WWL NHS TRUST NURSE RECRUITMENT EVENT Issue 10

WWL NHS TRUST Nurse Recruitment Event

Permanent Vacancies 2016

WWL NHS TRUST – RECRUITING NURSES IN GENERAL MEDICAL & SURGICAL WARDS APPLY TODAY: [email protected]

£18m improving Wrightington’s facilities. The new development will Wrightington, and Leigh NHS feature two new wards with a total of 56 beds, a new admissions and Trust recovery unit and a 4-bay theatre Working in partnership with Primary Care Recruitment Ltd complex. The new facilities will be operational in the spring of 2016. WWL NHS Trust international reputation for surgical excellence. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS  We carry out more Orthopaedic Standing in a pleasant stretch of open countryside Foundation Trust is a major acute trust activity than any other Hospital in near Wigan at the very heart of the North West serving the people of Wigan and Leigh. the North West (for example over Region, Wrightington Hospital is readily accessible Innovative and forward thinking, the trust is 1,000 hip and knee replacements from the National Motorway Network. dedicated to providing the best possible each year). Wrightington Hospital's status as a Centre of healthcare for the local population in the  We are able to offer exceptional Excellence (Orthopaedic Surgery) in the treatment Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. The clinical outcomes when compared to of musculo-skeletal disease has its origins in the Trust aims to continuously provide safe other providers using the National seminal work of Professor Sir John Charnley, who quality care to all patients. Over £220 million Joint Registry data (September pioneered hip replacement surgery involving the is spent each year on a diverse range of 2013). techniques of low-friction arthroplasty and also reputable general and specialist acute  We have one of the lowest infection innovative advances to counter post-operative services. rates in the North West: infection. The first ever hip-replacement  We have one of the lowest operations were performed at Wrightington in the The Trust has three hospital sites, a state-of- readmission rates in the North West. early 1960s. the-art outpatient's centre, a dedicated  We are a dedicated Orthopaedic Ophthalmology centre and offices located at Hospital, specifically equipped for While drawing strength from the past, the hospital Buckingham Row in Wigan town centre. Orthopaedic Surgery, which makes always looks to the future, determined to sustain treatment and operations run more its reputation as a hospital at the leading edge of Why choose WWL NHS Trust? smoothly and improves the patient both practice and research. experience Wrightington's reputation for excellence attracts  We are conveniently situated and  We put our patients at the centre of highly talented Orthopaedic Consultants who easy to find, being one mile from everything we do. specialise in hip and joint surgery, and in the junction 27 of the M6 motorway.  We are a centre of excellence for medical disciplines of rheumatology and  We have already invested £6min two Orthopaedic Surgery. rehabilitation. This multi-disciplinary approach new modular theatres and car  We have over 30 outstandingly produces important synergies, particularly in the parking facilities. Over the next two talented Orthopaedic Consultants, field of inflammatory arthritis. many of whom have an years we will be investing a further WWL NHS TRUST NURSE RECRUITMENT EVENT | Issue 10 2

Children’s outpatient department Ranks 2nd best Acute Trust The Trust opened a new children's outpatient to work for in the UK department in June 2013 at the Thomas Linacre WWL NHS Trust was named by the Health Centre near Wigan town centre. It has bright decor Service Journal as the second best acute inspired by the colours of the rainbow and a games trust to work for in 2015. At that time it had console in the main waiting area. 4169 full time equivalent staff and a sickness More than 1,500 patients visited Wigan Infirmary’s absence rate of 4.71%. 78% of staff Accident and Emergency department over the recommend it as a place for treatment and Christmas period 2013. 77% recommended it as a place to work. Royal Albert Edward Infirmary If you choose to work WWL you’ll be working with a Trust that is at the frontline The Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan of new healthcare practices and you’ll work (sometimes referred to as Wigan Infirmary) is a with an experienced multidisciplinary team redeveloped modern District General Hospital of healthcare professionals with access to with 513 beds providing a base for emergency and state of the art equipment in a modern Our Achievements acute work, which is situated close to Wigan Town award winning NHS facility. Centre. We are very proud to have recently been Wigan Hospital are currently hiring nurses in the awarded the prestigious ‘Provider of The Year’ following specialties. Award by the Health Service Journal, (HSJ)  General Medical along with a further award for our pioneering Staff Engagement Strategy ‘The WWL Way’.  Surgical WWL also offer one of the most competitive Read on to find out more about the WLL NHS Trust relocation and salary packages to new nursing and their recruitment events ‘this month’ in Spain graduates. Read more about their excellent and Greece. salary and benefits package below.

