Staff Nurse

Nhft; Corby; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Living wage employer

Flexible working options

Job summary

NHFT is recruiting a Staff Nurse (Band 5) for a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover at Corby Community Hospital. Part-time 22.5 hours across seven days, including early, late, nights and weekends. Salary £32,073–£39,043 pro rata, with NHS living wage employer status.

You will provide rehabilitation-focused care to ward patients stepping down from acute care or avoiding admission. You will work with the MDT to discharge planning and deliver complex nursing tasks in a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Must be on the NMC register or due to qualify within the next 6 months.
• Experience in inpatient rehabilitation is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assess the healthcare needs of patients and develop care plans reflecting their needs.
• Monitor the quality of care they're receiving.
• Work closely with the MDT to set goals towards discharge.
• Carry out complex medication administration, IV medications and fluid administration; syringe pump use, enteral feeding, complex wound care and catheterisation.
• Assist the Ward Sister in managing a team of patients, supervision and delegation to junior staff.

Skills

Deliver safe and effective care

Caring, compassionate and approachable

Use of IT systems

Inpatient rehabilitation experience

Ability to use systmone

Education

NMC Registration

Job description

Main area Staff Nurse Grade Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (maternity cover) Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Across 7 days per week including early, late, nights and weekend working) Job ref 270-TH521-AD

Site Corby Community Hospital Town Corby Salary £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 27/11/2026 08:00

Job overview

12 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT

Please come and join our highly skilled, motivated and innovative team including medics, nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists all ward based to ensure that our patients receive the best possible individualised care.

Corby Community Hosptial is one of five Community Hospitals within Northamptonshire who all work closely to share best practice and develop services for our local population.

Corby is a 20 bedded rehabilitation unit.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will need to provide quality care for a group of patients, specialising in rehabilitation and sub-acute care from patients stepping down from acute hospitals and step up patients for acute hospital admission avoidance in a physical health inpatient unit.

As a Staff Nurse you will:

• assess the healthcare needs of patients and develop care plans reflecting their needs
• monitor the quality of care they're receiving
• work closely with the MDT to set goals towards discharge
• carryout clinical skills such as complex medication administration, intravenous medications and fluid administration, syringe pump use, enteral feeding, complex wound care and catheterisation
• Assist the Ward Sister in managing a team of patients, supervision and delegation to junior staff.

To apply you must be on the NMC register or due qualify within the next 6 months if you are currently a student nurse.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Registered with NMC

• Registered Nurse
• NMC Registration

Skills and Knowledge

• Deliver safe and effective care
• Caring, compassionate and approachable
• Use of IT systems
• Inpatient rehabilitation experience
• Ability to use systmone

Personal

• Ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of people
• Acts in a professional manner
• Able to work days, nights, weekends, bank holiday shifts according to service demand

By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary.

Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.

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.