Registered Nurse Band 5 - Mulberry Ward

HCRG Care Group; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

My Reward Hub discounts

Wages as you earn

Wellbeing support

Learning & development

Innovation funding

Job summary

Chippenham Community Hospital in Wiltshire is seeking a Band 5 Registered Nurse to join the inpatient ward. You will deliver person-centred, holistic care while supporting recovery and independence for patients in a community hospital setting.

Working with a team of experienced nurses and support staff, you will uphold high standards of care under the Ward Sister, contributing to a calm, welcoming ward environment and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Willingness to undertake training as necessary.
• Ability to demonstrate and explain skills to other staff.
• Knowledge of current issues in health care.
• Standards of Professional Practice.
• Good verbal and written skills.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload.
• Understanding of skills and knowledge required to develop team members.
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated.
• Committed to working with people.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Commitment to self-development.
• Awareness of specialty.
• Capable of lateral thinking.

Responsibilities

• Delivering high-quality, patient-focused care as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Supporting patients with rehabilitation, discharge planning, and ongoing care needs.
• Acting as a reassuring and knowledgeable point of contact for patients and their families.
• Maintaining accurate care plans and clinical documentation.
• Providing guidance and support to students and junior colleagues.

Skills

Training willingness

Skill demonstration

Healthcare knowledge

Professional standards

Verbal & written

Prioritisation

Mentor teammates

Self-motivated

People orientation

Flexibility

Teamwork

Self-development

Specialty awareness

Lateral thinking

Job description

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As a Band 5 Registered Nurse, you’ll be part of our valued team at Chippenham Community Hospital in Wiltshire.

• Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job Introduction

Are you a compassionate and dedicated Band 5 Registered Nurse looking to make a genuine difference in a supportive and friendly setting? At Chippenham Community Hospital, we warmly invite you to join our team, where your care and commitment will be truly valued.

We’re currently welcoming applications for a Band 5 Registered Nurse to join our inpatient ward in the beautiful surroundings of Wiltshire. Here, you’ll play an essential role in delivering person-centred, holistic care to patients in a community hospital environment, supporting their recovery, promoting independence, and helping to manage long-term health conditions with dignity and respect.

Working alongside a team of experienced nurses, therapists, and support staff, you'll be part of a collaborative and compassionate environment where everyone shares the same goal: to ensure each patient feels safe, supported, and genuinely cared for.

In partnership with the Ward or Department Sister, you’ll help uphold the highest standards of nursing care and contribute to maintaining a clean, calm, and welcoming ward environment.

We are happy to answer any questions that you may have.

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.

Main Responsibilities

As a Band 5 Registered Nurse, your responsibilities will include:

Delivering high-quality, patient-focused care as part of a multidisciplinary team

Supporting patients with rehabilitation, discharge planning, and ongoing care needs

Acting as a reassuring and knowledgeable point of contact for patients and their families

Maintaining accurate care plans and clinical documentation

Providing guidance and support to students and junior colleagues

If you’re looking for a nursing role where kindness, teamwork, and professional growth are at the heart of what we do, we’d love to hear from you.

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.

The Ideal Candidate

• Willing to undergo training as necessary
• Ability to demonstrate and explain skills to other staff
• Knowledge of current issues in health care
• Standards of Professional Practice
• Good verbal and written skills
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload
• Understanding of skills and knowledge required to develop team members
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated
• Committed to working with people
• Flexible and adaptable
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Demonstrate a commitment to self-development
• Awareness of speciality
• Capable of lateral thinking

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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