Bank Community Nurse (Whitby Hospital) - COVID-19 in York

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019

Owing to unprecedented events regarding COVID-19 we opening a new 30 bed ward at Whitby Hospital “Abbey Ward” we are currently recruiting dedicated and motivated registered and unregistered bank nurses for a newly refurbished, dynamic inpatient rehabilitation ward at Whitby.

Are you caring, compassionate and committed? Do you want to provide the best possible care to every patient?

We are looking for nurses who are kind and caring but also understand the importance of rehabilitation and working with patients to improve their independence.

You will be expected to deliver and maintain high standards of clinical and professional Nursing care and in return you will receive support, development, and a first class learning experience of all aspects of rehabilitation nursing.

You will need to be passionate and enthusiastic about high quality patient care, putting patients at the heart of everything you do. You will be working within a multi-disciplinary team and will need to be able to think on the spot, show empathy and be hardworking and dedicated.

The Bank enables staff to work varying hours on an as and when basis but can be on a full and part time capacity across a range of shift patterns including day, evening and night shifts. This also provides staff with the opportunity to work when they are available or around family commitments.

Applicants will have a relevant up to date Nursing registration and preceptorship and be expected to display a high standard of care, communication, and the ability to develop relationships with patients.

Applicants will be expected to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to work effectively with patients, staff and peers and to be able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.

All mandatory training will be provided as well as role specific training, Additional training may be available dependant on the service area needs.

We will rely on your co-operation as a candidate to enable us to process Pre employment checks quickly if you are successful. We intend to carry out telephone interviews and you can expect this to take place within 2 days of your application.

Please note that accomodation has been offered in the local area.

Why work for us?

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust provides a broad range of community and inpatient mental health services, community services (including therapies), learning disability services, healthy lifestyle support and addiction services to approximately 600,000 people. The Trust has been rated Good by the Care Quality Commission. The Trust is also proud to be HSJ Provider of the Year 2019 award winners.

We employ approximately 2,800 staff across more than 79 sites at locations throughout Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, Whitby and Scarborough. We deliver Mental Health Services, Specialist Services for Children, Forensic Services, Community and Learning Disability Services, as well as having eight GP Practices across the locality.

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust - a multi-specialty health and social care teaching provider. We aim to be a leading provider of integrated health services, recognised for the care compassion and commitment of our staff and known as a great employer and a valued partner.

The Trust works closely with our academic partners, including Hull York Medical School (HYMS) and Hull University, nurturing and developing a workforce of doctors, nurses and other health and social care professionals of the future.

At Humber we believe our people are our greatest asset and therefore we are committed to developing, growing and rewarding our workforce. As an employee at Humber you will benefit from pay in line with Agenda for Change, NHS pension, training and development, annual appraisal, generous annual leave entitlement and flexible working options to enable you to achieve a healthy work/life balance.

Location

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust serves the rural populations of Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Yorkshire. Hull has benefitted from being included The Guardian’s ‘Hot List’ of places to visit and rated by Rough Guides as one of the top ten cities in the world to see. The nearby town of Beverley was named by The Sunday Times as one of the ten best places to live in the north. The area boasts a wide array of diverse property from coastal cottages to riverside apartments. Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire offer some of the most competitive house prices in the country, with access to excellent schools and further and higher education providers.

The region has great transport connections with an hour commute York or Leeds. Want to go further afield? There are daily ferry crossings from Hull to Belgium and the Netherlands and from Humberside Airport you can reach destinations across Europe and – via Schiphol – worldwide.