Staff Nurse

NHS; Ashington; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Ashington is seeking a motivated Staff Nurse to join the Pre-Assessment service at Wansbeck General Hospital. Candidates must have at least 2 years of NHS experience, possess excellent communication and clinical skills, and demonstrate the ability to work autonomously as part of a team. The position offers a competitive salary ranging from £31,049 to £46,580 per annum with opportunities for progression within the organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years NHS post graduate experience.
• Dynamic, flexible, and proactive approach.
• Ability to manage own case load.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care.
• Organise and co-ordinate nursing services in the absence of senior staff.
• Provide specialist nursing for patients under General Anaesthetic.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Clinical skills

Organisational skills

Decision making

PC skills

Education

1st Level live NMC registered Nurse

Job description

Staff Nurse

Closing date: 16 November 2025

We are looking to recruit a motivated and registered nurse with a minimum of 2 years NHS post graduate experience who wishes to progress their career through training within the Pre-Assessment service. The post is based at Wansbeck General Hospital, it also includes rotational opportunities.

The post falls within the provisions of Agenda for Change Annex 20 – Development of Professional Roles, whereby upon completion of an agreed set of competencies you may move onto the next pay band without the need for an application for a post at a higher level.

The successful candidate will start on a Band 5 and later move up to a Band 6 once all training and competencies have been completed.

The successful candidate will need to be dynamic, flexible and proactive in their approach and have excellent communication skills, and be able to work on their own initiative, and as part of a team.

Main duties of the job

The key role of the successful candidate will be to undertake the Pre-assessment of elective patients awaiting surgery under general anaesthetic using specialised history taking and clinical skills following agreed protocols and procedures.

The post holder will also have excellent communication, organisational, decision making and PC skills with a good understanding of current Pre-Assessment issues. They will be able to manage their own case load and deputise in the absence of the clinical lead nurse.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep.

Job responsibilities

• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the Pre-Assessment team under the direction of the Department Manager.
• To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of nursing services in the ward/department in the absence of senior staff on a regular basis.
• To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
• To work autonomously following Trust and national guidelines to provide specialist nursing with a defined case load for patients having elective surgery under General Anaesthetic, including taking a detailed clinical history, physical examination, ordering investigations and interpreting results, making assessment of care needs and developing and assessing programmes and standards of care. Working with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure safe and appropriate care. Provides specialist education and training to other members of the team.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification

Experience

• Thorough understanding of contemporary nursing issues.
• Ensuring the delivery of 'Compassion in Practice' – Nursing, Midwifery and Care Staff Vision and Strategy incorporating the 6C's.
• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools.
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods.

Qualifications

• 1st Level live NMC registered Nurse.
• 319-7526257JA-HAS
• PP126/7
• D32/33

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £46,580 a year per rota per annum