Staff Nurse

NHS Trust; Nottingham; Vor Ort; GBP 32.000 - 39.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Nottinghamshire is seeking a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our elderly care ward. The role involves leading patient care within a multi-professional team, with a focus on complex discharge planning and delivering 24/7 care.

We support development through preceptorship and ongoing learning, with opportunities across a range of long-term and rehabilitation services.

Qualifikationen

• Maintains current registration with the NMC.
• Demonstrates continued professional development to maintain professional registration.

Aufgaben

• Lead patient care within multi-professional teams and contribute to complex discharge planning.
• Provide 24/7 care, admitting patients from acute services and community step up.

Kenntnisse

Teamwork

Flexibility

Nursing assessment

Ausbildung

NMC registration

CPD

Jobbeschreibung

Main area Elderly Care Medicine Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

45 hours per week (Part time hours will be considered) Job ref 186-981-26-GH

Employer Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Lings Bar Hospital Town Nottingham Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum (pro rata for part-time) Salary period Yearly Closing 11/11/2026 23:59

Staff Nurse

Band 5

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Job overview

This post also includes paid enhancements for unsocial hours working during night, weekends and bank holidays.

Our Staff Nurses work within multi-professional teams leading patient care and contributing to complex discharge planning. They provide 24/7 care, admitting patients from acute services and community step up.

Our patients all have complex conditions and multiple pathologies which require knowledge and creativity to manage well.

We are looking for positive, proactive nurses who want to develop their knowledge, skills and experience and develop leadership skills in planning and managing patient care from admission to discharge.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Main duties of the job

Our committed team of highly skilled Staff Nurses on our in-patient wards provide high level, patient focused care supporting people with complex, predominantly physical long term conditions, and people following an episode of acute care who require some further rehabilitation prior to returning home. They work closely with Allied Health Professionals and medical teams leading the planning of complex discharges and on-going community care. They develop skills, knowledge and experience in a wide range of physical conditions and multiple pathologies.

They support Student Nurses and Trainee Nurse Associates to develop our future workforce and have an excellent reputation for their teaching and support.

Working for our organisation

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are pleased to have the opportunity to increase our Band 5 Staff Nurse workforce and offer posts for Registered Nurses to join our committed teams on the in-patient wards at Lings Bar Hospital, Gamston, Nottingham, NG2 6PR.

We are looking for nurses who have a passion and commitment to caring for older people - people who have a wide range of complex conditions, supporting them to return home to continue their rehabilitation journey. We want nurses who put the 6Cs into practice on a daily basis and have a supportive and considerate nature, to work within a cohesive inter-professional ward team.

We offer the chance to develop your professional decision making and complex care management skills as we are a predominantly nurse and therapy led unit.

As one of our team you would develop skills in caring for a wide range of long term conditions preparing you for a career path in many different areas of nursing.

We are committed to your personal professional development and offer a range of preceptorship development courses for newly qualified nurses and further development opportunities in a range of areas for more experienced staff nurses.

We encourage you to bring your existing skills and experiences to enrich our clinical area and work with us to create a robust, caring and compassionate hospital environment for our patients, who deserve the best.

We can offer full and part time posts.

Person specification

Qualification

• Maintains current registration with the NMC
• Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration

Experience

• Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding.
• Specialist and area specific experience.

Skills

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues
• Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care.

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments
• Nursing 6cs
• Awareness of national and local issues impacting of nursing care

Values and Behaviours

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

Physical Requirements

• Has the physical ability to perform the full range of nursing duties

Training

• Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery.

Contractual Requirements

• Ability to work to meet the needs to the service (including unsocial hours and bank holidays)

Additional Information

• We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
• The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you. This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post. Should you require any further information please refer our Privacy Policy shown on the Trust website, please click here for more information.
• For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

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 Sarah Fowkes Job title Ward Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number Ext 13275.

Additional information

Angela Gamble Ward Manager John Procter Ward, Tel: [phone] ext 13289 email: [e-mail]

or Paula Caveney-Houten Ward Manager Castle Ward, Tel: [phone] ext 13277 email: [e-mail]

or Sarah Fowkes Ward Manager Forest Ward Tel [phone] ext 13275 email:[e-mail]