Ward Staff Nurse

East Coast Community Healthcare CIC

Job summary

Staff Nurse position, Band 5

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to work within our established inpatient team. You will support both nursing and therapy teams to facilitate rehabilitation in an inpatient environment.

Our aim is to promote recovery and well-being, whilst empowering patients to self-manage and maximise their independence using meaningful activity. We take a very holistic approach to rehabilitation working on the ethos that all patient interactions have the potential to be a rehabilitation opportunity.

Main duties of the job

You will be working within a team consisting of band 7 ward manager, band 6 sister/charges nurse, band 5 registered nurse and band 3 senior healthcare support workers who are all trained in a range of skills. Your role will be very physical, providing hands on, patient facing care. You will work alongside both nursing and therapy teams, delivering care so that they can support and respond to the patient’s needs. This includes all aspects of activities of daily living, with an ethos of rehabilitation to support patients to gain as much independence as possible.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Certificate, Diploma or Degree in Nursing to enable NMC registration
  • Evidence of continued professional development and a professional portfolio

Desirable

  • Mentorship/teaching and Assessing Course or equivalent
  • Working towards, or keen to undertake further study
  • Health related degree

Experience

Essential

  • *Relevant student experience
  • *Evidence of experience working within a community nursing or hospital setting

Desirable

  • *Evidence of experience working within a secondary care environment
  • *Evidence of experience working to improve clinical practice
  • *Evidence of experience working with a case management approach to care

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE
  • *Enthusiastic and committed to individualised goal directed care
  • *Willing to challenge poor practice
  • *Understanding of all aspect of clinical governance appropriate to level of experience including a base knowledge of the CQC fundamental standards
  • *To be able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing needs of patients
  • *Professional knowledge of nursing care, current trends
  • *Ability to prioritise and delegate workload
  • *Act on unplanned situations utilising appropriate clinical judgement
  • *Must have an understanding of the legal and ethical issues pertaining to nursing
  • *Able to undertake phlebotomy, cannulation and the administration of intravenous therapy/blood transfusions
  • *Ability to complete SystmOne training in order to comply with the record keeping requirements of the role
  • PERSONABLE ATTRIBUTES
  • *Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • *Excellent organisational skills and good time management
  • *Ability to communicate appropriately to a wide variety of people
  • *Ability to work on own initiative and autonomously
  • *Use of a computer to access emails, use of internet
  • *Willing to work flexible hours / location to accommodate the needs of the service this includes internal rotation (days, nights, weekends and Bank Holidays)
  • *Ability to embrace our Culture, Values and Signature Behaviours:
  • (Compassion – We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action – My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect – Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone – Work Together, Achieve Together).
  • *Willingness and ability to work across different sites and travel to alternative sites and across the community as required

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: 3 August 2026

To apply for this job please visit ecch.tal.net.