Registered Nurse - Writtle Ward

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

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Registered Nurse for Writtle Ward, an elderly care unit. You will join a multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality patient care from admission to discharge, coordinating with families and other departments.

The role offers opportunities to develop clinical and discharge planning skills, leadership experience, and a commitment to compassionate care. OSCE sponsorship is not available.

Qualifications

• NMC registration (UK) required.
• Experience/knowledge in an acute care setting.
• Understanding of acute healthcare.
• Ability to deliver a high standard of individualised care.

Responsibilities

• Provide a high standard of individualized care to patients while maintaining privacy and dignity.
• Assess care needs, develop, implement and evaluate care plans.
• Support the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse.
• Support cleanliness and hygiene in the clinical area.
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives/carers, nursing colleagues and the MDT.
• Keep patients and relatives informed of treatment, progress and discharge plans.

Skills

NMC registration

Acute care experience

Acute healthcare understanding

Individualised care

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.

Site Broomfield Town Broomfield 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

Writtle Ward is looking for enthusiastic, well-motivated registered nurses with a strong commitment to providing high levels of care to our patients and families, on a permanent full or part time basis.

Writtle is a 26 bedded ward specialising in elderly care medicine. The successful candidate will be expected to work with our extensive multidisciplinary team whilst supporting patients and their relatives through their journey from admission to discharge, providing them with the highest quality healthcare and patient experience.

In terms of the variety of experience you will gain as a registered nurse, it will be challenging but highly rewarding and will certainly develop your clinical and discharge planning skills as well as offering some great leadership opportunities.

Whether you are a newly qualified or an experienced nurse - this is a chance to develop your skills as part of a highly capable team where you’re guaranteed opportunities to learn how to care for patients requiring a variety of nursing interventions.

Please note that we are unable to support applications from candidates still requiring an OSCE.

Main duties of the job

As a Registered Nurse (Staff Nurse) you are required:

To provide a high standard of individualised care to patients, whilst maintaining at all times their privacy and dignity

To assess care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care

To contribute to supporting the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse

To support the maintenance of high standards of cleanliness in their own clinical

To communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, their relatives/carers, nursing colleagues and members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure care is delivered in an accurate and efficient manner

Good verbal and written communication skills

Establish and maintain good communication with the Ward/Department administrative, housekeeping and domestic staff

To be responsible for ensuring all patients and their relatives/carers are kept fully informed of patients’ treatment/progress and discharge plans/after care.

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

Are you looking for an exciting Staff Nurse role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

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

Person specification

Qualifications

• NMC registration

Knowledge and Experience

• Ability to evidence experience/knowledge in an acute care setting
• Understanding of acute healthcare
• Ability to deliver a high standard of individualised care

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.