Job Description

Welcome to Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust. Incorporating Birmingham Children's Hospital and Birmingham Women's Hospital we're proud to be by your side every step of the way, with our patients and families at the heart of everything we do.



We would like to invite Registered and Experienced Band 5 Nurses to apply for a job on our neurosurgical ward.



Our busy neurosurgical ward provides a tertiary service for children with disorders of the brain and spine that require surgical management. It offers surgical opinions, investigations and treatments which because of their unusual or specialist nature cannot be provided by a district general hospital.



The ward has 18 specialist beds, which incorporates a high dependency area for patients who require close observation. The conditions that we treat include; CESS (children's epilepsy surgery services), craniofacial, neurology, general hydrocephalus, spinal dysraphism, traumatic brain injury, rehabilitation, neuro-oncology, CNS infections, complex cervical spinal surgery, cerebral vascular disorders such as AVM and moya moya disease.



The unit performs around 800 procedures each year and our services cover central England which includes parts of Wales. We are one of four supra-regionally funded craniofacial areas and one of the NHSE's four specialised CESS centres.



We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated individuals with a passion for delivering care to our children. At BWC we have a positive learning culture and offer excellent comprehensive professional development opportunities to ensure that our nurses are supported in their new and exciting role. There are a range of training opportunities available along with expert clinical support from our most experienced staff.



Band 5 nurses can expect an excellent preceptorship programme, regular in-house training to ensure all neurosurgical competencies are met and kept updated. Each nurse has an allocated preceptor who can individualise their teaching according to your learning needs. Neurosurgical experience is not essential and we welcome all candidates. We provide neurosurgical training as part of your preceptorship programme including neurosurgical specific skills and an external level 6 and level 7 accredited neuroscience course.



At BWC staff experience and wellbeing is important to us. We offer a wide variety of benefits, award and recognition initiatives, opportunities to get involved with networks, along with health and wellbeing support. In addition, we also offer flexible working opportunities.



We are a friendly, diverse and enthusiastic team who take pride in our ward and support one another to provide excellent care.



Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families.



Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.



Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas. Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care. Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.



Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.



Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.



When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).



Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.