Bank Registered Nurse

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust seeks Registered Nurses for flexible bank shifts. Ideal candidates will maintain high nursing standards and possess full NMC registration in the UK. This role offers diverse shifts tailored to personal availability, emphasizing patient-centered care and teamwork.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Free counselling service

Access to Wagestream app for wage access

Free parking for all staff until March 2024

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with full NMC registration in the UK.
• Relevant experience looking after patients in a healthcare environment.
• Clinical Governance experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high standard of nursing care applying evidence-based practice.
• Carry out assessment, planning, and delivery of nursing care.
• Update patient administration systems for data collection.

Skills

Ability to work as part of a team

Confident and calm attitude under pressure

Ability to provide holistic nursing care

Good interpersonal and communication skills

Accurate documentation with attention to detail

Education

Degree/Diploma in Nursing or equivalent

Registered Nurse with the NMC

Teaching and Assessing qualification

Job description

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King's Lynn, United Kingdom

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Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

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Job overview

Are you a Registered Nurse looking for more flexibility with your family responsibilities and work life balance? Do you want the flexibility to book your own shifts dependent on your availability? If so then we would love to hear from you!

We are looking for Registered Nurses to pick up regular bank shifts within Team QEH.

This vacancy is for Registered Nurses with full NMC registration in the UK. If you are an internationally trained nurse that has not passed their OSCE (objective structured clinical examination) you will not be considered for this role and will be automatically rejected, so please do not apply.

Main duties of the job

• You will maintain a high standard of nursing care applying evidence-based practice.
• Carry out assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of nursing care and escalate any clinical concerns to a senior nurse as required.
• Carry out the daily personal individualised care of patients
Maintain accurate records.
• Update patient administration systems e.g. PAS to ensure real time data collection and confidentiality.
• Effectively use information technology for the benefit of patient care in accordance with Trust Policy.
• You may at times, be asked to assist on Medical and Surgical wards during periods of increased acuity.

There are different shift patterns to suit most needs so please apply today - we look forward to hearing from you!

Working for our organisation

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is a 500-bed district general hospital which competes on a national level in a number of areas. We are the only acute provider within a 40 miles radius and have a key role as part of the local health economy.

We are an incredibly friendly and forward thinking Trust, which places a great emphasis on the importance of staff in providing the best possible healthcare for the people of West Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire.

In recent years, the building has received a number of exciting renovation projects, which are aimed to provide a good experience for our patients but also for our hard working teams. We can now boast some of the best surgical theatres in the country, a specialist Breast Care Unit and a Midwife Led Birth Unit.

We have a strong ethos of being part of a team with everyone being valued and playing their part to achieve the future success of the hospital.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications/training and professional development

• Registered Nurse with the NMC
• Degree/Diploma in Nursing or equivalent
• Teaching and Assessing qualification

Experience

• Relevant experience of looking after patients in a healthcare environment
• Relevant Post-Registration clinical experience
• Clinical Governance experience

Skills, abilities, and knowledge

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Confident and calm attitude with an ability to work under pressure
• Ability to provide holistic nursing care
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to use basic IT skills
• Accurate documentation with attention to detail
• Teaching, assessment and supervision of others
• Knowledge of professional issues in nursing incorporating NMC and IPaC

Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race ,ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).

Please be aware that if applying via NHS Jobs, your application will be imported into Trac. All subsequent information will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs & we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent via NHS Jobs. By applying for this post you are agreeing to the transfer of information in the application form to Trac jobs & if you are offered a job your personal information will be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system. Please check your email account regularly for communication regarding this vacancy.

We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Free counselling service
• Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access*
• Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause
• Free parking for all staff until March 2024

Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.

We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.

Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.

Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to day- work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff shoulld be computer literate.

Team QEH are one of the most research-active organisations for our size in the UK, recruiting 2,188 in 20/21 and ranked 10/16 in the Eastern Region. We have a wide-ranging and diverse portfolio of clinical studies and also recognised as one of the fastest trusts in the country from set up to recruitment.