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Staff Nurse - Rainbow Ward
NHS
Greater Manchester
On-site
GBP 28,000 - 35,000
Full time
8 days ago
Job summary
A healthcare provider in Greater Manchester is seeking a proactive Band 5 nurse for the Rainbow Ward, focused on pediatric care. Responsibilities include delivering individualised patient care, maintaining high standards, and engaging in professional development opportunities. This fixed-term position offers a comprehensive preceptorship and a chance to specialize in areas such as diabetes or asthma. Applicants should have NMC registration and a flexible approach to work.
Benefits
Comprehensive preceptorship package
Mandatory pediatric study days
Opportunity to mentor students
Qualifications
- NMC Registration or due to obtain.
- Experience of working independently and as part of a team.
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
Responsibilities
- Deliver individualised patient care and evaluate programmes of care.
- Assist in effective use of allocated resources.
- Participate in ensuring effective use of financial resources.
Skills
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to maintain and improve standards of care
Flexible and positive approach to work
Ability to challenge unacceptable behaviour
Education
RSCN / RN Child
Job description
Job Summary
Rainbow Ward is seeking a proactive, enthusiastic Band 5 nurses to join the WWL family on our friendly Children's Ward. The ward has benefited from recent investment to create a sensory zone, and a Teen Zone area, providing age appropriate spaces for our patients, day to day.
Rainbow ward is a 34 bedded integrated paediatric unit, including a 2 bedded HDU, caring for children aged 0 - 16 years with medical and surgical needs, giving staff who work on the ward a diverse range of patients to work with - no two days are ever the same!
We are looking to recruit to a 36 hour post, with a working pattern across 7 days (internal rotation).
NHS Employees should ideally secure their manager's agreement for a secondment arrangement ideally prior to applying, as this will be a condition of any offer made. This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis as It has been established to provide cover for an employee on maternity leave and will end in 10 months or when the substantive postholder returns. Whilst this post is advertised on an acting / secondment basis there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.
Main duties of the job
In exchange for your hard work and dedication we offer a comprehensive preceptorship package, including medicines management training (including intravenous medications) and two mandatory paediatric study days in a rolling twelve month period. Further development opportunities exist with the chance to mentor students from UCLAN and Edgehill as they pursue their own career as a student nurse, or nurse associate.
Each member of Band 5 nurses is encouraged to pursue an area of specialist interest such as diabetes, or asthma.
Nurses will also have the opportunity to complete APLS training, subject to having completed two years post qualification training.
About Us
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and our values.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Senior positions (Band 8a and above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota.
Details
Date posted
31 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
10 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
302-25-7369020S
Job locations
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary - Rainbow Ward
Wigan Lane
Wigan
WN1 2NN
Job Description
Job responsibilities
The Post Holder Will Demonstrate Responsibility For:
Identifying what is required of self and others in delivering individualised patient care. This includes assisting with the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of these programmes of care within the agreed standards of care.
Developing competencies in self which safeguard practice and effectiveness in role. Ensuring compliance with NMC Code of Conduct.
Assist the ward/department manager with the effective use of allocated resources within the ward/department to ensure effective clinical management of patients is achieved.
Demonstrating awareness of and participation in development to meet demands and adapt to the changing needs of the service.
Empowering self and colleagues to creatively meet professional and organisational objectives.
Develop management and leadership skills and principles to develop patient care
The post holder will participate in, and influence, care delivery by:
Acting as a catalyst in questioning expert professional knowledge within the team influencing application of theory in practice.
Identifying, maintaining and improving the quality of care through evidence based practice.
Use the spoken and written word to influence outcomes.
Assist in the establishment of communications systems with all the stakeholders to promote understanding and goodwill.
Maintain consistency within standards of care for both elective and emergency care.
Maintain compliance with the data protection act 1988 and information governance ensuring confidentiality is adhered too.
Maintain accurate and timely records.
Participate in ensuring the effective use of all financial resources in providing and delivering the service.
Demonstrate awareness of the need for Cost Improvement Programmes within the service.
Promote effective utilisation of resources.
Provide the service within the financial constraints.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
The Post Holder Will Demonstrate Responsibility For:
Identifying what is required of self and others in delivering individualised patient care. This includes assisting with the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of these programmes of care within the agreed standards of care.
Developing competencies in self which safeguard practice and effectiveness in role. Ensuring compliance with NMC Code of Conduct.
Assist the ward/department manager with the effective use of allocated resources within the ward/department to ensure effective clinical management of patients is achieved.
Demonstrating awareness of and participation in development to meet demands and adapt to the changing needs of the service.
Empowering self and colleagues to creatively meet professional and organisational objectives.
Develop management and leadership skills and principles to develop patient care
The post holder will participate in, and influence, care delivery by:
Acting as a catalyst in questioning expert professional knowledge within the team influencing application of theory in practice.
Identifying, maintaining and improving the quality of care through evidence based practice.
Use the spoken and written word to influence outcomes.
Assist in the establishment of communications systems with all the stakeholders to promote understanding and goodwill.
Maintain consistency within standards of care for both elective and emergency care.
Maintain compliance with the data protection act 1988 and information governance ensuring confidentiality is adhered too.
Maintain accurate and timely records.
Participate in ensuring the effective use of all financial resources in providing and delivering the service.
Demonstrate awareness of the need for Cost Improvement Programmes within the service.
Promote effective utilisation of resources.
Provide the service within the financial constraints.
