Registered Nurse - General Bank (Bedford)

Are you looking for an opportunity that offers a flexible work / life balance? Flexibility that allows you to change your availability to fit with your home life and commitments?

Bank staff play an integral role in covering temporary shortfalls in staffing which helps to maintain the high standards of patient care we seek and provide across the Bedfordshire Hospitals in Bedford and Luton. Working for the Bank can offer you fantastic levels of flexibility even for those whose two days are never the same. As part of the Bank you receive all the induction and mandatory training as you would if you were full time, It’s also a great way to showcase your skills should you want to go permanent with us in the future.

Registration on Bank requires a Qualified Registered Nurse to have completed a signed off full preceptorship in an Acute Hospital before applying.

The post-holder is responsible for direct clinical care for individual patients and groups of patients within their area of work. This includes the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care from admission to discharge. The post holder is expected to supervise junior staff and be able to teach qualified and unqualified staff, including pre and post registration students. The post holder is expected to take charge of a ward where appropriate and also be responsible for staff and resources in the absence of the ward manager or deputy. Th

e post holder may be moved between wards or departments during a shift due to service need.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sandy Johnson Job title: Manager Email address: sandy.johnson@bedfordhospital.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01234 355122