Staff Nurse - Outpatients - Scunthorpe

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a caring and motivated nurse with excellent clinical and interpersonal skills to join our friendly team in the Outpatient Department at SGH.

The Department provides outpatient services for a variety of medical and surgical specialties including Ophthalmology, Respiratory, General Surgery, Colorectal, Dermatology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology, Cardiology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Urology, Gastro-enterology, ENT, Vascular, TIA and Orthopedics, as well as support to other departments including Radiology special procedures.

This will be an exciting time for the right candidate as outpatients is joined with Hull Royal University Teaching Hospital.

Main duties of the job

As an Outpatients nurse you must adhere to the Trusts values of kindness courage and respect, always promoting a positive attitude.

Your role will be varied, working within all specialties, and areas that Outpatients covers. Where you can demonstrate your clinical practice and further enhance your knowledge and skills. You will be expected to coordinate specific OPD areas, providing a visible clinical presence supporting the senior team with the day to day running of the department.

To support, supervise and assess all learners, students, temporary new and junior staff within the departments.

NLAG is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.