Clinical Support

We are looking for someone who is interested in helping to provide a safe, high quality Endoscopy Decontamination service to patients at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

We have permanent full and part time vacancies for Band 2 Technicians in the Decontamination area of the Endoscopy unit.

You must be conscientious and have the ability to give attention to detail.  You will need to have a good standard of education (including literacy and numeracy) and the ability to work to tight deadlines.  Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work well within a team are essential.  You must also have excellent documentation and record keeping skills.  We will provide in house training, fully supporting your professional development.

Main duties of the job

You will need to possess good communication and interpersonal skills.  A polite and courteous manner towards patients and relatives will be essential for this role, together with your ability to work under pressure as part of a team, as well as organising your own workload.

The main responsibilities of this post will be:

- To work alongside all disciplines of staff, monitoring the ward environment

- Undertaking housekeeping tasks to ensure the ward environment is clean and presentable also taking into account infection control policies and procedures are followed.

- Manage the availability of stores and supplies to ensure the smooth running of the ward.

-Ensuring at all meal times diet  and refreshments are given to the patients, making sure all their dietary needs are met.

- It is an important factor for the candidate to be able to communicate well with patients, relatives and colleagues.

- Although you will be part of a team there will be occasions when the candidate will work on their own so initiative and workload prioritising will be essential.

 The position may involve weekend working to ensure the continuity of service delivery. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Medicine and Emergency Care Division for a Band 3 Patient Journey Facilitator!  We are looking to recruit  a Patient Journey Facilitator to be based at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital to support patients discharge from hospital to home. This role offers a great variety and requires someone who can work under their own initiative and as part of a team. The role is to provide flexible cover to  facilitate a patients discharge from hospital. The role requires  you to work as a peripatetic Patient Journey Facilitator who will be required to cover a number of wards  to support with any absence within the team, or to support another Patient Journey Facilitator due to high level of discharges. You will be required to work flexibly across the wards as required.

The post of Deputy Divisional Director for Medicine and Emergency care is a key senior leadership position within the Trust. The role will involve working closely with the Divisional Director of Operations, across the Division, the Trust and with system partners, to oversee specific projects and improvements. 

Do you have a qualification to BSc or equivalent in Dental Technology? Are you recently qualified? Have you been out of the profession for a number of years? Have you let your GDC registration lapse? Did you wish to return to Dental Technology? If the answer is "YES" then maybe this post could be perfect for you.  We wish to offer people like yourself the opportunity to train in a specialised laboratory, to gain the relevant experience, verifiable CPD points, and the ability to become GDC registered; in turn you will become part of our dynamic team.   

The opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and passionate Registered Nurse, who would like to play a major role in shaping the Temporary Nursing Workforce currently working across both The Royal Shrewsbury and The Princess Royal Hospitals. 

The Cancer Navigation department is looking for an outstanding individual to join the team as a main point of contact in order to support patients throughout their cancer care pathway including those on the new self-managed follow up pathway.

The post holder will be an expert practitioner, providing advice and support in the management of safeguarding pregnant women and their families. In addition, the post holder will support the training and development needs of colleagues across the Trust in relation to the maternity safeguarding agenda.  The post holder will have embedded knowledge of the legal and statutory guidance in relation to safeguarding.

We are looking for a highly motivated and euthanasic individual to join our Cellular Pathology Team.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join the Discharge Lounge.  You will be working alongside a Band 6 with all wards and departments in the hospital to facilitate safe patient discharges from hospital through the Discharge Lounge, enabling patient flow.

We are looking to appoint a Support Medical Secretary within the Endoscopy Department to support the Nurse Endoscopist's.

An opportunity has arisen to join our friendly, hard working and progressive Non-Obstetric Ultrasound team at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Medicine and Emergency Care Division for a Band 3 Patient Journey Facilitator!  We are looking to recruit  a Patient Journey Facilitator to be based at The Princess Royal  Hospital to support patients discharge from hospital to home. This role offers a great variety and requires someone who can work under their own initiative and as part of a team. The role is to provide flexible cover to  facilitate a patients discharge from hospital. The role requires  you to work as a peripatetic Patient Journey Facilitator and will be required to cover a number of wards  to support with any absence within the team, or to support another Patient Journey Facilitator due to high level of discharges. You will be required to work flexibly across the wards as required.

Are you looking for a new challenge within Gynaecology Services? 

