Nurses

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals – Worcester Royal Hospital and Alexandra Hospital, Surgical Division

Our mission is to work together with our partners in health and social care to provide safe, effective, personalised and integrated care for local people, delivered consistently across all services by skilled and compassionate staff.  The Surgical Division is a progressive, supportive environment with a dynamic and motivated team. We are seeking both newly qualified and experienced nurses to come and join our team. We are able to offer exciting developmental opportunities and training programs with our 4ward values being important in our everyday work.

We’re committed to delivering a Nursing Service that delivers the best patient care. There for our patients, families and services users, the public and each other, we promise to communicate effectively by listening to and responding to comments and concerns. We recognise that our excellent nursing staff are key in enabling providing compassionate, patient centred care,  and we need you join our team.

We show we care for our staff through our support, development and progression opportunities.

We offer:

• Induction with a supernumerary period
• An assigned mentor
• Training from our Professional Development Team
• Preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses
• Rotation opportunities to include other specialities
• Band 6 development programmes
• Band 7 Ward Sister Development programme
• CPD via local University
• Comprehensive staff benefits including: NHS Pension Scheme, on site nursery, Childcare Vouchers, Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme, Generous Annual Leave

We currently have several opportunities in the following departments;

General Surgery

General surgery on the Worcester Royal site comprises of 46 beds accommodating our major elective and emergency surgery for colorectal, upper GI, and bariatric patients. On the Alexandra site we have 28 beds providing care for elective and emergency surgical patients including breast service. We also have a Surgical Clinical Decision Unit (SCDU) on Worcester Royal site with is a short stay surgical assessment unit taking emergency admissions.

Urology

Our urology service is based on the Alexandra site with 21 beds dedicated to support patients undergoing major procedures. We also have the Urology Intervention Centre which provides outpatient investigations whilst working closely with the consultant team and the Urology ward. Staff rotate between the ward area and the clinic as required.

Surgical and Vascular High Care

These currently run independently but plans are in place to merge as one department in the future. Currently providing care for 12 immediate post-operative, intensive care step down or patients in need of close monitoring.

All of the above areas provide an excellent opportunity to widen skills in a specialist area with on-going education and training for all registered nurses.

The wards have an excellent teaching environment for students and have had very positive feedback from our students following placement on the areas. Our teams are well established and we welcome the opportunity to support and induct new staff.

As a trained member of staff you will receive training to become competent in:

• Induction with a supernumerary period
• An assigned mentor
• IV therapy
• Venepuncture and cannulation
• Use of PCA’s
• Male catheterisation
• Performing ECG’s
• Being a student assessor by attending the mentorship course

So if you want a new start, there couldn’t be a better time to join us

Shortlisted candidates will be expected to attend an Assessment Centre on one of our sites where you would be required to complete an assessment and attend a formal interview.

For further information please contact;

For General Surgery;

Worcester – Matron Julie Webb on 01905 763333 Bleep 205

Alexandra – Matron Helen Pulis on 01527 503030 Bleep 0282

For urology;

Matron Helen Pulis on 01527 503030 Bleep 0282