Registered Nurse, General Medicine *Internal Only*

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Carlisle; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes

Cycle to Work

Vivup counselling

Job summary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Registered Nurse for General Medicine in Carlisle. The post is a full-time, permanent role based on Larch C ward, Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle.

The ward provides care for acutely unwell and long-term conditions with focus on patient safety and compassionate care. The role involves teamwork, patient assessment, care planning, and coordination across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with active registration.
• Teaching certificate or equivalent.
• Post-registration nursing care experience and ability to manage changing workload.

Responsibilities

• Care for acutely unwell and long-term conditions on a general medical ward.
• Contribute to patient assessment, planning and discharge coordination.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to provide safe, compassionate care.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Organisational skills

Compassionate values

Education

Active nursing registration

Teaching certificate or equivalent

Job description

Would you like to join a centre of excellence in rural and remote healthcare?

Registered Nurse, General Medicine *Internal Only*

NHS AfC: Band 5

Main area General Medical Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours available) Job ref 262-A-26-8165962

Site Cumberland Infirmary Town Carlisle Salary £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 30/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES ONLY

Registered Nurse, General Medical Ward

Larch C is a 28 bedded general medical ward. Patient safety is embedded in everything we do. Our aim is to provide an excellent patient experience from admission to discharge ensuring all physical and mental health needs are met.

For an informal chat please call Jacqueline Urquhart, 01228 814188

Main duties of the job

Larch C is a general medical ward which cares for patients with a wide range of needs, from acutely unwell patients to managing long term conditions, complex discharge planning to end of life care.

Working for our organisation

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We’re responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’.

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust’s sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.

We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment.Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligiblevacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, with active registration
• Teaching certificate or equivalent.

Knowledge and Experience

• Post registration nursing care and the ability to deal with a continually changing work load
• NMC code of conduct
• Teaching and mentoring
• Clinical governance

Skills and Aptitude

• Ability to work as a team member, without close supervision
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Organisational skills
• Ability to demonstrate the Compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.

Other requirements

• Flexibility
• Motivation

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.