final people brochure

ABOUT OUR ORGANISATION

RECRUITMENT


Our new model of emergency care is being hailed nationally by NHS leaders

Why choose Northumbria Healthcare?

Do you want to make a real difference working in the NHS? Are you fully committed to delivering the best outcomes for your patients and putting their needs at the heart of everything you do? Do you want to work with one of the best clinically-led organisations in England?

If the answer is yes then Northumbria Healthcare is the place for you and now is a very exciting time to join us.

We are recognised nationally for providing some of the very best health services in the country, ensuring our patients across North Tyneside and Northumberland experience the highest quality of care both in hospital, in the community and in their own homes.

We were recently named as Provider Trust of the Year 2013 at the prestigious national Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards where we were recognised for our commitment to listening to, and acting on, the feedback of patients and relatives.

As we continue towards the acquisition of North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, our vision is to ensure that people needing our services across the north of England from the east to the west coast experience the highest possible standards of safe, compassionate care.

To do this, we need the right people, with the right values who really care about putting patients first.

This is your opportunity to become part of an organisation that places clinical leadership and high quality patient care at the very heart of everything we do, everything we say and every action we take from the board to the ward.

Our staff tell us we are a great place to work, our patients tell us they experience great care and our stakeholders tell us they feel well informed and assured of our strong corporate governance. We are very proud of our achievements and the exceptional care we deliver day in, day out, for our patients and we recognise, without doubt, that it is our people who are at the heart of our success.


Chief executive Jim Mackey heads out on one of his regular front line visits

A word from the chief executive

Dear applicant,

Thank you for expressing an interest in building your career with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

At Northumbria we want our patients and their families to feel they have made the right decision in choosing us for their care. This means making sure patients have the best possible clinical outcomes but also the best possible experience and are treated with the utmost dignity and respect during their stay with us.

This is the minimum that we expect for our patients but in order to do this, we need the right people who share our values and who are passionate about putting patients first.

We recruit our staff based on values, attitudes and behaviours, as well as clinical expertise and invest heavily in nurturing our people which means leaders are born at all levels of our organisation. Our aim is to empower people to be the very best they can be and putting patients first is a core focus for all our employees, at all times.

Above all, we want our people to work together and be inspired to go the extra mile - to make and each and every one of our patients feel welcome and that their care and personal story is important to us.

We also place great emphasis on listening to our frontline teams and empowering our people to own quality improvements with support from the very top of the organisation, regardless of their role or position.

Quality, safety and compassion are at the heart of everything we do and something we expect of every new recruit.

I hope after reading the enclosed information, you will be enthused and inspired to help us build a caring future to the populations we serve in North Tyneside, Northumberland and, in the future, North Cumbria.

Jim MackeyChief executive


Do you share our values?

OUR VALUES:1. PATIENTS FIRST

Patient care will be the best we can deliver We show compassion, empathy and respect We respond to the needs of all patients We provide excellent services We ensure physical comfort and emotional support We provide the right information at the right time for patients and their families

2. SAFE AND HIGH QUALITY CARE

Quality and safety is at the heart of everything we do We set clear standards and report against them We will encourage new ideas and innovation We will continuously improve to ensure our standard is the highest it possibly can be

3. RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

We take personal responsibility for our actions We actively build relationships within and across teams We measure performance and act on facts

4. EVERYONES CONTRIBUTION COUNTS

We all have a part to play in delivering excellence We encourage education and personal development We all take responsibility for developing others

5. RESPECT

We lead by example We aim to be good role models We respect everyones contribution We support individuals to succeed

Clinical leadership and high quality patient care are at the very heart of everything we do, everything we say and every action we take from the board to ward


Our board regularly talks to patients and staff we are passionate about listening to feedback and continuing to improve quality.

