BNA Response to Shortage of Midwives in Hospitals

The BNA, British Nursing Association, is responding to the UK shortage of midwives, highlighted in a BBC Panorama programme (July 25 2011), with a recruitment drive for agency midwives.

British Nursing Association is a UK nursing agency that specialises in temporary work for qualified midwives and other nurses who require extra hours or who want to work part-time because of family commitments, for example. Pay rates are up to £36.96 per hour for midwife team managers in Central London

The BBC investigation found that maternity units nationwide closed 1,055 times in 2010, mainly because of under-staffing or lack of beds. The problem was worst in London, with Barnet Hospital closing its maternity unit doors 102 times. Cathy Warwick general secretary of the Royal College of Midwives, said: “The most critical issue facing maternity services is that they are desperately short of midwives.”

British Nursing Association says that qualified midwives and other staff interested in agency work should register contact details on-line in the first instance for agency jobs nationwide – also see our Facebook Page

BNA is the longest serving of all UK nursing agencies. It has helped nurses to further their career goals since 1948. The association today is still a preferred supplier of agency nurses and HCA jobs and staff to NHS and private hospitals, GP Surgeries and other Primary Care service providers.

BNA offers midwife vacancies in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland – including in Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester; Liverpool and London, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield, Sunderland and Wakefield too.

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Top 10 Tips for the Best Nursing Agency Jobs

With public sector cutbacks, good nursing agency and HCA jobs are more in demand than ever before - particularly for staff who want to work at the times and locations of their choice, says BNA, which has helped healthcare staff to further their career goals since 1948. Agency work with a reputable agency still offers great opportunities for nurses who want extra shifts and pay or need to balance their work-life commitments because they have young family for example.

The BNA, British Nursing Association, offers this advice for getting the most from nursing agency work:

1) Register with several nursing agencies: to increase your opportunities for work, you can register through the BNA web site just once to work for five different agencies - click here to register.

2) At registration, ensure you provide all the information that’s required: BNA provides a detailed list of documents you will need to supply – and meets with all candidates locally to help them complete the registration process. Initial registration should always be started on-line through the BNA web site. Documents required include: a completed CRB; a detailed BNA application form; and job references.

3) Keep your registrations current: once you have registered with the nursing agency, ensure that your annual certifications are up to date – whether for training, CRB or other requirements.

4) Are you a specialist nurse, ICU, PICU or SCBU trained for example? There is high demand for specialist nurses in many regions. Current certificates are essential as proof of your speciality, so BNA can match your qualifications with relevant work. Also, if you do specialist training on an annual basis in your permanent job - such as Ventilator, Tracheostomy, IV administration – please inform the agency.

5) Let the agency know when you are free to work: BNA’s on-line web diary enables nurses and HCAs to confirm when they are available. It’s worth updating the diary at least every week. Be flexible: if BNA knows that you will accept work at short notice - or will work some evenings, weekends or Bank Holidays - you will get more, higher-paying shifts.

6) Stay in touch: find out which BNA consultants deal with the area where you want to work. E-mail the names of the towns and hospitals. BNA’s consultants are there to help, and when they get to know you and the type of work you want, it will increase work opportunities

7) Social Media: it’s worth registering for BNA’s Facebook and Twitter pages so that you are up to date on agency news and job opportunities – you can see details too at British Nursing Association.

8) Complaints: feedback is always welcome. Let BNA know if there is anything with which you are unhappy or could be done differently - or issues you have in the workplace. Good agencies are grateful for feedback.

9) Tell a friend: if you have nursing friends who are interested in agency work, then telling them about the agency is helpful for feedback and communication. Visit BNA’s Facebook and click on ‘Like’ or email us as info@bna.co.uk

10) Consider your career: are you looking for specific types of work or experience? If you are, do discuss this with your BNA consultant, as the agency may be able to help, if you meet the standards required by clients for relevant shifts.

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CRB Renewal in just Nine Days with The British Nursing Association

Agency nurses can now apply for CRB Criminal records Bureau checks on the internet with the British Nursing Association following the release of the latest application update of the agency’s web-based system, A24 Connect.

This new advance in CRB renewal will speed up dramatically the turnaround of Criminal Records checks, the agency says, to ensure that all its registered medical staff remain compliant and are able to work at all times. The association, a division of the A24 Group, estimates that renewals will take from just nine days, where there are no previous convictions or cautions present on the applicant’s record.

