Staff Nurse

Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) NHS Trust; London Borough of Harrow; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading orthopaedic hospital where you will play a vital role in patient care as a Registered Nurse. Participate in assessments, develop care strategies, and uphold high nursing standards within a supportive and dynamic environment. Utilize your skills in teaching and supervision to enhance patient outcomes while working alongside experienced professionals.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration.
• Teaching and assessing qualification preferred.
• Experience in multi-disciplinary teams and orthopaedic settings.

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs and develop care programs for patients.
• Ensure high standards of nursing care and documentation.
• Supervise junior staff and students in clinical practices.

Skills

Communication

Basic Life Support

Assessment skills

Clinical skills

Teaching and Supervising

Time management

Leadership skills

IT skills

Education

Nursing Diploma

Nursing Degree

Job description

Site Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Town Stanmore Salary £34,521 - £41,956 Per Annum inclusive HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 17/06/2025 23:59

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3 rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.

The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients

• Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
• Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
• Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site – improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK’s leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
• In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
• Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.

This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH’s journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.

Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:

• Patients first, always
• Excellence, in all we do
• Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
• Equality, for all

Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon.

Job overview

Responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development of programmes of care and the implementation and evaluation of those programmes.

Carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision. Teach and supervise qualified and unqualified staff as well as patients and their families or carers.

Maintain high standards of care within the department. After 2 years post registration experience the post holder should be able to regularly take charge of the clinical area in the absence of the Ward Sister/Charge Nurse or Ward Manager.

Main duties of the job

Practise according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

Assess care needs for patients, planning, implementing and evaluating care for individual patients.

Ensure nursing care is delivered using an individualised approach.

Ensure that all patients receive a high standard of nursing care.

Participate in the admission and discharge planning process in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.

Act as a named nurse for patients.

Ensure that all patient documentation is accurate and comprehensive.

Maintain good communication with all health care staff and ensure prescribed treatment is carried out.

Ensure the safe custody and safe administration of medicines and report any discrepancies.

Complete the Trust’s IV Drug Administration Workbook, and be able to competently administer intravenous medications.

Working for our organisation

RNOH Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust (RNOH) is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro-musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the trust. RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients. RNOH is rated good by the CQC and covers two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility. For more information, please access the following link: https://www.rnoh.nhs.uk/

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The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust aims to be a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You must have excellent communication skills, be highly motivated; enjoy interacting with people and being part of a busy fast paced London Irish Ward.

You will be a registered nurse Newly Qualified willing to learn new skills or Experienced with an extensive knowledge of caring for Orthopaedic patients.

You will be working closely with and be well supported by experienced Ward Manager/Junior Sisters/Charge Nurse, friendly Clinical Nurse Specialists, and world class Orthopaedic surgeons.

This post is an ideal opportunity to develop Orthopaedic knowledge and clinical skills. As an individual and as part of a Team you will have the opportunity to contribute to new developments within the service, therefore the ability to implement and to adapt to change is essential.

Person specification

Qualifications

• RN1 adults
• Registered on the NMC register
• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Nursing Diploma
• Nursing Degree

Experience

• Working within multi-disciplinary teams Current evidence based practice
• 2 YEARS POST REGISTRATION THE POST HOLDER SHOULD DEMONSTRATE: Sound knowledge of the particular patient group Relevant experience in this or an associated speciality
• 6 months to 1 year general nursing experience
• Experience as a student nurse within orthopaedic setting
• 2 YEARS POST REGISTRATION THE POST HOLDER SHOULD DEMONSTRATE: 2 years post registration experience, Supervision of junior staff and students, Working with PAS Managing change

Skills

• Competent in basic life support
• Able to supervise and teach junior staff and students
• Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
• Able to manage difficult situations
• Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care
• Sound clinical skills
• Able to learn new skills
• Able to maintain clear and legible documentation
• Able to care for a group of at least 6 patients
• 2 YEARS POST REGISTRATION THE POST HOLDER SHOULD DEMONSTRATE: Confidence in teaching Ability to supervise, train and teach junior staff and students, Ability to prioritise own and others workload and to meet deadlines, Ability to manage clinical area in absence of more senior staff, Time management and effective delegation skills, Leadership skills, IT skills (to be tested during probationary period)
• IV practice
• 2 YEARS POST REGISTRATION THE POST HOLDER SHOULD DEMONSTRATE: Ability to motivate self and others

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and offer a range of flexible working practices. Part-time and job share applications will be considered.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you areeligible under theUKVI points based system .

By applying for this post you are agreeing to RNOH transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system and other secure, internal NHS workforce systems.

Additionally, by applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we want you to complete your e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

The RNOH operates a Smoke-Free Policy. Smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust’s premises (including the grounds that those premises are sited on) or in any Trust owned vehicle.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks youridentity and right to work documentation will be verifiedremotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit www.trustid.co.uk

RNOH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of RNOH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

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.

Name Shannon Downes Job title Ward Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 02039470684 Additional information

Private Care ward Reception 02089095715 - ask to speak to Lisa Ayers or nurse in charge if Shannon Is not available.