Meet our board

Jim MackeyChief Executive

Brian FloodChairman

Ann StringerExecutive Director of Human Resources and Organisational

Development

Paul DunnExecutive Director

of Finance

Rosemary Stephenson

Executive Director of Nursing

Richard CurlessDivisional Medical

Director

Ann WrightExecutive Director

of Operations

Daljit LallyExecutive Director

of Community Services

Derek Thomson Medical Director

David EvansMedical Director

Annie LavertyDirector of Patient

Experience

Birju RanaExecutive Director

of Performance and Governance

Bob TelfordDirector of Commercial

Development

Steven BannisterDirector of Estates

and Facilities

Claire RileyDirector of

Communications and Corporate

Affairs

Mark ThomasDirector of Health

Informatics

Ian SwithenbankNon-Executive

Director

Peter Sanderson Non-Executive

Director

David ThompsonNon-Executive

Director

Neil MundyNon-Executive

Director

Ian McMinnNon-Executive

Director

John MarsdenNon-Executive

Director


About Northumbria Healthcare

We have been a foundation trust since 2006 and have an exciting programme of developments planned within the next few years including the opening of the first dedicated specialist emergency care hospital in the country in 2015.

Our performance

We are widely recognised as one of the highest performing NHS foundation trusts in England and were recently named as a site of best practice in the Department of Healths response to the Francis Inquiry (published in 2013 following the failings in care at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust).

We take great pride in creating a positive culture where our staff are fully supported to thrive and continuously improve. Our commitment to quality is demonstrated in many key achievements:

Being named as Provider Trust of the Year at the HSJ Awards 2013.

Being named in the CHKS top 40 performing trusts for the sixth consecutive year.

Being rated in the top ten trusts in the country for the third consecutive year for providing a top quality experience of care for our cancer patients.

Achieving an excellent rating for food, privacy and dignity in the annual patient environment assessment.

85 per cent of our staff feel satisfied with the quality of care they deliver and would recommend Northumbria Healthcare as a place to work or receive treatment.

Being named among the best in the NHS for timely emergency surgery for hip fracture patients in North Tyneside and Wansbeck.

Recognised as award winners for the fourth consecutive year by the Patient Experience Network.

Recognised in the top 15 per cent of all NHS trusts in England in the national inpatient survey which asked patients about the quality of their care and treatment, and information and support given when leaving hospital.

Patients voting us as being the best in the region and among the top five NHS trusts in the country for the care they have received in the most recent national outpatient survey.

Achieving the highest possible safety rating for our maternity services.

Our locations

We currently employ over 9000 hospital and community-based staff and cover one of the largest geographic areas of any NHS organisation in England, providing care to over 500,000 people in North Tyneside and Northumberland. Our teams deliver hospital, community health and adult social care services in Northumberland and hospital and community health services in North Tyneside. Most of the population we serve lives in the more urban south east corner of a largely rural area which stretches from the River Tyne to the River Tweed, a distance of 65 miles.

We manage three main busy acute hospitals in Hexham, North Tyneside and Wansbeck and run seven smaller community hospitals and services in Alnwick, Berwick, Blyth, Haltwhistle, Morpeth, Rothbury and Wallsend.

As part of an ambitious 200 million programme of investment, all of our facilities are benefitting from ongoing re-development to provide modern state-of-the-art environments fit for delivering 21st century healthcare.

Following the acquisition of North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust, our services will span from the North East coast to the Cumbrian border in the west.

Our hospital sites:


Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Work is underway on the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington, which will be the first of its kind in England to have A&E consultants on site 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with specialist consultants covering all the main clinical conditions also available 24/7.

Medical evidence shows that having the right specialist on hand to treat very seriously ill or injured patients saves lives and improves recovery. Clinicians and senior management at Northumbria Healthcare have been commended nationally for their approach to developing this new clinical model for specialist emergency care.

Due to open in 2015, our new hospital will have a state-of-the art A&E department, admission and inpatient wards, hi-tech diagnostics and critical care, a short stay paediatric facility, as well as a consultant-led maternity unit with a co-located midwifery-led birthing centre. The wards are arranged around a central nurses station which will improve the ability of staff to observe patients and deliver high quality care.

When our new hospital in Cramlington opens, it means we will be able to separate our emergency care from our planned elective care. We know this will bring many benefits for our patients across Northumberland and North Tyneside.