Penny Streeter OBE is managing director of the A24 Group, which employs a dedicated development team of 18 software developers.

“This is a further stage in our constant investment in healthcare staffing technology and services – to ensure that we remain the leading agency group. We’re one of the largest users of the Criminal Records Bureau and process in excess of 900 enhanced disclosures every month and have worked with the bureau to develop our CRB online module.”

The requirement by the NHS is that all agency workers must hold an enhanced CRB disclosure that is less than 12 months old. With current delays within the CRB system, says the agency, this has meant that some candidates currently have to re-apply four months before expiration.

Agency workers registered with the association, can apply by logging onto A24connect the unique web portal that enables medical staff to access work information and interact with the agency online 24 hours a day. Web visitors are prompted if their CRB certification is due for renewal and can then complete an on-line application form.

Agency staff simply log onto A24connect and follow the prompts to complete the online CRB application form. An electronic payment is then required for the CRB fee, currently £46.20. The agency countersigns the document once it is received and the application is automatically sent to the CRB. Candidates can log into A24 Connect to track progress at any time.

The association advises that with the introduction of the web-based service, applications on CRB printed forms cannot be accepted by the agency, and all submissions and payments must be on-line.

A24 Connect is an advanced web-based system that offers Agency nurses and HCAs an on-line work diary and range of advanced service features to help personnel to save time and ensure compliance. Candidates can update their availability for work, change bank information, download timesheets, view their compliance status, manage work history and references, and provide feedback.

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CRB Checks Now On-line for Agency Nurses & HCAs at British Nursing Association

To beat current delays in the CRB registration system, agency nurses and HCA members registered with the BNA, British Nursing Association, and working in England, Scotland or Northern Ireland can now apply for and renew their Criminal Records Bureau checks online. This is the latest member application update by the IT development team at the association, founded in 1948, which also features on-line work diaries, automatic notification of compliance renewal and on-line training facilities.

This new advance in CRB registration will speed up dramatically the turnaround of Criminal Records checks, says the British Nursing Association, and helps to ensure that all registered medical staff remain compliant and able to work at any time. Once registered members have completed the on-line application form, they can make an electronic payment with PayPal at the CRB fee of £46.20.

The requirement by the NHS is that all agency workers must hold an enhanced disclosure that is less than 12 months old. But with current delays within the CRB system this has meant

that some candidates have to re-apply four months early to ensure that they have a current

CRB in their possession that at all times is less than 12 months old. The new service from BNA will ensure a more timely renewal the association says.

A division of the A24 Group, the Group newsletter also has news of the Agency Workers Directive and Regulations for BNA members. The AWD affects their rights to certain benefits but has no impact on a nurse or HCA’s status as an agency worker. BNA will be providing further details of the effects of the AWD.

In the newsletter BNA also reminds agency nurses and HCAs that it is essential that every healthcare professional who works outside of the NHS maintains professional indemnity cover at all times.

The BNA, British Nursing Association, has helped healthcare staff to further their career goals since 1948. BNA’s nursing agency service is the longest running in the UK. The association today is a preferred supplier of agency nurses and HCA jobs and staff to NHS and private hospitals, GP Surgeries and other Primary Care service providers - as well as the domiciliary homecare sector.

Qualified nurses and HCAs not already registered with BNA can register on-line for agency jobs nationwide.

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BNA Agency Nurses Jobs in Gloucester

The British Nursing Association is recruiting agency nurses and HCAs in Gloucester. Staff can contact the BNA team 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days of the year. Qualified nurses and HCAs should register contact details on-line with the association in the first instance by clicking here for agency jobs nationwide.

The BNA has developed the Enterprise ICT system that only allows selection for shifts once medical and care agency staff have completed the detailed registration process; all relevant, employment, training and CRB registrations and references are fully confirmed; and the staff work record is finally checked, re-checked and cleared. Without this validation, Enterprise automatically excludes the candidate from selection and booking

The BNA, British Nursing Association, has helped healthcare staff in Gloucester to further their careers since 1948. BNA is the longest established of all UK nursing agencies. The association today is still a preferred supplier of agency nurses and HCA jobs and staff to NHS and private hospitals, GP Surgeries and other Primary Care service providers - as well as for domiciliary homecare.

