Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Job summary
We are
currently recruiting a Band 5 nurse to be part of our team at Pershore
Community Hospital, which has an inpatient ward with 26 beds. The candidates
will work closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to achieve specific
rehabilitation goals.
Pershore Community Hospital plays a critical role in the delivery
of local NHS services, providing more care and treatment closer to peoples
homes. Emphasis is to reduce length of stay whilst ensuring excellent care
which is safe, effective, personalised and compassionate and to the standards
you would expect for your family and friends.
Join our team, we pride ourselves in
providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career
as well as flexibility, continual professional development as well as a wide
range of wellbeing and support.
Main duties of the job
As a
Staff Nurse you will be responsible for providing care to people admitted to
our wards for rehabilitation. We work closely as a multi-disciplinary team. Our
focus is promoting the comfort and wellbeing of patients,
enabling them to live as independently as possible. Evesham is a friendly team to work with. As a
team we encourage ongoing learning and development through reflection and
clinical supervision which we try and embed in our daily practice. Our nurses
are required to facilitate the day to day running of the ward, administering
medications, working alongside all members of the MDT as well as patients,
their families and carers to provided 24/7 rehabilitation to enable the highest
level of independence and quality of life. Our nurses are required to attend meetings as
needed such as MDT and CHC or Discharge Planning.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience gained during pre-registration training.
Desirable
- Experience gained working in the frailty care setting.
Knowledge
Essential
- Confidence to teach student nurses, patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Understanding of evidence-based nursing, multidisciplinary working, clinical governance.
- Awareness of Audit.
- Evidence of on-going continuing professional development.
Desirable
- Medication administration via various routes PO, PR, S/C, IM, IV.
- Experience of Audit.
- Knowledge and understanding of Mental Capacity and DOLs.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Able to carry out physical requirements of the role e.g. using mechanical hoists to move patients.
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN/RMN
- NMC Registered.
- I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Desirable
- Practice Supervisor and/or Practice Assessor Training.
- Accredited courses in Palliative Care, Tissue Viability, Diabetes, Dementia.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
- Role modelling good behaviour.
- A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
- Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
- Ability to communicate effectively in English in both verbal and written formats.
- Able to work competently without supervision.
- Reflective practitioner.
- Compassion and empathy skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Proven ability to motivate others.
- Versatile and adaptable.
- Self-motivated.
- Able to cope under pressure.
- Team player.
- Basic IT skills.
Closing Date: 20 September 2026
To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.