Registered Nurse - Ward 11A

Transformationunitgm; Welwyn Garden City; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking dynamic and motivated Registered Nurses to join their team, providing compassionate care to patients. The role involves working across various services, with a focus on patient assessment, care planning, and execution. The ideal candidate should hold a valid NMC registration and have experience in acute ward settings.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Commitment to positive work-life balance

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with part 1, part 2 or part 12 on the NMC register.
• Demonstrated commitment to lifelong learning and ongoing professional development.
• Experience working in an acute ward environment within the NHS.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care needs of patients.
• Ensure high standard of nursing care aligned with NMC code of conduct.
• Participate in post-registration training to maintain and develop skills.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Organizational skills

Flexibility

Education

Registered Nurse on NMC register

Evidence of Assessing and Mentorship qualification

Evidence of ongoing professional development

Job description

Main area Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (or part time hours) Job ref 361-7225619

Employer East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Lister Hospital Town Stevenage Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum pro rota Salary period Yearly Closing 09/07/2025 23:59

Registered Nurse - Ward 11A

NHS AfC: Band 5

Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,

Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities

Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated Experienced Registered Nurse to join East and North Herts Teaching NHS Trust, with opportunities across our services include Acute, Medical Wards, Renal, Theatres, Surgical wards and Children.

We would like to hear from experienced Registered Nurses. If successful in this post, you will be allocated to the Respiratory Unit on Ward 11a.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care needs of patients from admission (or before) to discharge, with the involvement of patients and their relatives/carers.

You will ensure a high standard of nursing care is performed at all times and assists in the review and regular update of these standard in accordance with the NMC code of professional conduct and trust polices.

Within your role, you’ll undertake and participate in post registration training in order to maintain and develop skills.

You will also carry out clinical procedure and treatments in line with the patient’s plan of care.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

• Registered Nurse on part 1, part 2 or part 12 of the NMC register
• Commitment to life long learning
• Ability to product updated personal professional portfolio
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Evidence of Assessing and Mentorship qualification
• Evidence of appropriate Specialist Qualification

Previous Experience

• Previous experience of working in a ward/department care environment
• Currently working in an acute ward environment within the NHS
• Experience of supporting students/clinical support workers within the NHS

Skills

• Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to work within a team
• Self awareness
• Sound organisational skills
• Flexibility

Other Requirements

• Knowledge of appropriate surgical/medical conditions and their management

Knowledge

• Awareness of strategies for maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors
• Knowledge of appropriate specialist nursing care requirements

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing [e-mail]

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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Secondments/Fixed term

Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.

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.