Job Description
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is the principal provider of acute hospital services for the residents of Derby, Burton upon Trent and surrounding areas including South Staffordshire, South Derbyshire and North West Leicestershire.
The Trust serves a population of approximately 960,000 people and is committed to delivering high quality patient care.
There is a wide range of exciting roles in different settings across our five hospital sites, which includes: The Royal Derby Hospital, our Community Hospital Florence Nightingale-Derby, Queens Hospital-Burton, Samuel Johnson Community Hospital -Lichfield and Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital -Tamworth.
We believe that having studied hard for your qualification, you have demonstrated enthusiasm and commitment, and we look forward to benefiting from your knowledge, skills and most importantly your vision.
As part of an incentive package to all of our Newly Qualified Nurse’s you will receive a payment of £1,000 as a welcome to the Trust: subject to our terms and conditions of staying with the Trust for a minimum of 12 months.
We pride ourselves on providing excellent support to our newly registered nurses by offering a comprehensive preceptorship programme, which aims to facilitate the transition of the student nurse to the role of qualified practitioner by supporting the development of essential knowledge and skills. Our preceptorship programme is well established and successful: we guide and support all Newly Qualified Nurse’s and ensure you have a structured period of transition to support you throughout your career.
INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD WEEK COMMENCING 15TH MAY 2023
On the first line of your personal statement clearly indicate in your supporting information the date you will be qualifying, and which of the 5 hospital sites you would like to be considered for along with which clinical area that you are interested in working in. If you would like to be considered for more than one site please state this clearly.
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At University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust our vision is ‘Taking Pride in Caring’. To achieve this we seek to attract the best staff to join our team with the right values, skills, energy, passion and commitment. We are proud of the caring compassionate way we care for our patients. We have a national reputation as a centre of excellence for many clinical specialities.
Our Staff say they are proud to work for our Trust because:
“It is a professional organisation I can progress in “
“I enjoy working in a multicultural environment where people are treated as individuals”
“We are ahead of other hospitals in terms of advances in surgical techniques, laparoscopic and robotic surgery.
“I feel part of a large team that helps to enhance patient care and maximise patient safety”
If you are passionate about shaping and developing the patient care of the future, then the Trust would welcome applications from all motivated and dedicated individuals.
We have both full time and part time opportunities available in:
Medicine,Surgery and Cancer Services across the wider trust.
We also have limited opportunities for Rotational Position.
Additionally we have a very limited opportunities for NQN's in ICU. These positions will only be considered for those students that have had placements in ICU. You must clearly state in your personal statement that you have ICU experience.
Unfortunately, currently we do not have opportunities in Theatres for newly qualified nurses.
In return we will offer:
- Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development, together with an opportunity to work across some or all of our 5 sites depending on specialty
- Support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond
- Friendly, supportive and caring colleagues
- A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key facts about our Trust:
- Every day our hospitals see more than 4,000 outpatients
- We see more Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients than any other Trust – over 3,300 per week
- An average 860 patients are seen in A&E every day – the 6th largest in the country
- Our hospitals admit more than 220 emergency patients every day
- We carry out more planned surgical operations than any other Trust in England with almost 50,000 operations taking place in our 52 operating theatres
- We are one of only 5 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
- We carry out more than 300 elective procedures each working day
- We employ 12,000 staff across our 5 hospital sites
- We have a Director of Allied Health Professionals who is committed to provide leadership, progression and direction to AHPs
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