The BNA offers vacancies for the following positions in Gloucester: RN Registered Nurses; RGN Registered General; RMN Registered Mental; EN Enrolled; SEN State Enrolled; ENG Enrolled General; ENM Enrolled Mental Health; RSCN Registered Sick Children’s; RFN Registered Fever; RM Registered Midwives and RHV Registered Health Visitors.

It is a helpful, friendly and professional service for the supply of staff to all healthcare service providers. Nurses jobs and staff are provided for the followings settings in Gloucester: Primary Care GP surgeries; A&E Accident & Emergency; ITU Intensive Treatment Unit; ICU; Intensive Care Unit; HDU High Dependency Unit; CCU Cardiac Care Unit; SCBU Special Care Baby Unit; ENT Ear Nose & Throat; and Maternity, The Defence Force, Nursing Homes and to patients requiring domiciliary or complex care in a homecare setting.

In addition to Gloucester, BNA is one of the leading nursing agencies offering nurses jobs in Northern Ireland, Birmingham, Bristol, Yeovil, Hereford, Swindon and Middlesbrough and other towns and cities.

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BNA wins Highest Award in LPP London Procurement Programme For Nursing Agency Services

Nursing agency BNA has been awarded platinum status, the highest award, for a second consecutive year by the NHS London Procurement Programme (LPP). This follows a full compliance audit by the LPP, the national procurement partner for UK public services. The audit demonstrates the nursing agency’s commitment to supporting the NHS by ensuring the availability of high quality agency staff, cost-effectively, with secure compliance systems in place. The audit focused on recruitment and compliance processes for temporary nursing staff placed in NHS Trusts through the London Procurement Programme framework.

As a supplier on the LPP framework for nursing, the agency supplies nursing staff to hospital and primary care settings. The agency has extensive experience in working with the NHS and has developed amongst the most advanced compliance systems in the sector to maximise safety in the recruitment, management and selection of nurses and HCA healthcare assistants for shifts, with a 24-7 service to meet all temporary staffing needs.  

The agency’s compliance team has 50 staff dedicated exclusively to credentials checks. Key features of the agency’s systems include the bespoke Enterprise ICT compliance system - with over 100,000 hours of development time over seven years. Agency worker registration includes mandatory face-to-face interviews; comprehensive credentials checks; CRB; completion of a 23-page career form; provision of four referees; and presentation of professional certifications. On-going training for agency staff includes 13 mandatory courses annually, with 60 training events for 900 agency workers monthly.

Compliance protection features daily system-generated ‘expiry reports’ of training dates; automated e-mail expiry reminders to agency workers; and automatic system exclusion of staff from booking in Enterprise if certification expires.

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BNA Agency Nurses Jobs in the North West

British Nursing Association is recruiting Health Care Assistants and Registered General Nurses in Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, St Helen’s and Stockport The nursing agency requires nurses and HCAs for day shifts at NHS locations throughout North West of England.

Applicants for the latest nursing jobs in the North West should be NHS compliant and experienced in NHS/Acute hospital settings. Flexibility and reliability are paramount for these shifts, according to the nursing agency. Interested candidates can contact by emailing bookings@bna.co.uk or phoning 0871 873 33 24. 

Qualified nurses and HCAs can also register contact details on-line with the association in the first instance at www.bna.co.ukfor agency jobs nationwide.
British Nursing Association has helped healthcare staff in the North West to further their career goals since 1948. BNA is now the longest serving of all UK nursing agencies. The association; today; is a preferred supplier of agency nurses and HCA jobs and staff to NHS and private hospitals, GP Surgeries and other Primary Care service providers – and the domiciliary homecare sector too.

BNA offers vacancies for the following positions RN Registered Nurses; RGN Registered General; RMN Registered Mental; EN Enrolled and SEN State Enrolled – also ENG Enrolled General; ENM Enrolled Mental Health; RSCN Registered Sick Children’s; RFN Registered Fever; RM Registered Midwives and RHV Registered Health Visitors, as well as HCA posts. The association offers short and long term nurses jobs. Nurses jobs and staff are provided for the followings settings in the North West: all Primary Care GP surgeries; A&E Accident & Emergency departments; ITU Intensive Treatment Unit; ICU; Intensive Care Unit; HDU High Dependency Unit; CCU Cardiac Care Unit; SCBU Special Care Baby Unit; ENT Ear Nose & Throat; and Maternity, Defence Forces, Nursing Homes and also to patients requiring domiciliary or complex care in a home setting.

