Registered Nurse - General Surgery Receiving

TN United Kingdom; Airdrie; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider seeks a dedicated Registered Nurse to join their General Surgery team. This role involves assessing patient care needs, developing care programs, and ensuring high-quality care delivery. The ideal candidate will possess strong teamwork and communication skills, with the ability to work independently. Join a supportive environment that values professional development and offers numerous benefits, including generous annual leave and a pension scheme. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patient care while advancing your career.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

8 public holidays

NHS Pension Scheme

Paid sick leave

Occupational health services

Employee counselling services

Work-life balance policies

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC Registration and experience in surgical settings.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs and develop care programs for patients.
• Supervise and coordinate work of staff within the ward.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Initiative

Basic IT Knowledge

Education

Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration

Degree level education

Job description

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Client:

NHS Lanarkshire

Location:

Airdrie, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Description:

The Role

As part of a multidisciplinary team, the post holder will have responsibility for assessment of care needs and the development of programmes of care, and/or the implementation and evaluation of these programmes ensuring the delivery of high quality care to patients.

The post holder is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision. The post holder may be required to demonstrate procedures to and supervise registered and/or unregistered staff, as well as student nurses.

Duties may vary with the type of ward / department and the degree of patient dependency

Additional required after 2 years Post registration

The post holder will direct, coordinate and supervise, where appropriate, the work of other staff within the ward or department to promote best practice in relation to patient care

In the absence of the senior charge nurse/team leader, or deputy, the post holder will provide cover to ensure effective operation of the ward /department

NHS Lanarkshire

Have you always wanted to work with NHS Lanarkshire? Then this might be the opportunity for you to join Team Lanarkshire!

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

What we'll need you to bring

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration
• The post holder will be required to demonstrate excellent team working skills with the ability to work using own initiative
• Effective listening, communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with people and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Working knowledge of basic information technology

It would be great if you also have

• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• To have or aiming towards degree level
• Relevant post registration experience preferably within a surgical setting
• To maintain a high standard of post registration studies, appropriate to UKCC PREP Guidelines
• Good Organisational skills

Contract type

• Fixed Term or Secondment until March 2027
• Full time
• 37 hours
• Please note this is a fixed term post until March 2027. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.

Location and Working Pattern

This role will be based in General Surgery Receiving Wad within University Hospital Monklands.

The working pattern for this role is Rotational.

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

Looking to find out more?

If you’re looking to find out more, then we would love to hear from you!

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Why NHS Lanarkshire?

Join us and you will discover a supportive environment where you will have the chance to add to your skills and further your career.

Some of NHS Lanarkshire’s benefits include:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave increasing with length of service
• A minimum of 8 days of public holidays
• Membership of NHS Pension Scheme, with life insurance benefits (for more information on the NHS Pension Scheme visit the )
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• Occupational health services
• Employee counselling services
• Work-life Balance policies and procedures

NHS Lanarkshire have a range of support services on topics that can impact both on your working and personal life including occupational health, spiritual care and independent counselling. This support can be accessed using the links on this page.

Further Information

For more information on the role, please refer to the Job Description. If you’re looking for more information on the recruitment process, organisation or the services we provide, please refer to our information pack, or our .