Senior Staff Nurse

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in North Cumbria is seeking a Senior Staff Nurse to provide effective clinical leadership and deliver safe patient care. The ideal candidate will hold an active registration as a Registered Nurse and have experience in post-registration patient care, along with strong organizational and communication skills. Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate their qualifications and competencies. This role offers professional development and various employee benefits.

Benefits

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes, including lease cars and Cycle to Work

Confidential counselling and information service

Qualifications

• Post registration patient care experience.
• Ability to deal with a continually changing workload.
• Teaching and mentoring experience.
• Continuing professional development with a portfolio.
• Knowledge of NMC code of conduct.
• Awareness of clinical governance.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate nursing care in the unit.
• Support the Sister/Ward Manager with corporate objectives.
• Take charge of the ward/unit when required.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Initiative

Teamwork

Venepuncture

Cannulation

ECG

Education

Registered Nurse (adult)

NST 307 or equivalent

Job description

Senior Staff Nurse

The closing date is 19 November 2025

Effective coordination of Admissions and those attending for surgery under the care of the surgical teams. Provision of a good quality of safe care for patients and their significant others. Assessment, planning and evaluation of care within the remit of the service, ensuring safe and appropriate patient placement and the achievement of related Trust targets. Provision of a proactive learning environment for all grades of staff and students.

Main duties of the job

Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate nursing care within the remit, providing excellent clinical leadership skills to ensure the effective delivery of patient care and resources in the unit. Support the Sister/Ward Manager in the delivery of corporate objectives. Take regular charge of the ward / unit as required.

About us

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Disclosure and Barring Service

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

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NHS Discounts*

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*

Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems

*Subject to eligibility

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (adult), with active registration
• NST 307 or equivalent

Knowledge and Experience

• Post registration patient care
• Able to deal with a continually changing workload
• Teaching/ Mentoring
• Continuing professional development, with portfolio
• NMC code of conduct
• Awareness of clinical governance.

skills and aptitudes

• Well developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Extended skills
• Able to use initiative appropriately
• Able to work within a team without close supervision.
• Organisational skills
• Ability to demonstrate the trust values.
• venepunture, cannulation, ECG.

Other Requirements

• Motivation
• Positive approach to change
• Non-judgemental
• Commitment to continuing professional development
• Willing to undertake teaching and educate other professionals and students.