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BNA (British Nursing Association) Homecare Packages for NHS Care Provision

British Nursing Association – a supplier of nursing and care staff since 1948 – offers a range of homecare service packages to PCTs, County Councils and other NHS and private care providers nationwide. The agency is registered with the CQC, the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (NI), and Care Inspectorate (Scotland).

BNA is a preferred provider of long term, complex and non-complex care packages and services to organisations who require the proven systems and support offered by a large, established agency. Quality assurance standards cover all aspects of the process of nurse and HCA recruitment, as well as interview, compliance checks, shift selection and management of nursing and HCA staff, to ensure a professional, friendly care service, the agency says. 

British Nursing Association has given priority to ensuring a wide skill-base of nurses and healthcare assistants for its NHS and other clients. Homecare packages can be designed for short and long-term programmes to ensure consistent care and to match available budgets, with no compromise of safety and service provision. BNA ensures transparency in the provision of services through detailed reporting, to support value and accountability. Management reporting offers the data needed to help the commissioners of care to plan and control their agency costs

BNA has targeted the development of robust processes for recruitment compliance. This includes face-to-face interviews and checks nationwide, close to each candidate, anywhere in the UK. There is Enhanced Disclosures for all CRB applications and renewals. Full referencing is supported by telephone validation, with Occupational Health checks for fitness to work, and assessment of key skills for each nursing specialisation. he agency has developed a range of training courses and certification to support compliance. 

There is also ‘Right to Work’ validation of documentation for every candidate. BNA has developed a detailed internal audit and risk management process, to ensure the integrity of its compliance systems and procedures. There is a dedicated internal audit team and a risk committee reporting at Board level, to ensure that the organisation remains focused on the safety of its outcomes and care delivery.

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BNA (British Nursing Association) recruits Nurses and Healthcare Assistants for Kent, Sussex and Surrey NHS Primary Provider Contract

BNA, The British Nursing Association, has a major recruitment drive for RGN and specialist nurses, as well as HCA healthcare assistants and support workers, for temporary positions in Kent, Sussex and Surrey.

The association, founded in 1948, will be arranging interviews throughout the UK for qualified medical and care staff who wish to join as members and to work part-time, with the opportunity for extra pay and flexible hours to meet family and other commitments. 

The BNA has gained a reputation for its expertise in managing the logistics of temporary staffing to match NHS needs for relevant experience in the nurses and support staff that the association can supply nationwide. Members of the BNA can access a web portal to update their availability for work, for notification even if their circumstances change during the course of a day. Qualified and registered staff can then be alerted to vacancies via SMS text messages in the first instance. 

BNA is the longest serving organisation offering nursing agency services in the UK. The association today is a preferred supplier of nurses and HCA staff to NHS and private hospitals, GP Surgeries and other Primary Care service providers - as well as the domiciliary homecare sector. 

BNA is managing temporary assignments for the following positions in Kent, Sussex and Surrey: RN Registered Nurses; RGN Registered General; RMN Registered Mental; EN Enrolled; SEN State Enrolled; ENG Enrolled General; ENM Enrolled Mental Health; RSCN Registered Sick Children’s; RFN Registered Fever Nurse; RM Registered Midwives and RHV Registered Health Visitors. 

All job applicants can register their contact details initially on-line at the BNA web sites. The association can then organise face-to-face applicant interviews with qualified candidates. BNA has long experience in assessing and advising on the suitability of candidates for work. The interviewer nursing team is responsible for initial allocation of potential work areas based on the applicant’s qualifications, skills and experience. There is verification of each applicant’s work portfolio at the interview stage, and assessment of specific experience in each nursing speciality.

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UK’s Oldest Nursing Agency is 64 years old!

British Nursing Association is 64 years old and is the UK’s longest serving agency. It was founded in 1948 as a cooperative to supply nurses to the National Health Service, which was also established in the same year.

BNA has had an eventful history. At one time is was taken into Government ownership, and was owned for three years by cigarette manufacturer BAT, British American Tobacco. It is now an independent division of a private company, the A24 Group, which specialises in medical staffing, including locums and AHPs. The group was the first organisation in the sector to offer a 24-7 service to care providers, including hospitals, care homes, the prison service and private health facilities. 

