Registered Nurse (Graduating/Newly Qualified)

Are you a Graduating/Newly Qualified Nurse (Adult or Child) who completed your degree at a UK University and undertook development/clinical placements in the National Health Service (NHS) . We want to hear from you! Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust is pleased to be recruiting Newly Qualified Registered Nurses across our Trust, this includes emergency/urgent care, medicine, surgery, paediatrics and other areas.
5 Reasons to Work for Us:
We offer a Quality Marked Preceptorship Programme, endorsed by NHS England for all Newly Qualified Nurses
We are a Pathway to Excellence Nursing Organisation (American Nurses Credentialing Centre). We encourage and celebrate the professional nursing voice and will encourage you to be your best and achieve you potential for outstanding patient care
We are a values focused organisation and value people
We are part of the wider University Hospitals of Northampton Group, with fantastic opportunities and development across the group
We have a excellent geographical location in Northampton with easy access to London and airports. House prices in the area are favourable with good rental opportunities
Provide nursing leadership and deliver care for a group of patients
Work within a nursing and multi-disciplinary team
Communicate effectively in verbal and written form to patients, significant others and colleagues
Lead and deliver care at each stage of the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation)
Be alert to deterioration in patients and escalate concerns
Prevent harm and promote outstanding care
Support and develop others including Student Nurses, Apprentices and HCAs
Use your clinical skills (including administration of medicines) to deliver care
Use technology to inform and manage care
Maintain accurate records of care
Practice legally, ethically and in accordance with the NMC Code and NGHT policies and procedures
Engage with Pathway to Excellence to inform and developing the nursing profession
Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values
Compassion
Accountability
Respect
Integrity
Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone’s full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.
We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.
The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

• Maintain registration with the NMC as a Nurse
• Promote the UHN and NGHT values within role and practice
• Work in a legal and ethical way, assessing mental capacity, seeking consent, and acting in best interest
• Adhere to the regulatory Code (NMC) and relevant standards of professional behaviour and practice, including continual professional development
• Prepare and maintain evidence for NMC revalidation
• Practice in accordance with NGHT policies and procedures
• Engage with the NGHT Quality Marked Preceptorship Programme over 12 months
• Undertake NMC Practice Assessor and Supervisor development
• Engage with each stage of the nursing process according to scope of practice, experience, and competence (assessment, planning, implementation and evaluations)
• Accurately formulate and maintain a range of nursing documentation in both written and electronic form
• Complete and manage risk assessments for patients in accordance with NGHT policies and procedures
• Ensure review dates for assessments and documents are achieved and completed
• Communicate effectively with patients and their significant others
• Communicate effectively with other health and social care professionals including but not limited to other Nurses, Medical Staff, AHPs and social care professionals
• Assess and formulate person centred care plans, promoting choice and independence at every opportunity
• Actively plan and engage for timely discharge, promoting safety and reducing risk
• Monitor patients for deterioration and escalate concerns in accordance with NGHT policies and procedures
• Monitor vitals signs and calculate NEWS 2 scores
• Undertake a range of clinical skills including but not limited to medication administration, catheterisation, venepuncture, cannulation 12 lead ECG acquisition, bowel care, wound care and nutrition (feeding)

About You:
You will registered or are eligible to register with the NMC as a Nurse (Adult or Child), having undertaken a Nursing Degree and clinical placements in the NHS. You will be values driven, person centric and committed to providing outstanding patient care. You will draw on a contemporary evidence base in nursing to inform care and will share your ideas and experience to improve care and services. You will be committed to engaging with the Preceptorship Programme in your initial 12 months of practice to consolidate your learning and develop your knowledge skills. You will demonstrate compassionate and agile leadership in your role.

• If you have undertaken placements directly at NGHT, please follow the fast track process for employment via our Practice Development Team