Band 5 Staff Nurse - Surgical Ward

Integrated Care System; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic Band 5 Staff Nurse for their Surgical Ward in Birmingham. This role involves providing quality nursing care, managing a team, and ensuring patient-centered practices while adhering to professional standards. Candidates must hold a nursing degree and have registration with the NMC. The position offers a supportive environment with opportunities for development.

Qualifications

• Evidence of professional and clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level.
• Experience in an acute secondary health and care setting.
• Ability to work varied shift patterns.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for safe, compassionate person-centred evidence based nursing.
• Assess and plan care for patients, supervising junior staff as required.
• Contribute to service and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Patient Care

Education

Professional registration with the NMC

Degree/Diploma in Nursing

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 5 Staff Nurse - Surgical Ward

The closing date is 30 July 2025

Are you an experienced, enthusiastic and dynamic Band 5 nurse looking for a new challenge?

Ward for 408 is a 36 bedded ward run by CDG 9A. We are multi-speciality including ENT, Maxillo Facial and Plastics. All of our nursing teams are friendly, approachable and dynamic and are a vital part of the wider MDT.

The post holder will practice autonomously and be responsible and accountable for safe, compassionate person-centred evidence based nursing that respects and maintains dignity and human rights. The post holder is also responsible for assessment of care needs of patients and planning programmes of care, implementation and the evaluation of these programmes without direct supervision. At times they will have management responsibility for being in charge of the ward/department and supervising junior members of staff. The post holder will practice in a holistic, non-judgmental, caring and compassionate manner that avoids assumptions, supports social inclusion and recognises and respects individual choice and acknowledges diversity. They will work in partnership with other health and social care professionals, students and trainees and agencies, service users, their carers and families. The post holder will contribute to the practice development within their clinical care setting and work in accordance with Trust Policies, Procedures and Guidelines and will be responsible for completing any work-based training associated with the role.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work according to the NMC Code of Professional Standards of Practice and Behaviour and relevant professional guidelines and be accountable for their own professional actions.

The post holder must use up to date knowledge and evidence to assess, plan, deliver and evaluate care, communicate findings, influence changes and promote health and best practice.

The post holder must achieve and maintain competence in identified mandatory and statutory training, develop and maintain clinical competencies, skills and knowledge which relate to the area of clinical practice .

The post holder must respond to patients, relative and carers concerns as they arise and take remedial action as required.

The post holder will take charge of the practice setting as required/ or a defined area of the practice setting .

The post holder will assume responsibility for undertaking tasks delegated by the nominated line/shift manager. This may include representing the practice setting at meetings, link nurse responsibilities, audit, governance initiatives and supervision and role competence assessments for unregistered nurses and students/ trainees.

The post holder will contribute to the development of service and quality improvement initiatives within a collaborative framework to enhance patient experience and outcome and ensure standards of care are monitored and maintained at the highest level.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Evidence of professional and clinical
• knowledge acquired through training to
• degree/diploma level leading to
• Professional registration on the
• appropriate part of the NMC register i.e.
• ( Adult / Child / Learning Disability or
• Mental Health)
• * Evidence of undergraduate education for
• newly qualified nurses / or post graduate
• registered nurses who have post

Experience

• Previous / recent experience or working
• in an acute secondary health and care
• setting (can include undergraduate
• student placements within the last 12
• months)
• * Willingness to become a practice
• supervisor / assessor to or meets Nursing
• and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards
• for student supervision and assessment
• * Demonstrable understanding and
• knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
• and the proficiencies and standards for
• registered nurses can apply this to
• undergraduate training or post graduate
• practice
• * Being an accountable professional
• * Promoting health and preventing ill
• health
• * Assessing needs and planning care
• * Providing and evaluating care
• * Leading and managing nursing care and
• working in teams -- including
• prioritisation and delegation skills
• * Coordinating care and responding to
• deteriorating health
• * Improving safety and quality of care
• * Awareness of current relevant clinical
• and professional issues and NHS policy
• * Understanding / experience of the
• principles of Safeguarding and Mental
• Capacity
• * Awareness of Health and Safety issues.
• Experience in working in an Acute NHS
• practice setting as an undergraduate student
• nurse or post graduate registered nurse

Additional Criteria

• Professional appearance
• * Displays genuine interest in the post
• applied for
• * Positive and enthusiastic attitude
• * Caring and approachable
• * Ability to work a varied shift pattern
• hours where required
• * The applicant can describe why the Trust
• may deploy him /her to a different
• practice setting for a span of duty.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust