Registered Nurse - John Ray

NHS Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust seeks Band 5 Nurses for John Ray Ward at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford. This fixed-term maternity cover (12 months) offers 37.5 hours per week on a 31-bed Elective/Trauma orthopaedic ward with a structured competency programme and support for mandatory training.

Applicants should be NMC registered; mentorship or equivalent, plus NHS acute-care experience or training.

Qualifications

• NMC registered nurses supported to provide high standard care.
• Experience in acute clinical environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-standard individualized patient care.
• Support discharge planning and bed management.
• Maintain cleanliness and communication with multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Nursing skills

Patient care

Education

NMC registration

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest trusts in the country, following the merger of Mid Essex, Basildon and Southend hospitals in April 2020.

Main area Trauma and Orthopaedics Grade Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (maternity cover Dec 2026 to Dec 2027) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 390-DoM-BR-9744

Site Broomfield Town Chelmsford Salary £32,073 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) Salary period Yearly Closing 03/11/2026 23:59

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the onlyacute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

We are currently looking for Band 5 Nurses to come and join our team on John Ray Ward, our 31 bedded Elective/Trauma orthopaedic ward based at Broomfield Hospital.

Our ward prides itself in providing a high standard of patient care, experience, and quality service. Our team is friendly, supportive, vibrant and dynamic; everyone is encouraged to participate as a member of the team in developing their nursing skills. We offer a structured band 5 competency programme and support to complete mandatory training. We also apply for post graduate courses as they become available.

We hope to attract a wide range of experience for the post; we welcome applicants that are newly qualified or have experience in different areas who would like to join our team therefore previous orthopaedic experience is preferred but not essential.

Main duties of the job

Your role will be to provide a high standard of individualized care to patients, whilst maintaining at all times their privacy and dignity, assessing care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care and contributing to supporting the Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse.

You will support the maintenance of high standards of cleanliness in their own clinical area, communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, their relatives/carers, nursing colleagues and members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure care is delivered in an accurate and efficient manner whilst e stablishing and maintaining good communication with the ward/department administrative, housekeeping and domestic staff.

You will become an effective team member who will consistently organise and deliver individualized patient care, ensuring patients' physical, social and psychological needs are met whilst supporting Nurse Led Discharge within area of responsibility and actively participate in discharging/ transferring ‘Medically fit’ patients to more appropriate settings.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

All applicants do need to have motivation, flexibility, enthusiasm be hardworking and a willingness to learn quickly. Outstanding patient care skills are essential to support the patient, and a determination to continuously improve and develop services. We welcome people with innovative ideas and the ability to help make them happen.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description

Person specification

Qualifications

• NMC registered
• Mentorship course or equivalent experience

Experience

• Experience in an acute clinical environment as trained or student nurse.
• Previous NHS experience of working in an acute care environment and performing competencies at an advanced level.

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

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.