Person Specification
Additional
Essential
Essential
Essential
Essential
Essential
Essential
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary - Rainbow Ward
Wigan Lane
Wigan
WN1 2NN
Employer's website
http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary - Rainbow Ward
Wigan Lane
Wigan
WN1 2NN
Employer's website
http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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Rainbow Ward is seeking a proactive, enthusiastic Band 5 nurses to join the WWL family on our friendly Children's Ward. The ward has benefited from recent investment to create a sensory zone, and a Teen Zone area, providing age appropriate spaces for our patients, day to day.
Rainbow ward is a 34 bedded integrated paediatric unit, including a 2 bedded HDU, caring for children aged 0 - 16 years with medical and surgical needs, giving staff who work on the ward a diverse range of patients to work with - no two days are ever the same!
We are looking to recruit to a 36 hour post, with a working pattern across 7 days (internal rotation).
NHS Employees should ideally secure their manager's agreement for a secondment arrangement ideally prior to applying, as this will be a condition of any offer made. This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis as It has been established to provide cover for an employee on maternity leave and will end in 10 months or when the substantive postholder returns. Whilst this post is advertised on an acting / secondment basis there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.
Main duties of the job
In exchange for your hard work and dedication we offer a comprehensive preceptorship package, including medicines management training (including intravenous medications) and two mandatory paediatric study days in a rolling twelve month period. Further development opportunities exist with the chance to mentor students from UCLAN and Edgehill as they pursue their own career as a student nurse, or nurse associate.
Each member of Band 5 nurses is encouraged to pursue an area of specialist interest such as diabetes, or asthma.
Nurses will also have the opportunity to complete APLS training, subject to having completed two years post qualification training.
About Us
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and our values.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Senior positions (Band 8a and above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota.
Details
Date posted
31 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
10 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
302-25-7369020S
Job locations
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary - Rainbow Ward
Wigan Lane
Wigan
WN1 2NN
Job Description
Job responsibilities
The Post Holder Will Demonstrate Responsibility For:
Identifying what is required of self and others in delivering individualised patient care. This includes assisting with the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of these programmes of care within the agreed standards of care.
Developing competencies in self which safeguard practice and effectiveness in role. Ensuring compliance with NMC Code of Conduct.
Assist the ward/department manager with the effective use of allocated resources within the ward/department to ensure effective clinical management of patients is achieved.
Demonstrating awareness of and participation in development to meet demands and adapt to the changing needs of the service.
Empowering self and colleagues to creatively meet professional and organisational objectives.
Develop management and leadership skills and principles to develop patient care
The post holder will participate in, and influence, care delivery by:
Acting as a catalyst in questioning expert professional knowledge within the team influencing application of theory in practice.
Identifying, maintaining and improving the quality of care through evidence based practice.
Use the spoken and written word to influence outcomes.
Assist in the establishment of communications systems with all the stakeholders to promote understanding and goodwill.
Maintain consistency within standards of care for both elective and emergency care.
Maintain compliance with the data protection act 1988 and information governance ensuring confidentiality is adhered too.
Maintain accurate and timely records.
Participate in ensuring the effective use of all financial resources in providing and delivering the service.
Demonstrate awareness of the need for Cost Improvement Programmes within the service.
Promote effective utilisation of resources.
Provide the service within the financial constraints.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
The Post Holder Will Demonstrate Responsibility For:
Identifying what is required of self and others in delivering individualised patient care. This includes assisting with the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of these programmes of care within the agreed standards of care.
Developing competencies in self which safeguard practice and effectiveness in role. Ensuring compliance with NMC Code of Conduct.
Assist the ward/department manager with the effective use of allocated resources within the ward/department to ensure effective clinical management of patients is achieved.
Demonstrating awareness of and participation in development to meet demands and adapt to the changing needs of the service.
Empowering self and colleagues to creatively meet professional and organisational objectives.
Develop management and leadership skills and principles to develop patient care
The post holder will participate in, and influence, care delivery by:
Acting as a catalyst in questioning expert professional knowledge within the team influencing application of theory in practice.
Identifying, maintaining and improving the quality of care through evidence based practice.
Use the spoken and written word to influence outcomes.
Assist in the establishment of communications systems with all the stakeholders to promote understanding and goodwill.
Maintain consistency within standards of care for both elective and emergency care.
Maintain compliance with the data protection act 1988 and information governance ensuring confidentiality is adhered too.
Maintain accurate and timely records.
Participate in ensuring the effective use of all financial resources in providing and delivering the service.
Demonstrate awareness of the need for Cost Improvement Programmes within the service.
Promote effective utilisation of resources.
Provide the service within the financial constraints.
Person Specification
Additional
Essential
- Flexible and positive approach to work
- Internal rotation
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Knowledge of evidence based practice
- Understanding of research/audit
- Recent evidence of continuing professional development
- Understanding of resource management
- Understanding of education/student requirements
Essential
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to maintain and improve standards of care
- Ability to challenge unacceptable behaviour or practice in a professional context
- Basic computer skills
Essential
- Experience of working independently and as a member of a team
- Post qualification experience
- Previous experience in caring environment
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience of audit/research
Essential
- RSCN / RN Child
- NMC Registration or due to obtain
- Teaching and Assessing Course
- Degree/Diploma Studies
- Specialists Skills Course
Essential
- RSCN / RN Child
- NMC Registration or due to obtain
- Teaching and Assessing Course
- Degree/Diploma Studies
- Specialists Skills Course
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary - Rainbow Ward
Wigan Lane
Wigan
WN1 2NN
Employer's website
http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary - Rainbow Ward
Wigan Lane
Wigan
WN1 2NN
Employer's website
http://www.wwl.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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