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Nursing Associate

Please Note: The application deadline for this vacancy has now passed.

Role Summary

Where else can you get a good work life balance, the excitement of an emergency situation with the structure of elective procedures and the support to develop personally and professionally?

Endoscopy are looking for Nursing Associates to come and join the team. 

About the Role

We will work together to maintain a culture that develops and supports you and your team.

This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.

Looking after you is important to us.

We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.

If you're starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays.

You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.

Salary is not the only financial benefit

You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:

  • National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
  • Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
  • Car lease schemes.
  • The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
  • Cycle to work scheme

These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.

About Us

For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.

More detail about the role

The unit provides a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and strives to provide exceptional levels of patient care in order to meet the expanding needs of the local community. We see around 200 patients per week, which includes an out of hour’s service for upper GI bleeds. You will be expected to partake in the OOH rota.

In order to arrive in theatres to attend the upper G I bleed emergencies, you will need to live within a 30 minute travel radius (However on-call rooms can be arranged given enough notice)

The unit is looking for enthusiastic, motivated and flexible Nursing associates to join our experienced, friendly and dedicated team. The role involves the admission and recovery of the patient and working within the endoscopy theatres. The post is rewarding, dynamic and you will get a sense of achievement from the outstanding care you deliver.

Endoscopy experience is desirable but not essential as training is provided.

Working Pattern: Our current working hours are Monday to Friday 08:00 - 18:30 and one Saturday per month. This may change in the future dependent on the demand of our services.

Interview Date: TBC

For further information please contact Cara Jones, Unit Manager on 01271 349180 or email carajones@nhs.net 

Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.

The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.

Benefits

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.

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