Bank Registered Nurse - OPD

Registered Nurse OPD | Outpatients | Southampton | Bank, 0 hours contract | Flexible working hours

Spire Southampton Hospital have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join the Bank in our outpatient's department.

Spire Southampton Hospital offers world-class care, attracting patients from across the South of England and internationally. We deliver some of the best cardiac surgery results in the country. Our Critical Care department and multidisciplinary team offer you peace of mind for our wide range of treatments.

Duties and responsibilities

• Day to day running of clinics
• Assisting Consultants to treat and care for patients
• Seeing patients for nurse led treatments i.e. Wound reviews/dressings, phlebotomy, recording of vital signs, ECG's, removed of casts, Ophthalmic diagnostic tests
• Making refreshments for Consultants and Patients
• Acting as a chaperone
• Assisting in keeping the Outpatient environment clean, tidy and safe
• Ensuring consumables are replenished regularly
• Decontamination of equipment
• Regular cleaning between patients, Consultation rooms and clinical areas
• Restocking of patient linen
• Trained nurses are responsible for the safe keeping of medication including monthly expiry date audits
• All staff will be expected to be involved with Audit and link roles within the department.

Who we're looking for

• Be NMC registered - your pin should not have any restrictions or conditions
• Compassionate and able to showcase excellent patient care
• Able to lead clinics
• Ability to multi-task
• Strong communication skills
• Able to carry out wound dressings
• Phlebotomy skills
• Experience working within an outpatient setting
• Early recognition of clinical problems and report or take appropriate action

Contract: 0 hours contract on the staffing bank / flexible working

Hours: Variety of shifts Monday - Friday 07:30 - 21:30, some Saturdays.

Benefits:

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free off site car park
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Smartspending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via 'Spire for You'
• Wellbeing Centre access via 'Spire for You'
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing Date: If we have received sufficient applications, this date may be brought forward so please submit your application as soon as possible.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Charlotte Oliver on charlotte.oliver@spirehealthcare.com

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

About Us

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our b