Improvements at our general hospitals

Once open, our new Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital will free up space to deliver further improvements at our general hospital sites.

In North Tyneside and Wansbeck we are planning to refurbish wards to provide more single rooms and bathrooms giving patients more space and greater privacy and dignity when choosing Northumbria for their planned inpatient care. A major refurbishment of the A&E department at Wansbeck General Hospital has already taken place and specialist ambulatory care units have recently opened at all three general hospitals to help relieve pressure on A&E teams and ensure patients get the best care.

At Hexham General Hospital we are looking to improve services for the elderly by delivering more care in patients homes as well as nursing and care homes. We are already developing more flexible and integrated ways of working such as having our consultants doing ward rounds outside of the traditional hospital setting. Over 80% of our beds at Hexham are provided in single rooms with en-suite facilities providing the utmost privacy and dignity, with many patients from across the region choosing Hexham for their planned operations.

Redevelopment of community hospitals

In Berwick, we are planning to rebuild the existing community hospital, Berwick Infirmary. Having engaged with the local community, we are now moving forward with plans to rebuild a new state-of-the-art health facility on the existing town centre site.

In Haltwhistle, we are working in partnership with Northumberland County Council on an integrated health and social care scheme that involves replacing Haltwhistle War Memorial Hospital with a new purpose built healthcare facility combining social care. The development will have 15 hospital beds providing rehabilitation, physiotherapy and occupational therapy facilities. There will be 12 extra care flats with 24-hour support for tenants. During demolition of the existing hospital and construction of the new facility, inpatient services at Haltwhistle are being provided from Hexham General Hospital.

In Morpeth, a new state-of-the-art 18 million NHS centre has now opened to replace the old Morpeth Cottage Hospital and also accommodates two local GP practices. The new Morpeth NHS Centre provides many of our services including outpatient, x-ray, podiatry, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy, community nursing, midwifery dental and child health services. The trust also runs a dedicated inpatient elderly care and rehabilitation facility at the Whalton Unit in Morpeth.


Acquisition of North Cumbria

Given our strong record of clinical and financial performance and unique expertise in delivering high quality care to dispersed rural communities, we were chosen as the preferred acquisition partner for North Cumbria in February 2012.

We are continuing to move through the necessary regulatory process for the acquisition of North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust and were recently named by the Department of Health as one of the countrys very best NHS trusts and the official partner organisation to help North Cumbria deliver on its required safety and quality improvements.

Quality, safety and compassion are at the heart of everything

we do and something we expect of every new recruit


Our staff at the Morpeth NHS Centre which opened

in May 2013

Integrated care

Our community teams provide NHS care outside of our hospitals, this can be delivered at home, from a GP practice, in a primary care centre, and, for children, some services are provided in schools. This includes services such as community and district nursing, health visiting, rehabilitation, public health and sexual health services.

We also provide adult social care services in Northumberland to support people who need help to live independently at home. Theseservices are provided, following an assessment, to those who are disabled or have ill health. This includes services such as day care, equipment services, home adaptation, occupational therapy and support for carers.

We pride ourselves on providing joined up care for patients and giving people the support they need to return home after a stay in hospital with us. We work very closely and have strong relationships with local GPs and have a positive partnership approach to delivering seamless care for patients.

Clinical leadership and development

As part of our pursuit of excellence, we have introduced a clinically-based management structure to ensure patient care and medical interests always drive decision-making. Our consultant body is both cohesive and innovative and a number of senior clinicians are prominent nationally.

Our wards are managed by experienced nurses who are appointed in ward manager roles to provide leadership and guidance to the nursing team, with senior nursing matrons overseeing specialist areas such as orthopaedics, general surgery, elderly care and emergency care.

Our organisation is structured into five business units each of which is led by senior doctor or nurse who reports directly to the senior management team and board of directors and have a direct influence in all decision making.

We want our people to thrive at Northumbria Healthcare and we provide a supportive learning environment where staff can excel in their roles with the opportunity for development and progression.


