Role Summary
Are you, or someone you know, a former qualified Children's Nurse who would like to ‘Return to Practice’?
Come back to care with Royal Devon and see how quickly it all comes back to you.
If you are a Registered Children’s Nurse who has had a break from nursing and your registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council is currently lapsed, we have exciting opportunities for you to return to work, with the RD&E acute trust.
The RD (Eastern service) Return to Practice (Nurse) programme supports nurses on their journey back onto the NMC register and their nursing career.
Why wait? Apply now to join the next programme!
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
Return to Practice (Registered Childrens Nurse); Paediatric in-patient ward
Are you, or someone you know, a former qualified Nurse who would like to ‘Return to Practice’?
Come back to care with Royal Devon and see how quickly it all comes back to you.
If you are a Registered Children’s Nurse who has had a break from nursing and your registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council is currently lapsed, we have exciting opportunities for you to return to work, with the RD&E acute trust.
The RD (Eastern service) Return to Practice (Nurse) programme supports nurses on their journey back onto the NMC register and their nursing career.
Why wait? Apply now to join the next programme!
Through the provision of supportive tutors and assessors, Returners are guided through a learning experience, in line with the NMC return to practice (nursing) standards that refreshes the necessary skills required for nursing today.
We will provide you with the support to perform the required 450 clinical practice hours and practice assessment, on our Paediatric in-patient ward. You will be required to commit to a minimum of two shifts or 23 hours per week. Your study days will be online, with Plymouth University, following a 16-week programme.
While you are learning, you will be employed into a role that is the equivalent to a Band 3 within the trust. When you successfully complete your programme, you will be able to continue in the area with a substantive Band 5 registered nurse role.
Don’t delay, please contact us to discuss your Return to Practice Programme opportunity.
Working Pattern: Minimum of two shifts per week or 23 hrs per week
Interview Date: 6th December 2022
For further information please contact: Emma Chandler; Clinical Learning Facilitator and Return to Practice Lead. 01392 406942 rduh.returntopractice@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 this 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.
