Staff Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner

Providing outstanding standards of care, takes a successful multi-disciplinary approach and you will work alongside a large team of talented individuals including medical, surgical, anaesthetic and intensive care teams, allied health professionals, pharmacists and many more.

Our teams also include many nurse specialists and as such there is great scope for progression to more specialist and other senior nursing and managerial roles.

There is a multitude of opportunities for career development within our Trust. Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in particular is extremely important to us, to ensure our staff can fully liberate their potential. You will be encouraged and supported to develop your skills and competencies with dedicated support from our Clinical Educators.

All of our clinical areas are supported and lead by experienced Matrons - contact details are available on our Trust website. Please make contact to find out more and you may be able to arrange an informal visit.

Please note that we are unable to offer alternative interview dates so candidates should make every effort to be available for the interview date shown on the current advert.

Please be advised we can only support face to face interviews at this time.

We welcome applications from both internal and external candidates who are passionate about delivering high-quality patient care and making a positive contribution to our organisation. If you have a particular interest in a specific specialty, clinical area, or service, please tell us about this within your application.

Current vacancies

The list of the vacancies will be finalised and ready for all candidates to review on the day of the interviews due to it being updated regularly. This allows all vacancies to be added during the period up to the interview date giving an accurate list for candidates to choose from on the day but will include a range of full and part time vacancies from

Internal Medicine,

General Surgery inpatient wards

Respiratory Support Unit,

Institute of Transplantation outpatients

Renal Clinical Investigations Unit

Eye emergency clinic

Theatres- Range of specialties. (welcomes applications from Registered Nurses and ODPs)

Day Treatment Centre (welcomes applications from Registered nurses and ODPs)

Community Heart Failure Nurse team.

The post involves supporting the care of patients living with chronic heart failure across community and clinical settings, including visits to patients in their own homes.

Working within a small, experienced team and alongside the Heart Failure Nurse Specialists, you will provide patient and family support, education, symptom monitoring and ongoing care. The role aims to promote effective management of heart failure, identify deterioration at an early stage and help prevent avoidable hospital admissions.

Previous experience in cardiology and/or a keen interest in developing within this specialty would be advantageous. Clinical supervision, support and guidance will be provided.

Due to the community nature of the role, applicants must hold a full driving licence, have access to a vehicle for work purposes and hold appropriate business insurance

For further information contact Louise Matthews louise.matthews4@nhs.net 0191 2826410

Contacts for further information nuth.nursingrecruitmentqueries@nhs.net

They can direct your query to the most appropriate Matron to advise on their current vacancies, shift patterns, arrange any informal visits and the skill & experience they require etc and let you know whether their vacancy is coming to this set of interviews.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Shortlisting Criteria

Essential: - Meets All Essential Criteria

Desirable: - Meets All Desirable Criteria