Staff Nurse - Heybridge Ward

Transformation Unit; Chelmsford; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust in Chelmsford is looking for a registered nurse to join Heybridge Ward on a 12-month secondment post (Band 5). The ward provides in-patient care across colorectal, urology and general surgery, for elective and emergency cases.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, develop skills, and deliver safe, high‑quality care, while supporting junior staff and adhering to NMC standards.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with NMC registration and current, active practicing status.
• Surgical exposure or experience in acute care settings.
• Experience in acute NHS hospital settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, effective patient care in accordance with NMC Code and Trust policies.
• Organise and deliver individualised patient care addressing physical, social and psychological needs.
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives, and the MDT to ensure high-quality care.
• Support the Senior Charge Nurse to maintain high standards of patient care with dignity and privacy.
• Implement local strategies to enhance care delivery and participate in nursing audits and evidence-based practice.

Skills

NMC registered

Surgical exposure

Acute care experience

Job description

Main area General surgery Grade Band 5 Contract 10 months (Fixed term until 15-Aug-2027) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Days/nights/weekends/bank holidays) Job ref 390-NM-MED-BR-9419

Employer Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Broomfield Town Chelmsford Salary £32,073 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) Salary period Yearly Closing 27/10/2026 23:59

(**) Staff Nurse - Heybridge Ward

Band 5

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the onlyacute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

Are you a registered nurse with a passion for providing excellent care?

Heybridge Ward is looking for a registered nurse to join their team at Broomfield Hospital for covering Secondment Post 12 months fixed term.

We provide in-patient care to patients under a variety of specialities (such as colorectal, urology, general surgery), to those undergoing both elective or emergency surgery, and patients who have recently been in ITU or HDU.

Collaborative working with the wider MDT is very important to us, and we work closely alongside our colleagues in physical and occupation therapy, the pain team, stoma nurses, tissue viability, dieticians, our surgical teams and many more.

This provides nurses with the opportunity to be supported in learning new skills, and developing their existing ones. Staff development is very important, and you will be supported in further learning and development.

The ideal candidate will be a registered nurse who has excellent communication skills, and wants to deliver exceptional care to their patients.

Please be aware this role may close early due to number of applications

At this time, we unfortunately won't be able to support candidates who need to complete their OSCE/CBT/test of competence.

Main duties of the job

You will practice in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Trust policies, procedures and guidelines to provide safe and effective care to our patients.

To consistently organise and deliver individualised patient care, ensuring patients physical, social and psychological needs are met.

Be able to communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, their relatives/carers, nursing colleagues and members of the multi-disciplinary
team to ensure care is delivered in an accurate and efficient manner

To contribute to supporting the Senior Charge Nurse to maintain/improve and develop high standards of patient care, and thereby ensuring that the patients are treated with privacy, dignity and respect

Support the Senior Charge Nurse in actively implementing initiatives outlined within the Trust's local Nursing and Midwifery and Patient Involvement & Experience Strategies

To assist the Senior Charge Nurse in ensuring that nursing practice reflects current clinical developments, evidence based guidance and is based on sound nursing audit and research, identifying opportunities for the promotion and participation in such activities. Embrace the Essence of Care Framework and actively participate in its implementation locally.

You will work alongside, support and delegate appropriately to health care assistants, student nurses and other learners.

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate care plans.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Are you looking for an exciting Staff Nurse role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you?

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NMC registered
• Previous Surgical Exposure

Knowledge and experience

• Acute experience through placements/NHS job (HCA/NA/TNA/etc)
• Experience as qualified RN in an acute setting
• MSE NHS clincal experience

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

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.