Do you have an interest in Women's health and do you strive to deliver  excellent patient care?

If so then this position is for you, we have a Band 5 vacancy that has come up within our gynaecology services.

Due to a service review we are in a position to expand our excellent and dynamic diabetes dietetic team.  The team provides dietetic support for children and young people across Shropshire and Powys.  This includes education and training for children, young people and their families  from diagnosis to transition into adult services.  We are apart of a wider MDT working closely with our colleagues in the Women's and Children's Centre in Telford and with our partners in Shropshire Community Trust.  

The is a new  and exciting opportunity  to  help establish a  team of Health Care Support Workers to provide Enhanced care support across our Trust. You will be Key to the recruitment and training of the team ensuring our patients receive high quality care. The role will require cross site working so it is essential that you can travel between both hospital sites.

The Overseas Nurse Recruitment Team, based within Corporate Nursing, has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 3 administrative assistant to work alongside the Clinical Practice Educator and Professional Development Nurses supporting the overseas recruitment programme. Whilst this has been advertised as a full time post, part time hours or job share will be considered.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 4 Dental Nurse to join the Maxillofacial and Orthodontic Nursing team as part of our bank staff.

Working alongside the consultancy teams, the role will demand commitment, desire for self development and a flexible approach.

The successful applicant must have proven post qualification experience.  A Dental Radiology qualification is desirable but not essential.

The post holder will provide enhanced care and essential clinical support to Registered Nurses (RN) in the delivery of all aspects of fundamental health and social care to patients but particularly offering enhanced care to patients that need close monitoring within defined levels of competence and practice.  At all times, the potholder will be under the direction and supervision of RN’s and ward managers but accountable to the Clinical lead for Enhanced Care. Annual appraisals will take into consideration feedback from ward mangers as well the Clinical Lead for Enhanced Care. As part of the Enhanced care team, you will work across all wards and both sites to cover the need of the patient.

Main duties of the job

To work on and a flexible basis to support ward/department teams throughout the Trust delivering care.
Patient care
Provide support to patients to maintain their hygiene needs. This may include actions such as:
Bathing/washing
Care of mouth, hair, nails and eyes
Provide support to maintain their elimination needs. This may include actions such as:
Encouraging continence
Emptying urinary catheter bags
Mobilising to toilet or use of commode or bedpan
Maintaining hygiene needs after episodes of incontinence
Working for your organisation

Ward 27 is a General Medical Ward which admits patients with a wide range of complex medical conditions. This ward is an exciting, fast-paced, positive and friendly environment in which change and improvement of the quality of care are taking place.

From 1st April 2022, it may be a condition of employment for all frontline NHS staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (the Government are currently reviewing this). If the regulations are still in force on 1st April 2022, you will be required to receive all doses of an approved vaccine (unless you have a valid exemption).

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role will include;

Collection of blood samples by arm venepuncture in any of the above settings.
Collection of samples using the coaguchek equipment.
Undertake phlebotomy that requires special skill and experience from patients 1 year and over
Recording and labelling of samples.
Collection and recording of relevant statistics.
Delivery of samples to the laboratory: generally by hand, via the hospital vacuum air tube system, by portering staff and transport systems.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Part-time Band 6 Nurse to join our friendly  team of Clinical Nurse Specialists in Head and Neck at The Shrewsbury & Telford NHS Trust. Previous experience in Head and Neck Speciality or within services supporting patients through a cancer care pathway is necessary as you will be required to provide specialist nursing care, support, and information to meet patient’s individual needs.

We are looking to recruit  self motivated  well organised Medical Secretary who enjoys working in a busy but friendly working environment.

This role would be ideally suited to someone who has secretarial experience, and whilst not essential, an NHS background would be advantageous.

We require you to possess excellent communication skills together with strong IT skills, including audio typing. 

Use of Office and Outlook, previous experience of Sema would be beneficial. 

Good interpersonal skills and effective time management are essential.

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated Staff Nurses to join our team within Gynaecology Outpatient's.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to play a key role in delivering a high quality service at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.  The NHS is a well-respected and globally recognised employer.  Patient access is the ideal place to work if you are looking for a career working within the Trust. 

A vacancy has arisen in the Cardio-respiratory Department for a Band 6 or 7 (experience dependent) position in Cardiac Rhythm Management.

Are you looking for a senior role but seeking more flexible working options? 

We have an exciting opportunity available within our team at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford (PRH) and would like to support you to find a happy work-life balance whilst not having to compromise on your career aspirations.