Whilst it may be the oldest agency in the sector, BNA offers one of the most advanced systems for the management and booking of nurses and HCAs, it says. The ICT System was developed in-house for nurse and HCA registration, compliance, selection and booking. It results from 100,000 hours of development time over six years. 

System safeguards include automated restrictions for the selection of agency staff until after completion of full registration, including CRB and credential checks. All relevant employment, training and other references must be fully confirmed; and the work record checked, verified again and finally cleared. 

For booking safety, agency consultants can match the exact requirements of clients according to staff qualifications, experience and availability. Face-to-face interviews are mandatory to confirm language ability, with completion of a 20 plus page registration form, including full details of career history and qualifications as well as four referees; original ‘right to work’, qualifications and training certificates; and an employer’s report. 

The compliance team includes over 100 dedicated staff to obtain verified professional references from past employers, carry out Occupational Health checks for fitness to work, verify professional qualifications, apply for CRBs, and confirm mandatory training is certificated. 

A quality control team re-checks all data. BNA provides jobs and staff in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – including Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester; Liverpool, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Sheffield, Sunderland and Wakefield.

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Notice to All UK Agency Workers: June Bank holiday deadline

Due to the June Bank holiday dates of Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th June 2012, please ensure that timesheets are with us by no later than midday, Friday 1st June 2012 to guarantee payment on Friday 8th June 2012.

Please note: the Payroll office will also be closed on Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th June - therefore please be aware that call volumes will be abnormally high following this break. We will there not have the facility to check if timesheets have been received on the Wednesday during office hours as we will be focusing on getting our Agency Workers paid for those timesheets received by the Friday deadline.

Important: there are some clients that will not recognise nor pay Bank holiday rates for the Diamon Jubilee - additional Holiday on Tuesday 5th June 2012. To save disappointment we would strongly advise that you ask your consultant as to whether or not you will be paid Bank Holiday rates for this day.

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UK Payroll Department Opening Times: Effective Monday 6th August

Candidates are advised that - to meet the agency's deadline for ensuring agency workers are paid each Friday on time - the agency is making some small changes to opening hours for candidate calls. 

The payroll department will be open for phone calls between 9am and 5pm on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays and between 9am and 4pm on Fridays. Candidates can continue to send time sheets via the usual channels - post to:

Group House

92 - 94 Lind Road
Sutton, Surrey
SM1 4PL

Or email: wages@a24group.com 

The deadline for receipt of time sheets remains Monday midday for payment on the Friday of the same week. Payroll queries can be made by email to mypay@a24group.com.

BNA Agency Nurses Jobs in Scotland, South West, North East, North West and Midlands

British Nursing Association is registering RGN, RMN and RSCN nurses and HCAs – staff can contact the BNA team 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days of the year. Qualified nurses and HCAs can register contact details on-line by clicking herefor agency jobs nationwide – also take a look at our Facebook page or follow us on Twitter. 

There are vacancies for RGN, RMN and RSCN nurses and HCAs in the following areas:

*Scotland - G/DD/AB/EH/ML Postcodes
*South West - BS/BA/GL/TA/TL Postcodes
*North East - CA/DH/NE/TS/DL/SR Postcodes
*North West - BB/SK/CH/LL/CW/WA Postcodes
*Midlands - B/CV/DY/WR/WS/WV/SY/TF/HR Postcodes

Required nursing specialisations include: Hospital, ICU, Ventilation, Paeds, Theatre, Mental Health and Renal Trained Dialysis. 

The BNA, British Nursing Association, has helped healthcare staff in to further their career goals since 1948. BNA is the longest serving of all UK nursing agencies. The association today is still a preferred supplier of agency nurses and HCA jobs and staff to NHS and private hospitals, GP Surgeries and other Primary Care service providers - as well as the domiciliary homecare sector. 

BNA offers vacancies for the following positions: RN Registered Nurses; RGN Registered General; RMN Registered Mental; EN Enrolled; SEN State Enrolled; ENG Enrolled General; ENM Enrolled Mental Health; RSCN Registered Sick Children’s; RFN Registered Fever; RM Registered Midwives and RHV Registered Health Visitors. The association offers short and long term nurses jobs. It is a helpful, friendly and professional service for the supply of staff to all healthcare service providers. 

