Staff Nurse - Day Stay Unit

NHS; Harlow; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Staff Nurse to join the Day Stay Unit. This position offers the chance to work in a collaborative environment, ensuring high-quality care for patients undergoing day surgical procedures. Candidates should have NMC registration and a commitment to professional development.

Benefits

5% high cost area supplement

Permanent position

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Part 1 register).
• Demonstrate interest and commitment to professional development.
• Experience in an acute surgical setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert, holistic care to patients and their relatives.
• Take managerial responsibility in absence of senior staff.
• Act as a clinical resource and positive role model.

Skills

Good communication skills

Team building and working skills

Understanding of patient safety and quality

Education

NMC registration

Evidence of practice assessor qualification

Job description

Go back The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Staff Nurse - Day Stay Unit

The closing date is 25 June 2025

An opportunity has arisen to join our friendly team in the Alexandra Day Stay Unit (incorporating Netteswell Admissions Unit and Vanguard Unit). Shift times are 06:30-19:30 and 07:30-20:30.

This busy unit supports patients undergoing day case surgery and procedures. We work collaboratively with associated members of the perioperative team along with senior nursing personnel, our patient safety and quality and operations teams.

We are looking to recruit dedicated and caring registered nurses at a band 5 level who will put the patient at the heart of their working day and strive to deliver excellence in care to our patients and their families

If you think that this role may be for you, For a visit or informal chat.

please contact:

Jo Walker Matron for surgery - [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

To provide expert, holistic care of a high standard to both patients and their relatives at The Princess Alexandra Hospital

To take direct managerial responsibility for the clinical area in the absence or as delegated by the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse / Matron

To act as a clinical resource with the department and across the care directorate as necessary

To act as a positive role model to junior staff members. Particular emphasis is put at The Princess Alexandra Hospital on the need to ensure that all staff recognise their responsibility to deliver services in a high quality, courteous, patient focused manner and to maintain patient confidentiality at all times

About us

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job description and person specification. This is available to download at anytime.

Person Specification

Application form and interview

• Registered Nurse (part 1 register)
• Demonstrate interest and commitment to the professional development of self and others
• Good communication skills - able to relate and communicate with patients and staff at all levels and from different professions. Adapts communication style as necessary and is able to work with and through others
• Team building and working skills
• Understanding of the issues pertaining to patient safety and quality
• Evidence of practice assessor qualification
• Experience of working in an acute surgical setting

Qualifications

• NMC registration

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.

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

£29,970 to £36,483 a yearper annum plus 5% high cost area supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

292-7229600-SCC

Job locations

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust