Staff Nurse

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Hexham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Hexham is seeking a dedicated Staff Nurse to deliver high quality, safe care as part of a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate must be a registered nurse, capable of compassionate leadership, with evidence of experience in teaching and supervision. This role emphasizes collaboration and accountability, ensuring excellent patient experiences.

Qualifications

• Must have an NMC registration and demonstrate leadership skills.
• Evidence of qualification to supervise and teach students required.
• Compassionate and inclusive leadership skills necessary.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care as part of the ward team.
• Organize and coordinate nursing services in the absence of senior staff.
• Ensure high clinical standards and accountability as per NMC Code.

Skills

Compassionate leadership

Inclusive leadership

Nursing care

Education

1st Level live NMC registered Nurse

Qualification for supervision and teaching of students

Job description

Staff Nurse

The closing date is 26 October 2025

The successful post holder must be able to role model compassionate and inclusive leadership.

The successful post holder will work as part of a large MDT to provide high quality, safe care to our patients.

An interest in stroke and elderly care is essential.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Please note: for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval from your current manager and have completed documentation required beforehand (see secondment policy), as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made.

Main duties of the job

• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the ward team under the direction of the Ward Manager.
• To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of nursing services in the ward/dept 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 role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.

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, in addition to our state‑of‑the‑art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Job responsibilities

• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the ward team under the direction of the Ward Manager.
• To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of nursing services in the ward/dept 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 role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.

Person Specification

• 1st Level live NMC registered Nurse
• Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period)
• Evidence of leadership

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