Main area Medicine Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 10 months (to cover maternity leave) Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week (Working over 7 days, to include day and night duties, no on call) Job ref 302-26-7996191L-SM1
Site Royal Albert Edward Infirmary Town Wigan Salary £32,073 – £39,043 Per annum, Pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 07/06/2026 23:59
Choose Well – Choose WWL
Job overview
We have an opportunity for a band 5 Staff nurse to work with the team on Standish ward.
- To provide the highest standards of care to our patients.
- Performs well within a multidisciplinary team
- Upholds NMC Code of Conduct
- Adheres to Trust policies and procedures
If you are passionate about providing the highest standards of care and able to demonstrate our Trust values, putting our patients at the heart of everything you do, then we would like to hear from you.
Candidates must hold NMC Registration to be eligible for this role.
Candidates will be expected to present original certificates for qualifications at interview.
This vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Main duties of the job
Under the supervision of the ward manager the nurse is responsible for the provision, organisation and direction of nursing care of the patients in his/her care
Working for our organisation
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 living 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key results from the job holder
- To provide the highest standards of care to our patients.
- Performs well within a multidisciplinary team
- Upholds NMC Code of Conduct
- Adheres to Trust and Divisional policies, guidelines and current legislation
Planning and Organisational Duties
- Accountable for nursing practice and takes every opportunity to sustain and improve his/her knowledge and professional competence
- Participates in the assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care relevant to patients within sphere of responsibility and under supervision
- To be sensitive to the needs of the patients in relation to courtesy, privacy and dignity
- To be familiar with and adhere to Trust and Divisional objectives, policies, guidelines and current legislation
Communications and Key Working Relationships
- To communicate effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe and high-quality care is provided to all patients
- Maintain effective working relationships with ward colleagues particularly those highlighted within the organisational chart above
Responsibility for Finance
- To be aware of resources and give high quality cost effective care
Responsibility for Human Resources
- In conjunction with the ward manager, participate in induction programmes, introducing new staff to the ward and their duties
Responsibility for Health & Safety
- Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 – the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions
Responsibility for Teaching
- Take personal responsibility for developing and maintain own knowledge, clinical skills and professional awareness in conjunction with NMC guidance
- Attend mandatory training as directed by Trust
- In conjunction with the ward manager, help create and maintain a suitable learning environment for staff and students and act as a mentor in the supervision and teach of less experienced staff
- To develop own teaching skills and participate in education programmes supervising unqualified nurses and students as directed
Work Circumstances & on-call
- Shifts of 6 or 12 hours to include nights and weekends. Rosters are planned and released six weeks in advance
Additional
- 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
- Flexible and positive approach to work
Knowledge
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Knowledge of evidence based practice
- Understanding of research/audit
- Understanding of resource management
- Understanding of education/student requirements
Skills
- 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
Experience
- Experience in the relevant speciality of which you are applying
- Experience of working independently and as a member of a team
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience of audit research
- Previous experience in a caring environment
Qualifications
- RGN
- Recent evidence of continuing professional development
- Teaching and Assessing Course
- Specialists Skills Course
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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