Locum Consultant General PaediatricianNHS Medical - Sutton, United Kingdom - Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Description

Job overview

Band 6 Sister (Registered Nurse) for Oral & Maxillofacial & Plastic surgery outpatients dept. - Hours: 37.5 Hours over 5 days.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated nurse with excellent communication skills to work in our speciality maxillofacial outpatient department. You will need to work flexibly as part of a small but highly motivated team.

Main duties of the job

We cover outpatient clinics, oral/dental surgery, minor skin and plastic day surgery as well as nurse led dressing clinics.

It would be advantageous for candidates to have previous experience in wound care management as well as experience in undertaking risk assessments, audits and staff management responsibilities.

Surgical experience within minor head and neck and plastic surgery would also be desirable but not essential

Informal visits to the dept prior to interview are welcome.

Please contact:

Senior Sister Ewelina Gierak, Mackenzie Unit.

Tel X3321

Working for our organisation

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Experience in a hospital setting would be essential, full induction will be given.

Informal Visits to the department strongly encouraged.

Please see the attached supporting Job description/Person Specification documents which contains more information about the role

Person specification

Written

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Written

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Your application : Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.

References : You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.

Closing date : In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

Shortlisting : You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.

DBS : We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

Further details / informal visits contact