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Location

Derby, Derbyshire | United Kingdom

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Job description

A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.

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 have both full time and part time opportunities available.

We do not currently have rotation opportunities.

This vacancy is for applicants that will be qualifying up to September 2024. THIS IS FOR NEWLEY QUALIFIED PEADIATRIC NURSES ONLY

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.

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.

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.

Closing Date: 1st April 2024

Interview Date: week commencing 15th April 2024

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day

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.

Please see attached the Job Description to explore the role further.

This advert closes on Monday 1 Apr 2024

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