Staff Nurse

Transformation Unit; London Borough of Harrow; Hybrid; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is recruiting a Staff Nurse for General Medicine, Neurology, Stroke, and Neuro-rehabilitation at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow. The post is full-time (37.5 hours/week) on a fixed-term contract for 12 months, with day and night shifts.

Join a skilled multidisciplinary Neuro-Rehabilitation team delivering high-quality, patient-centred care within a prestigious NHS trust, with development opportunities and strong support for professional growth.

Qualifications

• RN registered with UK NMC.
• ENB 998 or equivalent.
• NVQ Assessors course.

Responsibilities

• To view main responsibilities, refer to attached Job Description.

Skills

Adaptable to change

Effective communication

Problem solving

Teamwork

Customer care

Basic computer skills

Education

RN

ENB 998 or equivalent

NVQ Assessors course

Job description

Main area Neuro rehabilitation Grade Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Permanent) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (days and nights) Job ref 337-NP-1092SM

Employer London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Northwick Park Hospital Town Harrow Salary £36,943 - £44,900 per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 10/11/2026 23:59

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us #WeAreLNWH

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

• H onesty
• A ccountability
• T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

“We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR).”

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Job overview

Staff Nurse - General Medicine Neurology Stroke Neuro-rehabilitation

Are you looking to work somewhere you can actually make a difference?

Do you have the desire to progress in your nursing career?

Do you want to learn new skills whilst working with a team that values your contributions and are willing to invest in your professional development?

If you have answered YES to all the above, then this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Main duties of the job

Northwick Park Hospital is proud to house 1 of the only 3 regional Hyper-Acute Rehabilitation Units (RHRU) in the UK, which is specialised, commissioned by NHS England and situated within the NHS London region.

If you enjoy acute care combined with specialist rehabilitation nursing or would like a change in speciality, have excellent communication skills and are committed to delivering high standards of care, this could be an ideal opportunity for you.

We have a combined highly skilled interdisciplinary team specialising in Neuro-Rehabilitation and Hyper-Acute Neuro care who aid in providing cutting-edge clinical research. Who also provide holistic, patient centred, goal oriented rehabilitation programs to patients with a variety of neurological conditions, that you will work with.The Regional Hyper-acute Rehabilitation Unit is a 24 bed inpatient unit and we are seeking an enthusiastic and committed Registered Nurse who is keen to develop in a Neurological, acute medicine, gastro and palliative care team

Post includes nights and days

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow and beyond.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

• RN
• ENB 998 or equivalent.
• NVQ Assessors course

Skills & Abilities

• Adaptable to change.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to problem solve
• Ability to work within and across teams
• Good customer care skills
• Basic computer skills using ‘Windows’.

Experience

• Experience working with other disciplines.
• Experience working with patients with neurodisability.
• Experience working with an integrated multidisciplinary team

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.

As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

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.