Staff Nurse (General Surgical Unit & Surgical Assessment Unit)

Transformation Unit; Reading; Presencial; GBP 32.000 - 39.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust in Reading is seeking a Band 5 Staff Nurse for the General Surgical Unit and Surgical Assessment Unit. The role involves rotating across departments to deliver high-standard, evidence-based nursing care in a fast-paced environment.

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, with opportunities for mentorship, development, and career progression within the trust. Sponsorship is not normally available for this vacancy.

Qualificações

• Registered Nurse – part 1
• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of recent continuous professional development

Responsabilidades

• Rotate between General Surgical Unit and Surgical Assessment Unit.
• Deliver high standards of evidenced-based nursing care in a fast-paced acute setting.
• Mentor and supervise junior staff and students as required.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to provide gold standard care.

Conhecimentos

Acute clinical environment experience

Formação

Registered Nurse – part 1

Current NMC registration

Continuous professional development

Descrição da vaga

Main area General Surgical Unit & Surgical Assessment Unit Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 193-8158282PCG

Employer Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Berkshire Hospital Town Reading Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/11/2026 23:59

Staff Nurse (General Surgical Unit & Surgical Assessment Unit)

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

Band 5 Staff Nurse (General Surgical Unit & Surgical Assessment Unit)

PLEASE NOTE: Sponsorship is not normally available for this vacancy - applicants must have the right-to-work in the UK for this role by their proposed start date.

The General Surgical Unit was the first unit within the trust to achieve the award of ward accreditation, which is a standard for consistently providing an excellent standard of patient care and staff support.

The unit has 40inpatientbeds, and cares for emergency and elective surgical patients, with colorectal, upper gastrointestinal, breast and intestinal failure conditions.

Within the unit we also have Surgical Assessment Unit open 24 hours a day seeing a variety of different emergency surgical patients, within a unit consisting of 11 trolleys, 6 chairs and a emergency consultant clinic. The unit takes referrals from GP surgeries, Emergency department, Clinical Nurse Specialists and direct from post-discharge patients.

We are have a mixture of elective and emergency surgical patients within our inpatient departments.

We also have a 4 bedded enhanced care bed unit for patients with higher acuity.

Main duties of the job

The post includes a rotation between all departments.

This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in innovation and change in a purpose built environment.

We are looking for highly motivated Staff Nurses who enjoy a fast-paced, supported working environment and have an interest in acute abdominal surgery. Within the unit we work closely with the surgical team to provide gold standard care.

We have a strong team of senior nurses to help mentor and guide new nurses as well as providing external education opportunities.

We offer a wide range of shifts with flexible working arrangements.

We also encourage personal and professional development, with opportunities to progress within the trust.

We offer a wide range of in-house development as well as supporting external education opportunities and in department rotations.

Working for our organisation

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our Trustt "CARE" values:Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be responsible for undertaking and recording comprehensive nursing assessment and planning, delivering and evaluating high standards of evidenced-based nursing care to a diverse group of patients.

Deliver care without direct supervision and be accountable for the care delivered and any omissions of care.

Teach and supervise more junior staff, students and the non-registered nursing workforce.

Be accountable for care or any omissions of care that you delegate to others.

Act as role model, delivering care with empathy and compassion as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• Registered Nurse – part 1
• Current NMC registration
• Evidence of recent continuous professional development

Experience

• Experience (through placement or employment) of working in an acute clinical environment

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.