Registered Nurse

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Wakefield is looking for an enthusiastic Registered Nurse to provide high standards of patient-centered care. Ideal candidates will have experience in a busy unit and demonstrate flexibility and professionalism. The work environment promotes a positive culture and offers numerous professional development opportunities along with competitive benefits including generous holidays and support for work-life balance.

Benefits

Access to the NHS pension plan

Generous holiday allowance

Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services

Flexible working options

Career progression, training and support

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy unit caring for elective day, short stay, and planned trauma surgery is preferred.
• Demonstrate flexibility, reliability, and professionalism.
• Uphold the Trust's values and promote high standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard of patient-centered and evidence-based care.
• Support and encourage a positive culture and work environment.
• Expand professional development within a friendly and supportive team.

Skills

Ability to plan, assess, implement and evaluate patient care

Good interpersonal skills

Clear verbal and written communication

Enthusiastic

Adaptable and flexible

Job description

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Hazel Matthews

About The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic, forward thinking and motivated Registered Nurse. The successful candidate will be able to provide a high standard of patient centered and evidence based care. Applicants will need to demonstrate flexibility, reliability, professionalism and uphold the trusts values and behaviours. You will also be able to demonstrate that you are an influential role model in promoting and maintaining high standards and positive changes on the ward, and by supporting and encouraging a positive culture and work environment.

Main duties

Gate 40 is a very busy and varied unit predominantly caring for elective day, short stay, and planned trauma surgery. Ideally the candidate will have experience in this type of environment. This is a great opportunity to expand your professional development within a friendly and supportive team.

Key Requirements

• Ability to plan, assess, implement and evaluate patient care
• Prioritise tasks
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships
• Good interpersonal skills
• Able to communicate clearly (verbally and written)
• Enthusiastic
• Adaptable and flexible
• Willingness to gain knowledge and develop professionally

Be part of MY team

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application Guidance

We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Our Benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including:
• Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Home electronics scheme
• Car lease salary sacrifice scheme
• Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport
• Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies
• Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality
• Career progression, training and support

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