Bank Posts for Student MH & LD Nurses on placement within TEWV
Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Are you a current Mental Health or Learning Disabilities student nurse?
We are currently recruiting to the Temporary Staffing Service and our existing students can now join the bank as a HCA internally. Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust has an established Temporary Staffing Service which helps to ensure that we meet the needs of our service users.
This vacancy is only open to current Mental Health or Learning Disability Student Nurses who are currently on/have recently been on placement within our services.
Student nurses must be on placement within the Trust or have recently completed a placement within the Trust as we will need to obtain a satisfactory reference from your TEWV practice placement mentor(s).
Please ensure that the placement is listed on your application form and your TEWV placement mentor is on the application as one of your referees (we need references to cover the past 3 years of employment/education/activity).
Please also make sure that you list the month and year of your student nurse cohort, expected year of completion of your nursing qualification and when your training was last updated. Failure to do this may result in your application being rejected.
Main duties of the job Supporting our Nursing teams within our inpatient services, to help promote recovery for our service users, you will have excellent communication skills and will work directly with patients, as part of a wider MDT. You will need to demonstrate empathy, compassion, understanding, and patience, whilst demonstrating that you can work flexibly as and when the need arises.
About us The Trust is a strongly value-based, person-centred organisation which has taken a strategic approach to continued service improvement, the modernisation of clinical roles and the introduction of care pathways embedded within a functioning system of governance.
The most important way we will get there is by living our values all of the time. These are:
Respect - listening, inclusive, working in partnership
Compassion - kind, supporting, recognising and celebrating
Responsibility - honest, learning, ambitious
Job description Job responsibilities This is a unique opportunity to fast track onto the bank available only to existing students within TEWV which will enable you to work and gain valuable experience within Forensic Services, Learning Disability and Mental Health Services for Adult and Older People, Trust wide. You will be responsible for supporting nursing staff in meeting the needs of services users, working alongside our established workforce delivering all aspects of care to promote choice and client independence.
Successful applicants will be required to complete a mandatory training programme within the first 8 weeks of commencement which will provide all recruits with the necessary skills to work effectively and safely within our unique services. This is approximately 8 days of training for HCAs,
this includes 5 consecutive days of face-to-face training in Positive and Safe Care.
It is therefore essential that applicants ensure that they can commit to this prior to applying.
Bank workers are not regular employees and have no entitlement to guaranteed or continuous employment. Please be aware that hours worked on the bank are not transferable to placement hours. You will also not be able to undertake bank work in the same location as your current placement.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
Key skills in literacy (level 1) and numeracy (level 1)
Desirable
NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
Experience Desirable
Previous experience of working with people with mental/social health needs.
Skills & Knowledge Essential
Basic computer skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details Employer name Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Address Trustwide
Middlesbrough
TS4 3AF
Employer's website https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/
Recruitment Lead, Temporary Staffing Service
£11.50 to £11.95 an hour, £11.50 per hour, rising to £11.95 upon completion of training
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We are currently recruiting to the Temporary Staffing Service and our existing students can now join the bank as a HCA internally. Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust has an established Temporary Staffing Service which helps to ensure that we meet the needs of our service users.
This vacancy is only open to current Mental Health or Learning Disability Student Nurses who are currently on/have recently been on placement within our services.
Student nurses must be on placement within the Trust or have recently completed a placement within the Trust as we will need to obtain a satisfactory reference from your TEWV practice placement mentor(s).
Please ensure that the placement is listed on your application form and your TEWV placement mentor is on the application as one of your referees (we need references to cover the past 3 years of employment/education/activity).
Please also make sure that you list the month and year of your student nurse cohort, expected year of completion of your nursing qualification and when your training was last updated. Failure to do this may result in your application being rejected.
Main duties of the job Supporting our Nursing teams within our inpatient services, to help promote recovery for our service users, you will have excellent communication skills and will work directly with patients, as part of a wider MDT. You will need to demonstrate empathy, compassion, understanding, and patience, whilst demonstrating that you can work flexibly as and when the need arises.
About us The Trust is a strongly value-based, person-centred organisation which has taken a strategic approach to continued service improvement, the modernisation of clinical roles and the introduction of care pathways embedded within a functioning system of governance.
The most important way we will get there is by living our values all of the time. These are:
Respect - listening, inclusive, working in partnership
Compassion - kind, supporting, recognising and celebrating
Responsibility - honest, learning, ambitious
Job description Job responsibilities This is a unique opportunity to fast track onto the bank available only to existing students within TEWV which will enable you to work and gain valuable experience within Forensic Services, Learning Disability and Mental Health Services for Adult and Older People, Trust wide. You will be responsible for supporting nursing staff in meeting the needs of services users, working alongside our established workforce delivering all aspects of care to promote choice and client independence.
Successful applicants will be required to complete a mandatory training programme within the first 8 weeks of commencement which will provide all recruits with the necessary skills to work effectively and safely within our unique services. This is approximately 8 days of training for HCAs,
this includes 5 consecutive days of face-to-face training in Positive and Safe Care.
It is therefore essential that applicants ensure that they can commit to this prior to applying.
Bank workers are not regular employees and have no entitlement to guaranteed or continuous employment. Please be aware that hours worked on the bank are not transferable to placement hours. You will also not be able to undertake bank work in the same location as your current placement.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
Key skills in literacy (level 1) and numeracy (level 1)
Desirable
NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
Experience Desirable
Previous experience of working with people with mental/social health needs.
Skills & Knowledge Essential
Basic computer skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details Employer name Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Address Trustwide
Middlesbrough
TS4 3AF
Employer's website https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/
Recruitment Lead, Temporary Staffing Service
£11.50 to £11.95 an hour, £11.50 per hour, rising to £11.95 upon completion of training
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