Staff Nurse: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 32,073 to 39,043 £ / Year

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a enthusiastic and dynamic Band 5 Nurse to join our Surgical assessment Unit (SAU) and Surgical Same day emergency care department (SSDEC).

You will be flexible, committed to maintaining and improving high standards of patient care and experience. We assess non-elective emergency patients from multiple specialties to ensure that they are safe and fully optimised prior to admission or discharge from hospital

The purpose of this role is to provide comprehensive clinical assessment and implementation of care plans to support either discharge, dischargefor further follow-up investigations as an outpatient or admission for continued inpatient care within the surgical wards that support the speciality flow from SAU and SSDEC.

The post holder will act as a junior team member, supported by senior colleagues whilst developing skills specific to the both the ambulatory care environment and inpatient care environment.

Undertaking face-to-face assessment of patients. In conjunction with the specialist medical teams the implementation of on-going care plans to support early hospital discharge or to facilitate the transfer of care to inpatient clinical areas. We are looking for motivated individuals with a keen interest in emergency surgical care patient pathways.

Main duties of the job

Assessment and implementation of acute nursing case for the following specialities to the point of admission to hospital for continued care or discharge from hospital

  • General Surgery
  • Vascular
  • Urology
  • Gynaecology
  • ENT
  • Max Fax
  • Plastics
  • Ophthalmology

Person Specification

Apropriatly Completed application form

Essential

  • Clear individual and none generic application form exhibiting all role requirements

Desirable

  • Generic application

Acute Nursing experience

Essential

  • Previous Nursing experience

Desirable

  • No acute experience

Apptitude for position

Essential

  • previous experience at acute surgical nursing

Desirable

  • post registration qualification

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: 8 November 2026

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