Nurses jobs and staff are provided for the followings settings: Primary Care GP surgeries; A&E Accident & Emergency; ITU Intensive Treatment Unit; ICU; Intensive Care Unit; HDU High Dependency Unit; CCU Cardiac Care Unit; SCBU Special Care Baby Unit; ENT Ear Nose & Throat; and Maternity, The Defence Force, Nursing Homes and to patients requiring domiciliary or complex care at home. IBNA is one of the leading nursing agencies offering nurses jobs in Northern Ireland, Birmingham, Bristol, Yeovil, Hereford, Swindon, Gloucester, Middlesbrough, Wolverhampton and Portsmouth.

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Agency Workers Alert: Time for Free NHS Flu Jab

The British Nursing Association is encouraging all UK healthcare workers to have the free NHS Flu jab for which all healthcare workers are eligible. 

Frontline nurses, HCAs and other agency workers should protect themselves by having the flu vaccine to prevent the spread of flu to colleagues and other members of the community.

The 2012/13 UK vaccine protects against three types of flu virus, according to the NHS Cumbria Partnership. This year's flu jab protects against:

• H1N1 - the strain of flu that caused the swine flu pandemic in 2009
• H3N2 - a strain of flu that can infect birds and mammals and was active in 2011 
• A strain of flu that was active in 2010 known as B/Wisconsin/1

Britons are the 'most unhygienic nation', according to a new report. Britons were half as likely as other nationals to cover their hands and mouth more frequently when coughing or sneezing during the swine flu pandemic, the study has suggested.

The findings were published in the journal 'Lancet Infectious Diseases'. Dr Gillian Steel Fisher of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, in America, said: "The wide variations between countries in our study shows that in the event of another serious outbreak of infectious disease, public perceptions have to be taken into account to best tailor and communicate policy approaches that need public support in each country.

"Our findings suggest that promoting non-pharmaceutical interventions - such as handwashing and avoiding large public gatherings of people - do not jeopardise the adoption of vaccination, though the uptake of vaccines was low compared to other behaviours in all countries we surveyed.

"To maximise the effect of pandemic policies, future efforts might need to combine vaccination programmes with support for the most effective non-pharmaceutical interventions."

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BNA Agency Nurses Jobs in Newcastle

Founded over 60 years ago, the British Nursing Association is now recruiting agency nurses and HCAs in Newcastle – staff can contact the BNA team 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days of the year on 0871 873 3324. 

Qualified nurses and HCAs should register their contact details on-line with the association in the first instance atwww.bna.co.uk for agency jobs nationwide.

Required nursing specialisations include: Hospital, ICU, Ventilation, Paeds, Theatre, Mental Health and Renal Trained Dialysis.The British Nursing Association, has helped healthcare staff in Newcastle to further their career goals since 1948, says BNA director Adam Streeter. 

BNA is the longest serving of all UK nursing agencies. The association today is still a preferred supplier of agency nurses and HCA jobs and staff to NHS and private hospitals, GP Surgeries and other Primary Care service providers - as well as the domiciliary homecare sector. BNA offers vacancies for the following positions in Newcastle: RN Registered Nurses; RGN Registered General; RMN Registered Mental; EN Enrolled; SEN State Enrolled; ENG Enrolled General; ENM Enrolled Mental Health; RSCN Registered Sick Children’s; RFN Registered Fever; RM Registered Midwives and RHV Registered Health Visitors.

The association offers short and long term nurses jobs. It is a helpful, friendly and professional service for the supply of staff to all healthcare service providers. Nurses jobs and staff are provided for the followings settings in Newcastle: Primary Care GP surgeries; A&E Accident & Emergency; ITU Intensive Treatment Unit; ICU; Intensive Care Unit; HDU High Dependency Unit; CCU Cardiac Care Unit; SCBU Special Care Baby Unit; ENT Ear Nose & Throat; and Maternity, The Defence Force, Nursing Homes and to patients requiring domiciliary or complex care at home. In addition to Newcastle, BNA is one of the leading nursing agencies offering nurses jobs in Northern Ireland, Birmingham, Bristol, Yeovil, Hereford, Swindon, Gloucester and Middlesbrough – and from Grantham to Glasgow.

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British Nursing Association Homecare Packages for London NHS Care Provision

The British Nursing Association – a supplier of nursing and care staff since 1948 – has a range of homecare service packages to PCTs, County Councils and other NHS and private care providers in London and nationwide. The agency is registered with the CQC, the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (NI), and Care Inspectorate (Scotland). BNA is a preferred provider of long term, complex and non-complex care packages and services to organisations who require the proven systems and support offered by a large, established agency. 

