Staff Nurse – General Medicine Ward 15B: Sponsorship Available

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Job summary

We are seeking motivated nurses, with a passion for excellence within the delivery of patient care to join our Stroke rehab team on Ward 15B.

As a Staff Member on Ward 15Byou will have opportunities to care for a range of patients, with conditions.

As the speciality of Stroke , we now provide true 7 day working supported by our Multidisciplinary team of Health Care Assistants, Nurses and a Consultant and therapy staff. All disciplines work closely with one another to ensure our teams are fully supported.

If you have any experience in working within an environment treating patients with multiplex and stroke needs , then we would love for you to apply, although if not please be assured that our staff are fully supported through your induction to ensure each member of the team is adequately equipped and confident to deal with our busy ward environment.

This is an opportunity for Registered Nurses to expand their nursing skills within a ward environment. Here you will join our team of forward thinking nurses striving to provide five star patient care. So whether you are just starting out on your Nursing career and looking for a motivating and rewarding speciality, or are you looking for a change of job or even returning to practice, We would welcome the opportunity to meet with you.

Main duties of the job

  • Assess, plan develop and implement programmes of care to patients, providing advice in a variety of settings.
  • Carry out nursing procedures in line with current NMC standards of proficiency.
  • Ensure the health, wellbeing and independence of patients and service users across healthcare settings, maintaining associated records, ensuring all patients receive safe and effective care at all times.
  • Supervision of junior staff and all learners

Understand and demonstrate the Trust values at all times.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • 1st Level Registered Nurse (degree/diploma)
  • Current NMC Registration
  • Evidence of continuing professional development

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate knowledge of NMC professional standards for practice contained within the code
  • Experience of working in a clinical environment
  • Understand requirements for NMC professional revalidation
  • Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels
  • Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own workload
  • Ability to de-escalate complex situations
  • Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Awareness of the need for confidentiality at all times
  • Computer literacy e.g. experience of electronic patient record

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).

Closing Date: 18 September 2026

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