1. 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

2. 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?

3. Student Nurse Rosemary Stanning
We’ve all been there....
Student Nurse Rosemary Stanning

4. Everything under one roof

7. 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

8. 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”

9. 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”

10. 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 = hours = 35 days for full time employees
Virtual learning environment
Variety – moving around the organisation
Band 5 starting salary of £22,128

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

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