Quality assurance standards cover all aspects of the process of nurse and HCA recruitment, as well as interview, compliance checks, shift selection and management of nursing and HCA staff, to ensure a professional, friendly care service, says the agency. 

British Nursing Association has given priority to ensuring a wide skill-base of nurses and healthcare assistants for its London NHS and other clients. Homecare packages can be designed for short and long-term programmes to ensure consistent care and to match available budgets, with no compromise of safety and service provision. 

BNA homecare ensures transparency in the provision of services through detailed reporting, to support value and accountability. Management reporting offers the data needed to help the commissioners of care to plan and control their agency costs BNA has targeted the development of robust processes for recruitment compliance in London. This includes face-to-face interviews and checks nationwide, close to each candidate, anywhere in the UK. 

There is Enhanced Disclosures for all CRB applications and renewals. Full referencing is supported by telephone validation, with Occupational Health checks for fitness to work, and assessment of key skills for each nursing specialisation. The agency has developed a range of training courses and certification to support compliance. There is also ‘Right to Work’ validation of documentation for every candidate. BNA has developed a detailed internal audit and risk management process, to ensure the integrity of its compliance systems and procedures. There is a dedicated internal audit team and a risk committee reporting at Board level, to ensure that the organisation remains focused on the safety of its outcomes and care delivery. 

Locations served include: London, Birminghan, Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield, Bradford, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Wakefield, Cardiff, Coventr, Nottingham and Leicester – from Lewes to Lewisham.

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BNA Homecare Packages for London NHS Care Provision

British Nursing Association is a supplier of nursing and care staff since 1948 and offers a range of homecare service packages to PCTs, County Councils and other NHS and private care providers in London and nationwide in the UK. 

The agency is registered with the CQC, the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (NI), and Care Inspectorate (Scotland). BNA is a preferred provider of long term, complex and non-complex care packages and services to organisations who require the proven systems and support offered by a large, established agency. 

Quality assurance standards cover all aspects of the process of nurse and HCA recruitment, as well as interview, compliance checks, shift selection and management of nursing and HCA staff, to ensure a professional, friendly care service, the agency says. British Nursing Association has given priority to ensuring a wide skill-base of nurses and healthcare assistants for its London NHS and other clients. Homecare packages can be designed for short and long-term programmes to ensure consistent care and to match available budgets, with no compromise of safety and service provision. 

BNA homecare ensures transparency in the provision of services through detailed reporting, to support value and accountability. Management reporting offers the data needed to help the commissioners of care to plan and control their agency costs BNA has targeted the development of robust processes for recruitment compliance in London. This includes face-to-face interviews and checks nationwide, close to each candidate, anywhere in the UK. 

There is Enhanced Disclosures for all CRB applications and renewals. Full referencing is supported by telephone validation, with Occupational Health checks for fitness to work, and assessment of key skills for each nursing specialisation. The agency has developed a range of training courses and certification to support compliance. There is also ‘Right to Work’ validation of documentation for every candidate. BNA has developed a detailed internal audit and risk management process, to ensure the integrity of its compliance systems and procedures. 

There is a dedicated internal audit team and a risk committee reporting at Board level, to ensure that the organisation remains focused on the safety of its outcomes and care delivery. The agency is now on Google+ Locations served include: London, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield, Bradford, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Wakefield, Cardiff, Coventry, Nottingham and Leicester – from Hull to Hastings.

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BNA Weather Warning

The British Nursing Association is advising agency workers to check the weather before travelling to shift assignments during the forecast cold spell. Agency nurses and HCA health care assistants should contact their BNA support consultant if they believe that they might be delayed in travelling to a shift on time. 

This will enable the agency to advise the client healthcare service provider. Ice and freezing temperatures are forecast for at least the next two days. 

The agency is advising agency workers to check weather forecasts such as at the Met Office and take advice regarding care preparation and maintenance from organisations such as the AA, which issues this advice before setting off on a car journey:

• Get up at least 10 minutes early to give you time to prepare the car.
• Don't drive off like a tank-commander, with a tiny hole cleared in the windscreen. Clear all windows using a scraper and de-icer.
• Use a cigarette lighter to warm a key for a frozen lock. Don't breathe on the lock, as the moisture will condense and freeze.

