Job Summary
Open to Nursing Associate students graduating 2024-March 2025 and experienced Nursing Associates.
Thank you for your interest in commencing your Nursing career at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust (MYTT). In keeping with our core values, we want to offer you an individualised experience to support you to realise your career dreams working at a nationally award winning Trust. We have created a bespoke paediatric recruitment experience to showcase what we can offer you within childrens services from preceptorship and induction to career progression and development opportunities.
We have a dedicated Professional Development and Education Unit (PDEU), who are leading the way nationally with their programme for supporting newly qualified Nursing Associates to make the transition from students to registrant. Furthermore, our dedicated Paediatric education team are there every step of the way to ensure you succeed and achieve in your career with MYTT. The Trust has been awarded the National Preceptorship Quality Mark for Nursing in 2024 along with several national and local awards, all in recognition of the work we do to improve the experience of a newly qualified nurse and the nurses who support them.
Main duties of the job
During our recruitment events we will showcase key aspects of our services and share some of the amazing work at the Trust to ensure you are supported and valued within your preceptorship / induction period and future years as a Registrant. Helping you to reach your full potential and feel confident to give the high standards of care to our service users across the Trust.
By attending our event you will have the chance to meet members of our nursing teams, along with opportunities to ask questions to our graduates. You will take part in a competitive interview process but will be encouraged to discuss your ambitions and address any questions you may have.
To receive an invite to our event on Monday 16th December 2024 and so we can offer you the best experience, we ask that you provide us with information about yourself, your education and your aspirations by submitting an application.
We advise you to submit your application early to avoid disappointment as vacancies are limited and may result in the advert closing early.
We wish you the best of luck with your application.
About us
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Effective communication skills (verbal and written) and good interpersonal skills.
- Evidence of time management skills and ability to prioritise.
- Intermediate IT skills.
- Ability to communicate with members of the public and health and care providers.
- Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact.
- Ability to move between sites working across health and social care as required by the needs of the development programme.
- Ability to work on own initiative.
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Courteous, respectful and helpful at all times.
- Positive and caring attitude.
- Enthusiastic.
- Passionate about delivering safe care.
- Reliable.
- Trustworthy.
- Adaptable.
Qualifications
Essential
- Foundation Level Degree: Nursing Associate Qualification.
- NMC Registered Nursing Associate.
- Foundation Degree.
- Completion of End Point Assessment for applicants who have undertaken an apprenticeship route.
- GCSE Grade A-C English and Maths or Level 2 in Maths and English.
- When English is spoken as a second language, must have an IELTS score of 7.0.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Completion of end point assessment if undertaken NA training as an apprentice.
Desirable
- Essential induction training and experience.
- Care Certificate.
- 5 GCSEs Grade A-C to include Maths and English.
- Level 3 Health related qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Be able to demonstrate ability to work in Childrens Services.
- Good experience of working in a team.
- Experience of with the public demonstrating good customer care skills.
- Experience of health coaching and health promotion.
- Experience in working with children and young people and understanding their specific needs.
Desirable
- Previous experience of working within a health care setting.
- Evidence of involvement in support / development of less experienced staff.
Knowledge and Awareness
Essential
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate.
- Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in context of the team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development.
- Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered care professional.
- Understanding of the Care System for children and how this impacts their lives.
- An understanding of attachment and trauma in childhood.
- Understanding of the importance of the promotion of health and wellbeing (Making Every Contact Count).
- Awareness of own limitations.
Desirable
- Understanding of basic physiology, e.g. normal vital signs, fluid balance, nutritional requirements etc.
- Evidence of recent work-based learning or self-directed learning.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 08 December 2024
