Staff Nurse

Job summary

Main duties of the job

The role would be suitable for an experienced qualified nurse looking for a new challenge and to extend their knowledge in the urology diagnostic and assessment fields. As a member of the team, you will be assisting practitioners in the investigations that take place on the unit, you will carry out interventions independently once competent to do so, and will assist the clinicians in caring for the patients who attend the Urology SDEC. The patients who attend the Urology SDEC unit will either be discharged after treatment, rebooked for further assessment at a later date, or they are admitted to ward 17, our Urology ward. You will have extensive contact with the Urology team including the Urology Specialist Nurses, the clinicians and the extended team working on our urology ward. Please contact us to discuss any questions you may have and to arrange an informal visit.

Job responsibilities

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.