 Plan routes to favour major roads which are more likely to have been cleared and gritted. Put safety before punctuality when the bad weather closes in. Allow extra time for winter journeys but be prepared for the inevitability of being late for work due to unexpected delay. 

BNA continues to provide temporary staff whatever the conditions. The British Nursing Association has provided healthcare staff since 1948, says BNA director Adam Streeter. BNA is the longest serving of all UK nursing agencies. The association is a preferred supplier of agency nurses and HCA staff to NHS and private hospitals, GP Surgeries and other Primary Care service providers - as well as the domiciliary homecare sector. 

BNA offers short and long term nurses jobs. The agency provides staff for Primary Care GP surgeries; Accident & Emergency; Intensive Treatment Unit; ICU; Intensive Care Unit; High Dependency Unit; Cardiac Care Unit; Special Care Baby Unit; Ear Nose & Throat; and Maternity, The Defence Force, Nursing Homes and to patients requiring domiciliary or complex care at home.

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BNA Branch in West Midlands

New BNA (British Nursing Association) branch is open in West Midlands! Come and see us at our Walsall Branch. We are now booking for 16 May: Manual Handling at 9:00am and CPR courses at 13:00pm. To book these courses you can email us at training@a24group.com or alternatively call us on 0871 873 3373

At the branch we provide uniforms, time sheets and we offer regular training courses. Why not call in? 

Our address is: Lower 42 Eldon Court, Eldon Street, Walsall, WS1 2JP Travel options: on-street free parking for those using private transport, close proximity to the bus stop and train station, and Walsall town centre. 

Our courses are open to all registered Nurses and HCAs - and are ideal for your mandatory annual training - for RN Registered Nurses, RGN Registered General, RMN Registered Mental, EN Enrolled; SEN State Enrolled, ENG Enrolled General, ENM Enrolled of Mental Health, RSCN Registered Sick Children’s; RFN Registered Fever, and RM Registered Midwives and RHV Registered Health Visitors.

The British Nursing Association employs a professional team of registered nurse consultants who are responsible for undertaking all our face to face interviews throughout the UK, our nurses are based regionally and will host interviews at various locations all across England. All interviews are strictly by appointment only, to make an appointment please contact us on: 0871 87 333 50. We look forward to hearing from you! 

BNA opens Nursing Agency Branch in Bristol

The BNA, British Nursing Association, has opened a new nursing agency branch in Bristol. Nurses and HCA Health Care Assistants can register with the agency at the branch at 14 Fredrick Place. Registered BNA members can purchase uniforms, attend scheduled training courses and discuss work opportunities.

The new BNA branch office is at 14 Fredrick Place Bristol, BS8 1AS. Visit us at the Branch or phone 0871 873 3324. There are also branches in Grantham, Portsmouth, Sutton and Walsall.

BNA says it is the UK’s longest established nursing agency, founded in 1948. BNA has built long-standing relationships with hospitals and GP surgeries, Local Authorities and other organisations, for the supply of agency nurses and HCAs . The objective is to offer a dependable source of agency staff for temporary and longer-term assignments, 24 hours a day, and seven days a week.

The agency also offer a local recruitment service, with consultants who can travel to meet candidates at a location in the South West, or other regions, close to a candidate’s home or place of work. These ‘roving consultants’ are fully equipped with document scanners and other equipment to enable them to interview and register candidates.

Candidates can also see the range of nursing agency jobs available on-line at British Nursing Association following registration. Rates of nurses pay are also available now on the web site.

BNA has nurses’ jobs across the UK, as well as temporary posts for HCAs. Vacancies include positions for RN, RGN, RMN, EN, SEN, ENG, ENM, RSCN and RFN staff – as well as Registered Midwives and RHV Registered Health Visitors posts.

Healthcare staff can also find out about the full range of training courses that are available on line and locally in the South West. These include:-

*COSHH
*Epilepsy
*Fire Safety
*Handling Violence & Aggression and Complaint Handling
*Health and Safety
*Infection Control
*Information Governance
*Lone Worker
*RIDDOR
*SOVA and SOCA Level 2

As a member of the A24 Group, BNA is equipped with the advanced ICT and training systems to ensure a responsive and fully compliant service in the recruitment, selection and management of medical; workers. BNA recruits nurse and HCA members nationwide to ensure wide availability of staff in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

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