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Our specialist teams work across a wide variety of clinical areas to provide personalised, one to

one care for our patients

Specialties

At Northumbria we run a vast array of specialist services including:Bariatrics

Bariatrics

Cancer and chemotherapy

Cardiology

Diabetes

Elderly medicine

Emergency care

Gastroenterology

Gynaecology and obstetrics

Paediatrics

Plastic surgery

Psychiatry of Old Age

Radiology

Respiratory medicine

Rheumatology

Stroke

Trauma and orthopaedics

Urology


Academic teaching and developments

Northumbria Healthcare is affiliated to the University of Newcastle and provides a substantial amount of teaching to medical students throughout the new curriculum. Our teaching commitment has increased substantially, with the expansion of undergraduate medical student numbers from 201 to 340 per year. We are also the lead trust for the Northumbria Division of the Faculty of Medicine at Newcastle University and one of four base units coordinating, directing and developing teaching of students.

Every year around 70 students spend their entire stage 3 within the Northumbria Division and spend time with us. Undergraduate teaching for student selected modules in stage 4 and final year students already takes place throughout the trust.

Our education centres

We are passionate about education and have dedicated centres at all three of our general hospital sites with libraries, IT suites and state-of-the-art audio-visual facilities in our lecture theatres at North Tyneside and Wansbeck. Additional seminar rooms and classrooms are also available and the trusts computer network is linked directly into the university academic network.

A full range of computer software is available and the newly established trust network also provides access to online resources 24 hours a day. Our operating theatres also have the latest digital equipment so that we can train our surgeons remotely as procedures are taking place.

Clinical research and trials

Clinical trials and research play a vital role in improving healthcare for everyone and as a trust we are continuing to broaden the focus of our research activities across different clinical areas. Almost 1,600 patients took part in 73 research studies with us during the past year and we are also leading major multi-million national research programmes in partnership with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in stroke rehabilitation and transition for young people from child to adult services. When complete, both programmes will make recommendations to the rest of the NHS in England.

We are also developing a new dedicated clinical trials facility at North Tyneside General Hospital which will allow us to make real strides in increasing the amount of research and clinical trials being offered to those accessing our services. Interest from pharmaceutical companies wanting to carry out clinical trials with us has increased and we expect this to grow further as the industry becomes aware of our new facility.

We have also just launched a pioneering new clinical trials partnership with Synexus to develop a dedicated research facility at Hexham General Hospital.

We place a strong focus on clinical trials and research to benefit our patients


The Northumberland coastline is an area of outstanding natural beauty

and home to many historic sites

Northumbria - a place to live and enjoy

Joining Northumbria Healthcare also means you can enjoy the best of city life, fresh sea air and the many idyllic rural settings which span our area all within a stones throw.

The Northumberland coast and Northumberland National Park offer some of the most dramatic and beautiful scenery in England with unspoilt sandy beaches, wild rocky headlands and over 400 square miles of wooded valleys and open moorland rich in wildlife. To the west, the North Pennines area of outstanding natural beauty, offers the wildest and least populated region of high moorland in England. For the outdoor enthusiast, there are activities in abundance - sailing, golf, fishing, riding, walking, cycling, rock climbing, gliding and watersport facilitiesto name a few.

Across the region there are most types of sporting and leisure pursuits including major national football, rugby, cricket, basketball, athletics and horse racing venues within easy reach.

The vibrant city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne is the major educational, cultural and business centre for the North East and offers a combination of lively bars and many musical and theatrical attractions. Eldon Square is an excellent shopping centre in the city with all of the major department stores and for a complete shopping experience the Metrocentre in Gateshead is the largest in Europe with over 360 shops and services all under one roof. On the Newcastle/Gateshead quayside, the Sage international music venue attracts artists from around the world and the Baltic is a major international centre for contemporary art.

The pleasant market town of Hexham home to one of our general hospitals - has a race course, three golf courses, a historic abbey and a country park. Situated in the Tyne Valley, Hexham is the focal point for rural Tynedale and enjoys good road and public transport links to Newcastle. To the west of Hexham is the city of Carlisle with quick links via the M6 into Cumbria and the Lake District.

