Bank working

Why join our bank staff?

Bank Workers may be required to cover any short-term staff shortages, to help meet variations in activity levels as well as provide specific skills for a short period of time. Bank working provides temporary cover for wards, departments and community services.

Staff groups employed include nurses, healthcare assistants and admin and clerical staff.

Locations

We are expanding our bank capacity and need your support to ensure our patients get the excellent care that they deserve. The best part? This can be done around your commitments.

What we can offer you…

Flexibility- Shift patterns – we offer a variety of shift patterns, from long days to traditional 7.5 hours on weekends and weekdays. You could work for a few days, a few weeks or for a number of months.

Competitive rates of pay- including enhanced pay for unsociable hours.

Paid annual leave- Accrual of paid annual leave.

Option to join the NHS pension scheme

Training and development- Not only will you be able to use the skills and experiences you have already gained, you can also pick up new learning along the way and can work with various other community teams and expand your network as well as your knowledge. You will have access to free training courses including induction and health and safety.

Opportunities- Opportunities to work in different areas across the Trust, so your work will be varied and you will gain lots of different experience.

Access to services- you will be able to access Occupational Health Services to support your physical and mental health.

What we ask of you…

You must carry out a minimum number of shifts:

Clinical Bank Workers – To ensure professional practice and competence is up to date a minimum of 6 assignments must be undertaken in each period of 3 months and you must attend any training you are notified of. It is your responsibility to provide evidence that your professional practice is up to date.

Non-clinical Bank Workers – A minimum of 1 assignment must be undertaken in a 6 month period and you must attend any training you are notified of.

Share your ideas with us

As a forward-looking trust, we’re committed to continuous improvement and we want you to share your ideas with us. We value everyone’s opinion in order to improve our services for our patients.

DBS Check

If the position being applied for requires a DBS check to be undertaken on you, you are required to pay the fee for the DBS check.