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BAND 5 NURSE - Foundation / Senior Staff Nurse

Posted 22 hours 27 minutes ago by Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Permanent
Full Time
University and College Jobs
Oxfordshire, Oxford, United Kingdom, OX1 1
Job Description

Band 5 Nurse and Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker recruitment is centralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered for a number of roles across the Trust. If you have any questions please email: .

BAND 5 NURSE - Foundation / Senior Staff Nurse NHS AfC: Band 5

Main area Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract 12 months (Fixed term until April 2026) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 321-NOTSS B5

Site Oxfordshire Town Oxford Salary £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum / Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 27/03/:59 Interview date 20/04/2025

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.

Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit our website .

Job overview

Foundation/Senior Staff Nurse - Band 5 - multiple vacancies

Locations: Oxford, Banbury, Oxfordshire

We would like to welcome you to join our team and be part of our world-renowned teaching hospital and centre of clinical excellence!

Our nursing teams are supported by an excellent framework of practice development, offering ongoing professional development where our nurses are empowered and instilled with a strong sense of professional pride, ensuring that we deliver the highest calibre of care to our patients!

Joining our team provides an opportunity for you to grow your career. Whether you are starting as a newly qualified or an experienced registered nurse, we have a variety of specialty areas for you to choose from, and career pathways tailored to you so you can achieve your ambitions and fulfil your potential.

The areas we are particularly looking to recruit to are:

  • Oncology
  • Haematology
  • Surgical
  • Palliative Care

If you are interested in working in Theatres or Critical Care, then you will need to apply directly to one of our Theatres or Critical Care adverts.

Please note that applicants must hold full NMC registration or due to complete their Nursing degree this year.

This advert may close early if a sufficient amount of applications are received.

Main duties of the job

Whether you want to work in one of our fast-paced surgical wards, our leading cancer centre, our neurology and neurosurgery departments, excellent heart centre or refurbished and expanded emergency department, play a part in our regional major trauma centre or join one of our specialist medical departments, we have a vast array of options to develop and grow you as a nurse.

We have sites in Oxford and Banbury and satellite sites across the Thames Valley region for you to choose from.

Start the conversation with us today about our opportunities - and continue your nursing journey by contacting one of our specialist leads to explore the many career options we have to offer you, or apply directly via the link below.

Please ensure you include in your supporting statement why you have chosen OUH/Oxford, and the three top areas where you would like to work.

Interview date: 28th January 2025

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here .

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
  • Demonstrate and promote a patient and family centred style of clinical practice.
  • Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care from admission to discharge.
  • Accurately document and report to other members of the nursing team, multi-disciplinary team and family/carers regarding the care given to patients, and communicating changes as they occur.
  • Respond to emergency situations with composure, maintaining patient safety and seeking immediate support, and supporting the patient, family/carers and other staff as required.
  • Identify and discuss patient needs with the team/staff, patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team. Be able to plan own workload.
  • Demonstrate a problem solving approach to effectively execute planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised plans of care based on a person centred model of care.
  • Communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients, carers and other staff, overcoming barriers to understanding and providing support during distressing or emotional events.
  • Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality at all times.
Person specification
  • NMC registered / Due to complete course
  • Demonstrates ability to manage, direct and evaluate the nursing care for a defined caseload of patients
  • Previous Nursing experience

COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Nursing and Midwifery: For candidates applying from outside the UK: Please be advised that we work in partnership with Envertiz who will be managing your recruitment therefore by applying you are consenting to us passing your contact details and application to Envertiz so they can manage your recruitment and on-boarding. If you do not consent to this, please do not apply.

Probation Period: This post is subject to a 6 month probationary period. If you currently hold a contract of employment with the Oxford University Hospitals, this will not apply. This statement does not apply to Medical staff or Executive Appointments.

Referencing: When providing employment reference details please provide correct work related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your first referee will need to be your line manager, supervisor or clinical lead from your current or most recent post or place of study. Please note that if you have previously worked for the Trust we will require a reference from your last Manager, this information is essential if your offer of employment is to be confirmed.

Next Steps: Please make sure that you read the job description and person specification, and that your supporting statement reflects this as your application will be judged against these criteria. Candidates selected for interview will be contacted after the short-listing process, usually within 2 weeks.

No unsolicited recruitment agency telephone calls or emails.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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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