Job overview

Are you ready to join a forward thinking and professional team and participate in the provision of a high standard of patient centred evidence-based nursing care.

Are you willing to make a change to healthcare and patients that are in your care,  act as a role model for other staff.

Are you willing to go that extra mile for your patients and really make a difference?

We welcome applications from students qualifying soon. Good opportunities exist for further training and development. You will receive support/development through in service training, regular appraisals, and clinical supervision.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for innovative and compassionate people to join our multidisciplinary team within our busy 33 bedded Gastroenterology - offering specialised and excellent care for gastroenterology patients as well as other general medical conditions. 

 We want people who have a vision for implementing change in order to offer a gold standard service to our patients, whilst continuing with your professional development to continue our work in ensuring we maintain the fantastic Quality Assurance Visit standards.

In return for your expertise and dedication, we offer you the opportunity to be a part of the vision and will provide you with the opportunity to further your knowledge in both the clinical skills required in assessment of our patients with the addition of management of patients with complex needs in order to provide holistic care.

If this role fits your profile we would love to hear from you.

Working for our organisation

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King’s Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire.

We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network.

In February 2022 the significant progress that has been made at QEH was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as ‘Good’ in all of the core services they inspected. They recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.

This vacancy is for Registered Nurses with full NMC registration in the UK. If you are an internationally trained nurse that has not passed their OSCE (objective structured clinical examination) you will not be considered for this role and will be automatically rejected, so please do not apply.

However we do support Internationally Trained Nurses with their OSCE through the Norfolk and Waveney Recruitment Hub [email protected]. Please note that we adhere to the NHS Code of Practice and cannot recruit from ‘red list countries’ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-for-the-international-recruitment

“If you are a new registrant, we look forward to welcoming you onto the RCN accredited Preceptorship Academy at the QEH. This programme offers a supportive development transition into your new role as a registered member of the team. If you would like further information, please email the team [email protected]”

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse with the NMC
• Degree/Diploma in Nursing or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Teaching and Assessing qualification
• Undertaken mentorship training

Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant experience of looking after patients in a healthcare environment
• Relevant Post-Registration clinical experience

Desirable criteria

• Clinical Governance experience
• Risk Management experience

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Confident and calm attitude with an ability to work under pressure
• Ability to provide holistic nursing care
• Teaching, assessment and supervision of others

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of professional issues in nursing incorporating NMC and IPAC

Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race ,ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values.