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University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

About

For your NHS career, think UHS

As one of one of England's largest acute teaching trusts, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) can help you to achieve your career aspirations, whatever your discipline.

We're one of only a few trusts in the UK that have the ability to care for people before their birth through to the end of life, providing almost every specialism they could need along the way, 24/7. We employ more than 11,500 staff delivering services to over 1.9 million people within our specialist care groups, children’s hospital, and major trauma centre.

Because UHS is essentially a micro city, we can offer almost every job imaginable. Some require a medical background, such as nurses, allied health professionals (AHPs) and healthcare scientists, but there are also plumbers, electricians, porters, secretaries and catering experts, as well as finance, communications, HR and informatics specialists.

Whatever role you're interested in, we can offer fantastic training and development giving you the best possible opportunities to achieve the career you want.

Our values guide the work we do every day, they are:

Patients first
Patients and families will be at the heart of what we do and their experience within the hospital, and their perception of the Trust will be our measure of success.

Working together
Our clinical teams will provide services to patients and are crucial to our success. We have launched a leadership strategy that ensures our clinical management teams are engaged in the day-to-day management and governance of the Trust.

Always improving
Our reputation is research and development and our approach to education and training will continue to incorporate new ideas, technologies greater efficiencies in the service we provide.

Our careers website

If you'd like to find out more about UHS, the benefits we offer our employees, or if you are thinking of moving to the Hampshire area and would like some guidance, head to

https://careers.uhs.nhs.uk/Why-UHS/About-the-Trust/COVID-19-UPDATE.aspx

for more information.

Contact

Address: Southampton General Hospital; Tremona Road; Southampton; Hampshire; SO16 6YD
Contact Number: 023 8120 6525

Find out more

Jobs Website

Closed

Ref: 188-NM031124-I Vacancy ID: 6788004

Staff Nurse - Eye Emergency

Closed for applications on: 23-Nov-2024 00:03

Vacancy status: Closed

Closed for applications on: 23-Nov-2024 00:03

Location

Site: OPH Eye Casualty
Address: Tremona Road
Town: Southampton
Postcode: SO16 6YD
Major / Minor Region: Hampshire

Contract type & working pattern

Contract

Fixed term: 7 months (7 months)

Hours

Full time
Part time

37.5 hours per week

Salary

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum - Pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 5)

Specialty

Main area: Ophthalmology

Interview date: 09/12/2024

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a registered nurse you will have transferable skills already allowing you to make the move to further develop your ophthalmic knowledge in an exciting and supportive environment.

Our department is open 7 days a week and shifts are usually long days 7.30-8 and include weekends and bank holidays but no nights.

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

For more information about our Trust

https://careers.uhs.nhs.uk

Getting to work - our travel promise

Getting to work should be as easy as possible and that’s why we have introduced the UHS travel promise – a commitment from the Trust that we will provide reasonable travel options for every member of staff. Every member of staff can apply for a permit to use our park & ride facility. Eligibility for on-site parking is dependent on the nature and requirement of the role. All staff can also access a range of discounted benefits relating to travel including reduced price bus tickets, purchase of salary sacrifice bikes and ultra-low emission cars.

Our commitment to equality

Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.

UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.

How and why we use your information

The Trust is under a duty to protect the public funds it administers, and to this end may use the information you have provided on this form for the prevention and detection of fraud. It may also share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for these purposes.

The European General Data Protection Regulations enhances individuals’ rights and safeguards all of their data in place under the DPA.

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Applicant requirements

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.

Person specification

Qualifications, knowledge and experience

Essential criteria

Qualified Nurse (Degree/Diploma)
Registered nurse on appropriate part of the register
Knowledge of current issues within acute Health Service
Understanding of personal accountability
Knowledge of own role within the team
Provide evidence of teaching and supporting learners in practice in the role of practice supervisor
Awareness of evidence-based practice
Awareness of responsibilities for management of infection control
Evidence of on-going personal development
Able to use initiative