Local education opportunities are very good with a number of leading primary and secondary schools and colleges in both the private and public sector. The region also boasts five major universities in Newcastle, Northumbria, Durham, Sunderland and Teesside.

Housing is excellent with a wide range of affordable properties. The region has an excellent road, rail and metro network, and the busy ports have regular sailings to the continent. From Newcastle International Airport, flights are available to most national and international destinations.


Corporate social responsibility at home and abroad

We care passionately about the communities we serve across North Tyneside and Northumberland and over many years have delivered several projects and developments to benefit our staff, patients and local people.

Our registered trust charity Bright Northumbria was originally formed in 1998 and has received millions of pounds in donations from grateful patients, families and our own staff with money invested directly to the frontline to enhance patient experience.

For over ten years, our charity has funded the development of an award-winning healing arts programme which uses art as a therapeutic medium to improve the environment for patients and staff in our hospitals. This has involved collaboration with students from local colleges and universities using art and photography to enhance the patient environment.

For the past decade we have also supported a groundbreaking project which sees our employees working in partnership with Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) in northern Tanzania. During this time our teams have volunteered their time to travel to Tanzania to train their African counterparts, to enable them to provide a vastly improved medical environment for patients in their country.

Our long standing international links with Tanzania were recently held up as a national exemplar by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health which calls for more opportunities for NHS staff to volunteer overseas.

Supporting apprenticeships in the local community

Much closer to home and as one of the north easts largest employers, we also care passionately about developing our local workforce. We recently launched our biggest ever recruitment drive for more young people to join us on apprenticeship schemes in various areas from health and social care, estates and facilities, to business administration.

All of our apprentices follow a detailed induction programme where they will learn about providing high quality, patient-centered care, whatever their role. Our successful apprenticeship scheme has been in place for almost ten years and over 95% of apprentices who successfully complete their programmes with us go on to secure employment with Northumbria Healthcare.

Over 95% of our apprentices go on to secure employment

with Northumbria Healthcare


Partnership with Newcastle Eagles basketball club

We also have a unique partnership with the Newcastle Eagles and work with the club on their Hoops for Health programme to promote a healthy lifestyle to school children across North Tyneside and Northumberland.

As well as teaching children about the importance of exercise, healthy eating and advice on the dangers of smoking, the Hoops for Health programme is also engaging local school children to help develop ideas for artwork to be displayed in the new short-stay paediatric facility at our new Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington.

Reducing our carbon footprint

As an organisation we are also committed to reducing the carbon footprint of the many services and buildings we operate. Our most recent efforts have seen over 500,000 annual cost savings identified through optimised temperature, lighting and IT controls - just one of the many initiatives underway be our dedicated sustainability group.

We want our people to thrive and excel in their roles and put patients

at the heart of all decisions


Staff benefits at Northumbria We are consistently rated by our staff in the top 20 per cent of NHS organisations in the country to work for and have an excellent track record of providing high quality care for our patients.

We recognise that our staff are our greatest asset and we seek to reward our people by investing in their wellbeing and in acknowledging the role each and every person plays in providing world class care to our patients in hospital, in the community and at home.

As a trust we can offer you:

rewarding roles which make a difference to patients, families and carers modern working environments with flexible working arrangements which meet

the needs of our patients and modern family life access to appropriate training as well as personal and professional development support and opportunities for you to maintain your health and wellbeing access to our cost effective car leasing scheme which is of the most comprehensive

in the NHS access to the NHS Pensions Scheme and a dedicated pensions officer.

Listening to you

We pay great attention to listening to our staff and what they are telling us about the care being delivered and where they need support to improve quality even further. Our Were Listening feedback channel encourages all staff to share their ideas for quality improvements and has resulted in several frontline teams now being supported to instigate positive changes.

We also have a widespread programme for informing, involving and engaging our staff through our weekly e-bulletins, monthly face-to-face team brief meetings and a quarterly staff magazine sharing many positive success stories across the organisation. Our chief executive also holds regular staff sessions and frontline visits to teams on the wards and out and about in the community.