Nursing in WLL NHS Trust INTERVIEW FOR WWL NHS TRUST

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Our physical and skype interviews will be taking place during every month of 2016. Email our Trust are an innovative and forward thinking recruitment consultants to get a copy of our organization. We are committed to placing the comprehensive Interview preparation pack today. patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care. Effective Send your CV in English to Recruitment is vital to our achievement of this aim. [email protected] All of the Tru Salary and Benefits Package at WWL NHS Trust

 Band 5 Salary: starting at £21,692  Dedicated support from a Clinical (approx. 30 000€) annually with 37.5 Nurse Educator (With over 13 years hours per week upon PIN experience) registration.

 £100 towards plane ticket to the UK  Tailored staff induction training programme

 Free two months of  Meal Vouchers for one month accommodation included

 £110 towards NMC registration paid  English Lessons provided by the hospital for non-native speaking nurses.  Full time and permanent employment contract

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LIVERPOOL CITY

Travelling to Major UK Cities There are two railway stations in Wigan town centre. Wigan North Western is on the electrified north–south West Coast Main Line. Virgin Trains provides express trains to London Euston, Birmingham, Lancaster, Cup, Wigan Warriors Rugby Club, the most Carlisle, Edinburgh and Glasgow. successful Rugby League Club in the world Living in Wigan and Leigh Centurions one of the original Northern Rail has trains to Preston and Blackpool and a twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern regular local service along the line to St Helens and Liverpool Lime Street Rugby Football Union in 1895.

Of all the boroughs of , With a population of with around 218,000 Wigan is conveniently located between the residents Wigan is to 12% of Greater major cities of Manchester and Liverpool that Manchester’s total population providing this proximity has been a major contributor to access to a skilled and varied work force. Wigan working so well. Small and medium business enterprises constitute a large proportion of the 12,000 Nestled at the heart of the regional motorway businesses based there. Whilst network it affords quick and easy access to manufacturing is still a pillar of the local the rest of the UK via an extensive road economy,with the food and drink sectors network with covers north to south and east being particularly strong, digital and creative, to west. It rail links are exceptional with environment and professional services are all Direct Links to Manchester Airport frequent, direct services to London with a increasing in importance. The largest private Manchester Airport, the busiest in the UK outside travel time of 2 hours and Manchester and sector companies in the area are Heinz, London is only 20 miles from Wigan and there are direct Liverpool can be reached in 35 minutes. These Waterfields, AB World Foods, train and bus links available to you. travel times will be further reduced with the Hitchens/Bakkavor and Arrow XL. Wigan also arrival of HS2. Wigan is also well located to has a large number of public sector LOCATION FACTS both Manchester Airport, the busiest airport in the UK outside of the London region and Liverpool John Moore Airport. Together these airports link the area to the rest of the world. 30 minutes from It’s location also provides businesses with Manchester by train convenient access to the Port of Liverpool and the Manchester Ship Canal, which handle more than 40 million tonnes of cargo and 15,000 ship movements a year making Wigan 35 minutes from the ideal distribution hub for global Liverpool by train businesses. As well as its connectivity, Wigan has an attractive environment with 70% of its 77 sq miles comprising open space. This green FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT landscape is punctuated with historic towns and stunning architecture, stately homes, http://www.investinmanchester.com/ first class shopping and affordable high- Email: [email protected] quality housing. When it comes to quality of life, Wigan’s hard to beat. The area provides access to golfing, fishing, sailing and rambling. The area is also home to Wigan Athletic Football Club, winners of 2013 FA

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employers, the most notable being Wigan Council, NHS and Wigan & Leigh College.

There are a lot of great reasons to consider relocating to Wigan. Here are just a few.

 The city is only 2 hours by train from London  The city has a direct link to Manchester Airport  Has some of the cheapest rent prices in England  Excellent Schools & level of Education  Brilliant sporting Amenities, parks & Greenspace  Fantastic Landmarks & Museums Thing to do in Wigan

Wigan is a surprisingly diverse destination. walking, cycling and exploring Wigan’s There's heritage, miles of countryside, Museum of Wigan Life industrial and natural heritag sporting glory, shopping, vibrant nightlife, popular festivals, and the best in northern Wigan’s fascinating heritage is retold in the Shopping in Wigan character and hospitality newly opened Museum of Wigan Life. Located in the old reference library, the Premier retail names occupy the Tudor-clad building was used by George Orwell when and Country Park Standishgate and the Edwardian red brick researching ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’. The Market Street. There are contemporary 250 acres of wonderful and historic Museum recounts Roman settlements, Civil shopping centres and the traditional indoor woodlands and plantation wrap around the War battles, industrial heritage and local and outdoor Market. Well served with Georgian Hall - once the home of earls and social history. excellent parking and with two railway lords. Today Haigh is home to country trails, a stations, Wigan town centre is a must for 15 inch gauge railway, a model village, The Leeds – Liverpool Canal shoppers. children’s rides, walled gardens, and stables centre with its café, information centre, and The longest of its type in Britain, the canal Sport The DW Stadium is owned by Wigan craft gallery. connects most of Wigan’s attractions such as Athletic F.C. The club shares the stadium with Haigh Hall, the town centre, Wigan Pier, Wigan Warriors Rugby League Football Club . Pennington Flash. Refurbished and traffic- It is situated in the Robin Park area of the free tow paths provide opportunities for town. The 25,000-seat stadium is rated as one of the best rugby league stadiums in the country.

