Registered Nurse

Hamberley Care Homes; Bedford; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

5.6 weeks holiday + Bank Holidays

Quality-linked bonus scheme

Workplace pension

Team culture and support

Training and career development

Employee Assistance Programme

Retail discounts and savings

Free on-site parking

Refer a Friend bonus (£750 referral)

Revalidation costs and NMC fees reimb.

Job summary

Hamberley Care Homes in Bedford is seeking a Registered Nurse to join Elstow Manor, a luxurious care home. You will deliver compassionate, person-centred care, work with a multi-disciplinary team, and build strong relationships with residents and families.

You will be part of a high-quality environment with extensive training, a strong team culture, and opportunities for professional development. A rewarding role with meaningful impact for residents.

Qualifications

• NMC registration - Either RGN or RMN.
• Demonstrable experience post registration in a similar setting.
• Preferably worked within a care home or elderly setting.
• Commitment to delivering high quality care.
• Good communication and organisational skills.
• Passion and empathy with a desire to make a difference.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic care and support residents daily.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team and GPs.
• Liaise with other providers to coordinate care.
• Maintain and develop clinical skills through training.

Skills

NMC registration

Post-registration experience

Care home experience

Communication skills

Empathy

Job description

Registered Nurse

Company: Hamberley Care Homes Salary: £23.59 to £23.59 an hour Hours: Full-time Location: Bedford, MK42 6FZ Job type: Permanent Posting date: 10 Oct 2026 Closing date: 8 Nov 2026

If you're a nurse who's looking for something more: more time, more opportunities and more reward, choose a career with Hamberley Care Homes.

Being a Registered Nurse at Hamberley is different. Our nurses have the time to spend quality time with residents and their families. They develop close relationships, really understanding the needs of the people they care for, and have time to provide holistic care.

Our innovative, award-winning model of care includes a multi-disciplinary team, dedicated to caring for each and every individual in the way that they like. As a nurse at Hamberley, you'll have a unique opportunity to be part of this team of dedicated professionals, as well as working in a well-appointed, high quality environment.

At Hamberley we believe our residents deserve something 'Extra Special, Every Day', and we focus on the tiny details that make our homes for older people a luxurious and comfortable, home-like environment.

Working Pattern: 42 Hours a week, day shifts

• A competitive salary and benefits package
• 5.6 weeks holiday inclusive of Bank Holidays
• Quality-linked bonus scheme - A performance bonus tied to our CQC/CI quality rating, rewarding you for helping us deliver outstanding care.
• Workplace pension for your future security
• A true team culture - A collaborative, encouraging working environment where kindness, respect, and professional pride are at the heart of everything we do
• Excellent training and career development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme, occupational health and wellbeing support services
• Everyday saving perks - Access to a wide range of retail discounts and savings
• Free on-site parking
• Rewarding connections - Refer a Friend bonus - earn up to £750 per successful referral because great people know great people.
• Support and reimbursement of your revalidation costs and NMC annual fees.

Why we're different

• Generous, above NHS-equivalent rates of pay.
• A unique opportunity to lead. You will play a pivotal role in coordinating the care of our residents, including liaising directly with GPs and other providers.
• Supportive team environment. Our close-knit, multi-disciplinary team relies on each other's expertise to ensure the best, safest, decisions are made. And our management team actively foster an environment where all members of the team are listened to and supported.
• A chance to make a bigger difference to people. Our high staff-to-resident ratio and the long-term nature of the care, means you'll get to spend time building a relationship with the people you care for. You'll have the opportunity to take a more holistic approach to their physical and mental health, ensuring better care and more satisfying, fulfilling work.
• A chance to make a bigger difference to care. Our generous resources and culture of listening, mean that if you see a way to make care better, we can make it happen.
• Maintain and enhance your clinical skills. Our residents have highly varied needs, so we offer extensive training and learning opportunities for you to develop your clinical skills. From dementia care to medical emergencies, wound care, diabetes management, and stroke care, the work is always different, interesting and rewarding.

Could you be part of our team?

We're looking for nurses with:

• NMC registration - Either RGN or RMN
• Demonstrable experience post registration working in a similar setting.
• Preferably would have worked within a care home or elderly setting
• A commitment to delivering high quality care
• Good communication and organisational skills
• Passion & empathy with a desire to making a difference to the lives of our residents

If this sounds like you and you're looking for a fulfilling role that makes a genuine impact in the lives of others, this rewarding career is for you.

About Elstow Manor

Elstow Manor is a luxurious care home in Bedford, part of the award-winning Hamberley Care Homes - offering luxury care homes in beautiful locations throughout the UK. Residents live in spacious, stylish ensuite rooms, and enjoy beautifully furnished shared spaces and landscaped gardens. From the deluxe picture house - where we screen classic films - to the on-site luxury spa - offering hairdressing, manicures and relaxing therapies - everything has been designed and finished with the care and attention you would expect from a 5-star hotel.

Hamberley People

We respect and value our residents and each other. At Hamberley Care Homes, we believe in the importance of what we do and why we do it. Creative and empowered, our people see every day as an opportunity for growth and development. We make ideas happen. Together we can achieve anything.

Be part of something special. Be part of Hamberley.

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