Registered Staff Nurse | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom seeks a Registered Nurse to join their multidisciplinary team. The role involves providing personalized patient care, maintaining a safe environment, and participating in the planning and evaluation of care. Candidates must have an up-to-date NMC registration and be willing to work flexible hours. The position offers various benefits including flexible working options and comprehensive professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working options

27 days’ annual leave

Generous NHS pension scheme

Learning and career development opportunities

Discounts at retailers and restaurants

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with up-to-date NMC registration.
• Ability and willingness to work bank holidays/weekends or unsocial hours.
• Reasonable level of fitness.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of patient care.
• Maintain a safe and welcoming environment for patients and families.
• Demonstrate clinical decision-making skills.

Skills

Good communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Ability to work on weekends

Education

Registered Nurse / Adult Nurse with NMC registration

Job description

Overview

The successful candidate will join our experienced multidisciplinary team of skilled and motivated staff in our 24-bedded inpatient community ward. We deliver quality services for patients requiring generic rehabilitation for older persons, frailty, subacute and discharge to assess pathways. This opportunity provides a holistic view of community services and knowledge of the full range of health and social services available for patients, both within hospital and in the community, to help patients stay in their preferred discharge destinations safely.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust offers a dynamic, people-centred environment, where you will be empowered to support patients with complex conditions, adopting a personalised approach to patient care that maximises independence, choice and control, following our philosophy of enabling people to reach and maintain their optimum level of health and wellbeing.

An opportunity for leadership and clinical supervision is provided to all ward staff, enabling the maintenance of professional standards within NMC guidelines to provide a high standard of patient care. You will work alongside a multi-disciplinary team of Doctors, ANPs, Therapists, Nursing staff, Pharmacists, and support workers to provide high quality care to patients on our ward.

Responsibilities

• To promote and maintain a high standard of individualised care by actively contributing to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of care, ensuring that care plans are used effectively, adhered to, and updated as the patient’s condition dictates.
• To maintain a safe, welcoming environment for patients, relatives, visitors, and staff.
• To demonstrate clinical decision-making skills, displaying evidence-based practice.
• To deliver patient care using a variety of clinical skills in line with the competency framework.
• To be actively involved in promoting self-care for patients and building health promotion into care as appropriate.

About Berkshire Healthcare

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Benefits

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• Cycle to Work and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

Requirements

The “must haves” for this role:

1. Registered Nurse / Adult Nurse with up-to-date NMC registration
2. Ability and willingness to work bank holidays/weekends or unsocial hours to meet the needs of the service
3. Reasonable level of fitness
4. Good communication and interpersonal skills

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

This advert closes on Sunday 7 Sep 2025