Staff Nurse

Job Overview

The Newcastle Hospitals and Community Services Staff Bank provide temporary staff to various wards and departments across the Trust. In return, we can offer valuable work opportunities/experience, opportunity to apply for NHS substantive employment, comprehensive training, NHS Pension contributions and accrued holiday pay.

Main Duties

• Provide effective and efficient support to various departments throughout the Trust as required, ensuring that a high quality of patient care is delivered.

Person specification

• Qualifications: Registered Nurse (appropriate to branch), NMC registration, Diploma/Degree in Nursing (completed or willingness to undertake) or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge: Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development, awareness of current relevant NHS policy context, understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding.
• Skills: Basic IT skills, relevant clinical skills relating to the specialty e.g. cannulation, IV drug administration, relevant and recent clinical experience.
• Experience: Previous experience in speciality.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

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.

Documents to download

• B5 Staff Nurse JD (PDF, 238.2KB)
• Newcastle Staff Benefits (PDF, 274.4KB)
• Behaviour and Civility Charter (PDF, 93.8KB)

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Gill Bell
Job title: Office Manager
Staff Bank Email address: Gillian.Bell16@nhs.net
Telephone number: 0191 2826067