Looking after our employees

We provide a comprehensive occupational health and psychology service for our employees which includes a health and wellbeing programme, a mediation service and training in issues such as stress and resilience.

We have focussed our support in areas which staff tell us are important including mental health, smoking cessation, management of musculoskeletal injuries, alcohol and drug misuse and weight management. We offer exercise classes across many of our sites and encourage our staff to get involved with health and wellbeing promotion activities.

Our focus on health and wellbeing is helping us to reduce our sickness absence rates and we are committed to supporting our staff to return to work through a number of phased approaches.

In 2013 we also held our inaugural staff awards ceremony to celebrate the excellent care being delivered day in day out across our many services.


Closing dates: We are unable to accept applications for positions that have closed and

recommend that you submit your application form online prior to the published closing date.

Some posts are capped early to limit the number of applications therefore some positions may close early dependent upon demand, this will be indicated in the advert.

Pre-employment checks: In line with NHS Employers guidance, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation

Trust requires prospective employees to undertake pre-employment checks prior to employment.

All candidates are expected to complete the pre-employment checks to a satisfactory standard.

References: In order for your application to be successfully processed we will require referee

details from your current and previous employer(s) which must cover a minimum period of three consecutive years.

Please ensure that the reference section of your application is completed appropriately giving the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current and previous line manager(s). If this section is not fully completed your application may not be processed.

We require a minimum of two referees therefore if you have held the same position for over three years your second referee might be another representative from your current employment or place of study.

If you have any gaps in your employment history, these will need to be evidenced, for example, via the job centre.

Criminal convictions: Most posts within the Trust are exempt from the requirements of the

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore you are required to reveal any current or past cautions, convictions or bind-overs, even those that are spent as these may have a bearing on your suitability to be employed within a healthcare environment. If you are unsure whether a current of past caution, conviction or bind-over should be declared, please contact the recruitment and selection team for further advice (0191) 203 1415.

Most posts within the trust require a disclosure and barring service (DBS) check. Further advice can be obtained from the recruitment and selection team.

Our recruitment process guidance for applicants

We hope after learning a little more about us, you feel inspired to be part of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

If you have the commitment, professionalism and dedication to make a difference for our patients then apply here: www.jobs.nhs.uk

If you are unable to submit your application via www.jobs.nhs.uk please contact us on 0191 2031415 or emailing: [email protected] Please read the guidance below carefully before completing and submitting your application form:

Please do not use block capitals when completing the application form

Complete all parts of the application form (Part A and Part B).

Mandatory questions must be answered and these are marked with an asterisk*. You must complete the sections marked with an asterisk for your application to be accepted.

Part B of the application form is used for shortlisting purposes

Part A of the application form is held separately for administration purposes

You should use the job description and person specification as a guide when completing your online application form.

Your completed and submitted applications are retained as copies by the NHS Jobs system under my applications for your records.

Only submitted applications will be considered prior to the closing date for each vacancy, please ensure that you always submit your application form.

Communications: The recruitment team will aim to always communicate with you via email and

your www.jobs.nhs.uk account. Please ensure that you check your email and nhsjobs account on a daily basis. This will include any invitation to interview and appropriate confirmation.

Due to the large number of applications that the trust receives, it is not possible to reply to every unsuccessful application. If you have not received a response within four weeks of the closing date of an advert, please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.


application for this position. Once a decision has been made concerning your appointment, the information will not be retained for longer than necessary.

All information given is kept securely and in confidence, access to it will be restricted to the Human Resources Department and other persons who need to see it as part of the selection process and who are authorised to do so as part of your ongoing employment with the Trust.

Equal opportunities:We want to ensure that the very best candidates are recruited for all of our

posts and have a strong focus on trying to ensure that the workforce reflects the diverse communities we serve.

We have a strong focus on promoting equality and celebrating the diversity of our workforce in acknowledgement that staff work better when they can be themselves.

We positively welcome applications form all sections of the community including lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, black or minority ethnic groups or disabled people.

