NQN Staff Nurse - COVID-19 in Brighton

About our Trust

Our Trust is rated as ‘Outstanding for Caring’ by the CQC – fundamental to this is the way that we value and respect our staff. At every level, we value the diversity of our colleagues and actively champion an inclusive culture. We believe that everyone without exception should feel free to be their authentic self in the workplace.

We understand that work is only one part of life. We are committed to helping our colleagues achieve the best possible work/life balance. We proudly offer supportive, inclusive and family friendly employment and flexible working policies. We have a wide range of professional services and employee networks to help our colleagues be at their best - and find support if they need it.

Our Trust is already a Disability Confident employer and we are holding ourselves to account through the Workplace Disability Equality Standard (WDES). Our work on promoting equity and inclusion for our Black, and Minority Ethnic (BME) colleagues continues to be driven by engagement with the WRES (Workforce Race Equality Standard) and the WRES Experts Programme.

In 2019, we committed ourselves to becoming a Stonewall Top 100 LGBTQ+ Employer. We also support the national ‘Veteran Aware’ scheme and are an ERS Gold accredited Hospital who welcomes applications from all members of the Armed Forces communities.

For our patients, we do everything we can to deliver fair access to all our services. This includes providing interpretative and other services to meet the needs of disabled communities. We're careful to show sensitivity towards ethnic, cultural and religious differences. Our staff uphold these values and so help our care to get better all the time.

Are you a student or newly qualified nurse? Would you like to work for a diverse, inclusive organisation where your voice matters? Would you like to be part of a team that values your contribution and work with a manager who supports your development?

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust could be the employer of choice for you. If you can think on your feet, make sound judgements under pressure and have limitless compassion then we would love you to come and work with us.

We offer a great range of clinical experience from acute and fast paced to technical/ highly specialist and everything in between. We are looking to recruit individuals that can demonstrate exceptional nursing care within their chosen setting and those that are committed to excellence.

Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals are a large, acute, teaching Trust with a proud history of providing adult and children services in a diverse range of specialist, general and elective services across multiple sites. We treat over three quarters of a million people a year from all walks of life, and our 8,900+ workforce are just as diverse.

Successful applicants will be able to develop their skills alongside highly experienced multidisciplinary teams. If you are enthusiastic, keen to develop and have the drive to support the continued improvement of our patient pathway, then we want to hear from you.

We are extremely proud of our nurses and nurse led services and this is reflected through the Trust’s commitment to actively seek, encourage and support the ongoing development of our staff.

We recognise the value that each individual brings to our profession and to support this we have a range of comprehensive learning and career development opportunities which include:

• A one year Preceptorship Programme; specifically designed to meet the development needs of newly qualified nurses and actively promotes and supports continuing professional development
• An extended preceptorship programme to refine specialist clinical skills through in-house training sessions, management master classes and leadership training
• Regular nursing career events, featuring a range of speakers from our senior nursing team
• Speciality specific development programmes
• Regular Band 5 Nursing forums to support and encourage engagement and networking
• Careers clinics, which include revalidation preparation, support and guidance from the Practice Development Team and yearly appraisals
• 18 month rotational programmes which can be tailored to suit your individual needs and preferences.
• Flexible working arrangements which encourage and support a work/ life balance
• Strong sense of community with a clear focus on patient care as our top priority
• Our ‘Patient First’ programme makes sure that everything we do contributes to improving the care and experience of our patients. It also gives our staff the opportunity to highlight areas for improvement and the support to make great ideas come to life

We have a variety of opportunities and we are looking for ambitious, dynamic, enthusiastic and skilled Nurses to join our fantastic teams.

We are proud to be able to offer a variety of flexible working options and contracts. For further information please refer to the Flexible Working for Registered Nurses document which is attached to this advert.

This position is for the recruitment of Newly Qualified Nurses within the Specialty Medicine and this is what we can offer YOU within the Royal Sussex County Hospital site of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals:

• A fulfilling career, working with established multi-disciplinary, compassionate friendly teams
• Excellent support for your professional and personal development
• A Preceptorship programme supported by a trust wide Preceptorship facilitator
• Deterioration Patient course on eLearning and followed by an OSCE session
• Support of Practice Educators’ in all areas
• A range of staff support services, discounts and well being initiatives on site
• A chance to be part of the 3T’s hospital redevelopment

The CQC Report said;

• ‘Patient feedback was universally positive about the care provided by the Trust and their involvement.’
• ‘During our inspection we spoke to many patients. Almost all were exceptionally positive about the levels of care they had received from the Trust.’

We have vacancies in the following specialty medicine ward areas and are offering a

Rotational Post, within Chichester/Bristol and the Acute Respiratory Unit wards at the RSCH;

• This is a truly exciting opportunity for newly qualified nurses
• It is an 18 month rotational programme, 6 months in each of the above wards, with 2 weeks supernumerary period in each different ward together with spoke educational placements in the services which feed-in to each area
• The preceptorship course will continue throughout the first year and you will have the support of the preceptorship facilitator and practice educators’ within your areas.