Bank Registered Nurse - Wards

Staff Nurse | Surgical Ward | Bank- Flexible Working| Dunedin, Reading

Spire Dunedin Hospital has an exciting opportunity to join the staffing bank as a Staff Nurse on the surgical ward. The successful applicant will work with a variety of surgical patients ranging from general surgery to highly complex cases.

Spire Dunedin Hospital has been serving the Reading community for over 100 years, as a first-class medical facility. Based in the heart of Reading, the hospital has two theatres, 16 inpatient beds, three recovery bays, Oncology services and an Endoscopy Suite.

**Please note that due to our location access to your own vehicle is critical

Duties and responsibilities:

• You will be working across a large ward with private ensuite rooms providing post-surgical care to patients
• Take the patient through their full hospital stay - from admittance to release
• The opportunity to grow and develop with the team and hospital
• Taking part in clinical skills training to empower you to feel confident in providing effective care for a wide variety of specialisms
• Working on a ratio of 1 nurse to 5 or 6 patients giving you the time to give complete care to your patients

Who we're looking for:

• Current NMC registration with no restriction on practice
• Competence across a range of nursing skills
• Experience of working in teams with minimum supervision

It would be advantageous to:

• Current NMC registration - with no restrictions on your practice
• Surgical experience would be ideal; however, we are open to any acute care experience
• Open to newly qualified nurses who have completed their preceptorship
• Compassionate and able to showcase excellent patient care
• Strong communication skills
• Flexibility to work rotation of days and nights

Benefits

• 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
• Unsocial Enhancements, dependent upon shift pattern worked (won't be applicable for all)
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Smart spending 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
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.

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: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications

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