Registration Authority Smartcards:If the post you have applied for requires you to access electronic systems

within the NHS Care Records Service (NHS CRS), you will be required to be registered within a national database and issued with a personal access card (Smartcard). The applicant will, therefore, need to ensure that their identity can be validated and will be requested to sign the application forms, declaring their agreement to the terms and conditions of smartcard usage within their position in the NHS.

If you are transferring from another NHS organisation and you already have a standard issue NHS Care Records Smartcard then you should bring this card with you to your new post and we will activate it to work in your new position at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. You will also need to follow our ID procedures and you will also need to agree to the terms and conditions of usage.

Declaration:By agreeing to the declaration within the application form you are confirming

that the information you have given is to the best of your knowledge, accurate and correct. Submitting your application electronically will be taken as your signature.

Where it is found that a person has intentionally or recklessly provided inaccurate or misleading information or withheld information relevant to their position, then any offer of employment may be withdrawn or it may lead to the termination of employment and referral to the appropriate professional body. If your circumstances change between making this declaration and taking up position with the trust, you are required to inform thtrust of these changes.

Professional registration/membership of professional bodies: Some NHS roles can only be undertaken by individuals with a professional

registration in the UK.

If you have a professional UK registration you must select this on the application form. If you have applied for your UK professional registration we need to know this.

Supporting information: Always refer to the person specification, job description and supporting

information applicable to the post for which you are applying.

This section offers you an opportunity to demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the post which you are applying for.

You should use this section to provide supporting information which is not already covered by the questions on the form.

If successful, you will be required to provide evidence of all essential qualifications as part of the pre-employment checks.

Right to work in the United Kingdom:

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has a duty to ensure that all its employees are eligible to work within the UK. If you require a sponsorship certificate in order to take up post, you must state this on your application. If you already hold a sponsorship certificate or visa allowing you to remain and work in the UK please ensure that full details regarding the conditions of the work permit/visa are included within your application.

Further information and guidance regarding work sponsorship licences and leave to remain can be found at www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk.

Trust travel policy: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust makes all employees upon

appointment (other than bank) the offer of a lease car. Mileage for business use is paid at the public transport rate.

Further information is available at www.nhsfleetsolutions.co.uk or by contacting the lease car team on 0844 8118228.

Data Protection Act: The Data Protection Act 1998 requires us to provide you with certain information

and to obtain your consent before processing sensitive data about you, such as the obtaining, recording, holding, disclosing, destruction and retaining of information relating to a criminal conviction.

The information supplied within your application form and equal opportunities monitoring form will only be used for the purpose of determining your


Putting our patients first is our absolute priority and

everyones contribution counts across our organisation

Recruiting for values: Our recruitment and selection processes are focussed on the values of the

organisation as well as technical competencies which are relevant to the role.

Candidates are to note that our newly established values based recruitment method used within the organisation seeks to establish whether individuals not only have the technical competencies relevant to the role but that they have values which are aligned to those of the Trust.

Assessment centres: We regularly require candidates to attend assessment centres as part of our

recruitment and selection processes for a number of roles. This is usual practice and candidates may be required to undertake a number of assessments such as numerical and verbal reasoning, technical competencies and for senior posts, online psychometric tests. Candidates will be notified whether they will be required to attend an assessment centre by the recruitment and selection team should they be shortlisted for interview.

Reimbursable expenses: Candidates may be eligible for consideration of reimbursable expenses at the

discretion of the Trust should they be from out with the local Trust area. Such expenses include costs to and from interview, overnight accommodation and relocation expenses. These expenses are at the discretion of the Trust and approval to claim such expenses should be obtained from the Head of HR Services & Development, prior to any expenses being incurred. All expenses are discretionary and must be applied for in advance. Reimbursements will not be made retrospectively where approval in advance has not been sought.

Staff car parking: Applicants should be aware that staff car parking is not guaranteed and all Trust

employees are required to apply for car parking permits which are discretionary and based on selection criteria. If employees are successful in obtaining a car parking permit following their application, they should note that a monthly fee is payable.

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