Staff Nurse | Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Aylesbury is looking for motivated individuals to manage care for frail elderly patients. Responsibilities include assessing patient needs, supervising staff, and ensuring high standards of care in a new winter escalation ward. The ideal candidate will have a nursing qualification and strong management skills. This role offers opportunities for personal development and a supportive work environment with benefits like generous leave and health services.

Benefits

NHS annual leave entitlement

Pension scheme

Health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Responsible for assessing care needs of elderly patients.
• Manage daily operations including staff supervision.
• Implement teaching and development for nursing staff.

Responsibilities

• Ensure delivery of high standards of care.
• Monitor adherence to policies and quality standards.
• Maintain effective communication with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Care management

Communication skills

Leadership

Teaching and mentoring

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and motivated individuals who are interested in developing their skills in caring for frail elderly patients. Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) intends to open a sixteen bedded Winter escalation ward on the Stoke Mandeville Hospital site from November 2025 to April 2026. The ward will be part of Medicine for Older People, working closely with the Frailty Assessment Unit.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the assessment of care needs of patients in the unit to ensure delivery of a high standard of care.
• Take charge of the department and manage daily operational issues, including work allocation, deployment, and supervision of staff to ensure smooth running of the area.
• Maintain effective communication with patients, relatives, and other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure that information is shared and patient needs are met.
• Monitor standards of care within the defined policies, procedures, standards and protocols of the Unit and Division to ensure adherence to quality standards.
• Maintain patient records within agreed standards.
• Supervise and support junior staff/students who are providing care to patients and act as a source of advice to meet their educational needs.
• Undertake teaching of qualified and unqualified nursing staff, including basic and post-basic students, and participate in the implementation of staff personal development plans to facilitate ongoing development.
• Organise own workload to ensure that the interests of patients are met.

What we offer

• As part of the BHT family, benefit from learning and development opportunities to support career progression.
• Generous NHS annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, with access to NHS discount schemes.
• A range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Our values and inclusion

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time. We are committed to increasing diversity at all levels within the trust. We welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates. We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. For guidance or assistance with your application, contact [e-mail] (Armed Forces Covenant Lead).

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Application notes

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please download the Job Description and Person Specification attachment in the advert. If you are an internal applicant, secondment is possible with endorsement from your line manager prior to application. If you require assistance with submitting this online application due to a disability, please contact [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number.

This advert closes on Wednesday 10 Sep 2025.