Nursing Assistant - Outpatients (CY)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Outpatient Department nursing team at Crawley Hospital. You will be key to supporting our improvements as we move forward with different ways of working, for our patients requiring face to face and virtual consultation, first line investigations and ongoing treatment.

The Outpatients department at Crawley has two departments covering both medical and surgical specialties including Ophthalmology, Urology, ENT, Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, Breast and Cardiology to name a few. There will be opportunity to develop clinical skills across all specialties and as part of SaSH can facilitate cross site learning.

The successful applicant will be joining a team of dedicated skilled staff, which includes Health Care Assistants, Nurse Associates, Staff Nurses, Sisters, Clinical Nurse Specialists and Senior Sisters.

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, motivated, flexible, hardworking, and positive while adhering to the Trust Values. The service may incorporate weekdays, evenings and weekend working on a rota basis. The shift pattern will be 8-6pm 3 days a week and one 8-5.30pm.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England. We are winners of the Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the Year award 2021 and National Patient Safety Awards winner, striving to be a beacon for safety in all that we do. We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.

Person Specification

Criteria

1. Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
2. A complete and accurate application
3. Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
4. Evidence of essential experience for role
5. Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
6. Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
7. Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
8. Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.