Newly Qualified Nurses - Band 5 - All Areas All Sites

Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic healthcare team as a Newly Qualified Nurse, where your commitment to patient care will make a real difference. This role offers the opportunity to work in a supportive environment, focusing on delivering outstanding care across various specialties in Lincolnshire. With a strong emphasis on professional development and a patient-centered approach, you will be part of a team that values compassion, safety, and excellence in healthcare. Enjoy the benefits of flexible working arrangements, generous annual leave, and a supportive community that prioritizes your well-being and career growth. This is your chance to thrive in a rewarding nursing career.

Benefits

Flexible working

NHS Pension

Annual Leave starting at 27 days

On-site nurseries

Health & Wellbeing support

Learning & Development opportunities

Financial support and benefits

Rewards & Recognition programs

Qualifications

• Must be a degree-level nursing student and live on the NMC Register.
• Demonstrates ability to provide evidence-based care.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient-centered care and support within the nursing family.
• Implement and sustain high levels of individualized care.

Skills

Excellent written and communication skills

Ability to manage difficult or complex situations

Ability to organise and prioritise workload

Commitment to ongoing personal and professional development

Understanding of safeguarding practices

Education

Degree level nursing or equivalent

University Nursing Student - live on the NMC Register

Nursing mentor live on NMC register

Job description

Main area Newly Qualified Nurse RNDA to Registered Nurse Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Full and Part Time hours available) Job ref AfC - Corporate

Employer: United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Pan Trust

Town: Lincoln

Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rata

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 24/02/2025 23:59

Newly Qualified Nurses - Band 5 - All Areas All Sites

NHS AfC: Band 5

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our values guide everything we do. They are:

• Patient-centred: Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
• Safety: Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
• Excellence: Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
• Compassion: Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
• Respect: Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

What is in it for you?

• Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it.

Types of flexibility could include:

• Part-time: less than 37.5 hours per week.
• Off-site/remote working: working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
• Compressed hours: usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
• Staggered hours: having different start and finish times.
• Set shift patterns: to allow for predictability.
• NHS Pension: A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer.
• Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays.
• Bank working: The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates.

In addition, there is more.

• Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston.
• Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
• Learning & Development: including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education.
• Financial support and benefits: including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics.
• Rewards & Recognition: including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone.

Job overview

Are you qualifying in the summer of 2025? Do you have what it takes to make a difference to a wide range of patients?

Then why not join us working as a Newly Qualified Nurse at ULTH?

ULTH is a patient-centred organisation whose vision and values include safety, excellence, compassion and respect.

With sites across Lincolnshire: Lincoln, Boston, Grantham and Louth, we can offer you new and exciting opportunities within a variety of specialities.

Please note salary would be Band 4 for NMC pre-pin, Band 5 once received.

Main duties of the job

As a Trust we have faced a number of challenges over the years, but a recent change to our Trust Operating Model means that now is the time to re-shape our services and continue on our journey to excellence.

The Trust has a strong commitment to improving patient centred services and by working within the nursing family at United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals Trust you will have the support from a strong and visible Corporate Nursing team.

Working for our organisation

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today.

Person specification

Qualifications

• University Nursing Student - will be live on the NMC Register
• Degree level nursing or equivalent
• Nursing mentor live on NMC register

Experience

• Demonstrates the ability to implement and sustain high levels of individualised, evidence based, clinically effective care
• Successful Completion of preceptorship
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Skills

• Excellent written and communication skills
• Understands and can demonstrate good working practices within the safeguarding agenda
• Ability to manage difficult or complex situations and to work under pressure
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload
• Commitment to ongoing personal and professional development

Specific requirements

• Flexible approach to work
• Ability to work using own initiative
• Team player
• Ability to travel to other healthcare settings

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.