otherstaff including health care support workers and students as required.
Applicants must:
* Hold RN (adult) registration with current NMC license to practice
* Minimum of 12 months post qualification experience. (15 months for NQN's - 3 months preceptorship, then 12 months acute experience)
* Have recent acute hospital experience within the last 18-24 months
* Have a drive to work hard, enthusiasm and the ability to commit to a 4-day induction programme if successful
* Have right to work in UK (with relevant Adaptation/ONP if applicable)
* Have the ability to commence work within 3 months of offer
Working for our organisation
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 people, providing healthcare to Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset from our award-winning Southmead hospital. We are a regional Major Trauma Centre and a globally recognized centre of excellence in many specialties. Our vision is to empower our teams to deliver exceptional, personalized healthcare. We treat every patient with respect and dignity, aiming for excellent outcomes and a first-class experience.
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the country’s largest acute Trusts, with over 13,000 staff delivering 100+ clinical services across 10 sites, serving 500,000+ people in South West England. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, UHBW is proud to provide excellent care to Bristol, Weston, and beyond. As a multi-award-winning, digitally advanced Trust, our cutting-edge research and innovation make a positive local and global impact. With hospitals in both city and coastal locations, staff enjoy the best of urban life and nearby countryside or seaside.
Both organisations value diversity and are committed to building an inclusive team representing various backgrounds and perspectives and safeguarding vulnerable groups. Anonymous application data helps us uphold these commitments. Applicants from all underrepresented groups are welcome.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full overview of the Job Description, please refer to the PDF Job Description attached as an additional document to this advert.
* Take regular responsibility to carry out required planned, direct patient care to a high standard without direct supervision in accordance with established nursing procedures and policies.
* To report to the appropriate members of the multidisciplinary team any significant changes in a patient’s condition or situation.
* Take personal responsibility for the delivery of care of patients in a defined area.
* To contribute towards health promotion for all patients by providing education, support and advice, as necessary
* Ensure referral to appropriate professionals or agencies as required.
* Ensure the safe ordering, administration and custody of patients’ medication according to Trust policies and procedures.
* In the absence of senior staff be responsible for delegation and supervision of appropriate work to other qualified staff, health care assistants and students
* Where relevant to be responsible for and assist in co-ordinating discharge planning in partnership with the multidisciplinary team
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Registered Nurse with relevant and valid NMC licence to practice
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Teaching and assessing qualification (998 or equivalent)
Knowledge and Experience
* Candidate will have undertaken training required by the ward / department. i.e. IV drug administration, cannulation, venepuncture, ECGs, male catheterisation, PCA and epidural training
* Minimum of 12 months post qualification experience (15 months for NQN's - 3 months preceptorship, then 12 months acute experience)
* Recent acute hospital experience within the last 18-24 months
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
* Advanced communication skills, verbal & written, to include report writing and record keeping.
* Basic computer / IT skills and expectation to develop these in line with the needs of the service i.e. IHS, Acis, Email use.
* Ability to work as part of a team
* Time management/ basic problem solving skills
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
· 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 to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
· The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
· UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
· To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.
· If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
· The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.
· By applying for this post, you are agreeing to University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
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IMPORTANT:
Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.
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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.
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