Successful partnerships Securing your first post with UHSFT Rosemary Chable – Deputy director of nursing, education and workforce Patrick Treasure-Jones – HR recruitment advisor Alison Trenerry – Education quality and learning environment lead

How are you feeling? Positive Anxious Challenged Motivated Scared Excited Confident Ready to go Eager Nervous Passionate Overwhelmed What do you need to do to be ready for you first day as a qualified practitioner?

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University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust 10,000 staff: 24/7 365 days a year Acute Trust / teaching / research / trauma centre Regional centres 300+ different careers Recruitment and career opportunities for all Change on a daily basis

What makes it special to work at UHSFT? Organisational values - patient care and experience is paramount Teaching and learning environments Unique Highly professional An environment where challenging is promoted Innovative and evidence based – strong research partnerships Proud to be ambassadors Measuring and demonstrating the quality and impact of the care and services we deliver Healthy workplace trailblazer Can do attitude – if something is not right, change it! “Patients First, Working Together, Always Improving”

What makes it special to work at UHSFT? ‘There was a healthy impatience to improve. Open and honest conversations were held, to enable learning from lessons and shaping of future care and management.’ CQC, 2017 'We are driving forward to further improve the quality of our care and in turn our reputation.’ UHS, 2017 “Patients First, Working Together, Always Improving”

What can we offer you? A career not just a job Comprehensive development and training opportunities – starting with preceptorship Strong links with many universities for ongoing education for all professions Annual leave for a year = 262.5 hours = 35 days for full time employees Virtual learning environment Variety – moving around the organisation Band 5 starting salary of £22,128

UHS recruitment Adverts can be found at thinkuhs.co.uk Details of open days can be found on our events calendar, which you can also find at thinkuhs.co.uk Contact details recruitment@uhs.nhs.uk 023 8120 6525 www.facebook.com/UHSJobs www.twitter.com/UHS_Jobs www.linkedin.com/company/UHSFT www.instagram.com/UHSJobs

Newly qualified nurse applications Head to the nursing and midwifery section of our current vacancies page two vacancies, both titled “Newly Qualified Nurses” one for all adult NQNs to apply, one that is specifically for child NQNs There will always be an active NQN advert for you to apply to We will accept applications from any candidates who will be qualifying within the next 18 months We will be running three recruitment events across the year (January, April, June) There will be open days before to give you the opportunity to come and find out more and UHS and what the Trust can offer you The next open event will take place on Thursday, 22 February

Other newly qualified roles Newly qualified midwives Head to the nursing and midwifery section of our current vacancies page vacancy titled “Newly Qualified Midwife” Advert will be opened around June 2018 Occupational therapists and physiotherapists Cardiac and respiratory physiologists Head to the allied health professionals section of our current vacancies page Specific adverts will be opened around March 2018 Sign up for job alerts at thinkuhs.co.uk Further open days will be advertised via our website and social media

Application process First and foremost.... Open the person specification and tailor your application to it