Education Wigan is home to a number of colleges of further education including Winstanley College, St John Rigby College and Wigan and Leigh College which also offers a wide range of courses in vocational and higher educational level academic subjects through partnerships with several universities such as Central Lancashire, Sunderland and Salford.

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JOIN THE WIGAN TEAM Getting to the UK

Considering moving to Wigan yet? It is normal  We will assist with your travel to have still doubts about how much planning arrangements to the UK by and preparation is involved in moving to the providing meal costs, and transport UK. Primary Care Recruitment have trained between the airport and Hospital on recruitment consultants located throughout your travel date the EU with over 10 years of experience in Wigan Community healthcare recruitment and relocating Our Wigan already has a huge multinational community of  We will appoint a consultant to deal recruiters will make the process feel seamless newly qualified nurses, and they embrace diversity in with you on an individual basis from for you to relocate to the UK and will help you ethnicity and culture. You’ll settle in easily with their every step of the way from your initial the time you contact us. friendly and supportive staff. interview preparation, to finding your new accommodation, and getting started in your first week of induction at WWL Trust. Read on  Our clinical consultant who has to find out how PCR will help you pursue a over 13 years’ experience in nursing nursing career at WWL NHS Trust if you and healthcare in the UK and choose to make the move. Ireland, will provide you the most valuable clinical advice available.

 We will organize your interview with NHS representatives in your home country! (we also provide the flexibility of Skype Interviews)  We will provide you with a Relocating to the UK comprehensive ‘Interview Our Recruitment Consultants will help you every step of Preparation Pack’ to ensure you the the way from advising you through your NMC process to highest rate of success with WWL organizing flights, and finding accommodation in Wigan. NHS Trust!  We will Negotiate the best contract for you – including salary and benefits  We will assist with your Professional Nursing Registration (NMC)  We will assist with your relocation: from sourcing your new home in Wigan, to arranging subsidized accommodation (When Applicable). Interview Preparation Pack

Our comprehensive Interview Preparation pack equips you with all the need to know about clinical scenarios, written assessments, and general interview questions you’ll expect to go answer to give you the highest chance of success.

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Finally have a read of what some of our past successful candidates currently working in How to the UK have to say about their experiences working in a UK Trust, settling into their They gave us material, suggested what Apply new lives in England, and the recruitment position apply for (according to work and process. training background) and what to highlight, so that when the interview was over I felt it If you’re interested in being interviewed for Name: Chiara, Astarita was easier than I expected.” WWL NHS Trust, Primary Care Recruitment Occupation: General Medical Nurse at a will be hosting live & Skype interviews during Name: Filippo Belmonte London NHS Hospital every month of 2016. Occupation: General Medical Nurse at a “Even though I didn’t even know of the We will be interviewing on behalf of WLL London NHS Hospital existence of PCR till May, in a few weeks I’m NHS Trust for Nurses in the following fields. going to move to London to work as a nurse in ‘’Honestly, I was skeptical about the idea of  General Medical a NHS hospital. being selected by an English hospital, starting  Surgical with a basic language level, but thanks to PCR During the first meeting in May the staff and Porta Futuro, I will work in future as a Please send your CV in English to explained that the chance to work abroad is scrub nurse in London. For no costs, PCR [email protected] to be contacted by closer than it seems. provided teachers, nurses and all their staff to one of our dedicated recruitment consultants The “Open Day” in June was for a first prepare us to overcome the interview. PCR today Make your first step towards an exciting selection, as a basic knowledge of English is a organized a 6 weeks free English course and career at WWL NHS Trust. good point to start. continuous Skype sessions until the date of the interview. After the interviews, they Keep in touch with Primary In the following weeks the English course supported us, giving us all the information Care Recruitment gave me and my mates the possibility to really needed. I feel lucky for choosing PCR, because “speak English”. without their help, I do not know if I would You can also visit our website to subscribe to have been able to overcome all the our latest job alerts and keep up to date with That was very useful and helped to gain self- difficulties’’ all our upcoming physical and Skype interview confidence. dates

The staff members I met (Alessandra, Mirjana www.primarycarerecruitment.ie and Jennie) put us at ease and helped to prepare for the interview.