Due to internal promotions, we have a vacancy at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford (PRH) for a Band 6 Physiotherapist with previous experience or a Band 5 Physiotherapist looking for a Band 6 development post.

The Cancer Navigation department within the Urology Team are looking for an outstanding individual to join the team as Urology Cancer Care Navigator. The successful applicant will be a  main point of contact in order to support patients throughout their cancer care pathway including those on the new self-managed follow up pathway.

Main duties of the job

This higher clinical support worker role involves supporting and working alongside our busy and dynamic community Speech and Language therapy team.  We work with adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders in a range of settings to include; community hospitals, outpatient clinics, care homes and patient's own homes.

The successful applicant will support the Speech and Language Therapists in their work throughout the wider community setting including Community Hospitals, outpatient clinics, Care homes and day centres.

Part of the role will also involve supporting the delivery of training to fellow staff in the community such as HCA’s, housekeepers or nurses; as well as working closely with families and carers on the wards/care homes and the community to support safe eating, drinking and swallowing and deliver language and communication programmes.

 We are looking for someone who is flexible with good time management skills and works well independently as well as within a team. We have strong links with our MDT colleagues and joint working is often key in much of our practice.  As you will be working in a variety of different settings you must be able to drive. 

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is currently developing the first Community Diagnostic Centre within Shropshire, expected to be clinically operational by the end of 2022. As a result, we are looking for a dynamic and innovative leader to assume the role of CDC Operational Manager, with an integral role in the development of the CDC and the implementation of clinical diagnostic services including Radiology, Pathology and Cardio-Respiratory.

An exciting opportunity has arisen due to expansion within the Gynaecology team for an enthusiastic Senior Nurse following the successful approval of a recent business plan.

We are pleased to be recruiting for new members of our Maternity Ward Clerk team.

Are you looking for an interesting and rewarding job with good work-life balance in a stunningly beautiful rural location within easy reach of the West Midlands? Are you passionate about quality of patient care? Are you someone who has a sound understanding of quality, patient safety, risk, data and clinical effectiveness? If so, we would like to welcome you to join our friendly, supportive team as we are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible and highly motivated Quality and Governance Lead to join our busy Radiology team here at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. 

*The Trust is seeking multiple people from a range of faith and belief backgrounds to join the Multi-Faith Chaplaincy Team on a part time basis.*

We are seeking to appoint an experienced and motivated Chaplain to work within The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust across the two hospital sites. We are looking for candidates who share our passion for providing excellence in Compassionate Care to patients, relatives, friends, carers, volunteers and members of staff.  

The post holder will function as an autonomous expert clinical practitioner within the specialty of Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) acting as a clinical and professional resource.  They will deliver direct patient care whilst managing, leading, co-ordinating and overseeing nursing practice ensuring that clear communication and organisation within the PD team is maintained. 

We have a role available that could be just what you are looking for. Our vacant position is currently an 8a  Advanced Pharmacist in Antimicrobials at The Princess Royal Hospital in Telford.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, motivated registered band 5 nurse to join our friendly specialist surgical team in the Dermatology department at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. This post holder will directly contribute to faster diagnosis for patients with cancer.  

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent communication and team working skills and will be dedicated to improving the patient’s experience.  You must have a proven ability in supervising, managing and controlling the activities of a Ward in an effective and efficient manner.

Main duties of the job

To work directly with the NiC to ensure the safe and effective flow of patients through the department, directly supporting the Emergency Departments 4 hours patient safety standard.

To monitor performance in all areas of Acute Medicine, particularly Same Day Emergency Care. This will include chasing diagnostic results to support clinical decision-making as appropriate and the escalation of unnecessary delays to the relevant departments to support patient flow. 

To support the services performance in relation to Care Quality Indicators, with appropriate escalation to the NiC, Acute Physicians and Departmental Management Team as necessary. 

To liaise with work with Inter-disciplinary teams regarding the admission and discharge arrangements of patients. 

To ensure that Internal Professional Standards (IPS) are adhered to – initially contacting speciality doctors directly and escalating to NiC, Acute Physicians, and Departmental Management Team when standards are not adhered to.

To collate information in relation to non-compliance by speciality teams to IPS.

To liaise with other agencies and carers as required to provide effective communication and thus to enable timely discharge / transfer of patients out of the Acute Medicine Service.