Staff Nurse – Acute Medical Unit (Ward 1B)

Staff Nurse – Acute Medical Unit (Ward 1B)

Closing date is 15 June 2026.

We are looking for suitably qualified nurses to join our proactive team. Equally if you are a newly qualified nurse who would like a career in acute nursing but are worried that it may be too early in your career, we are also happy to ensure you can work on the unit and support would be provided to ensure you flourish. We have 1 dedicated Education Facilitators who ensure that all staff are trained and equipped to work within the ever‑changing ward environment. Newly qualified nurses will have a 12‑month preceptorship with one of our experienced staff. We require excellent nurses who want exciting, challenging roles to deliver first‑class high‑quality patient care.

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.

Key Responsibilities

Communications And Relationship Skills

• Provides and receives complex information, communicating sensitively and confidentially relating to patients/clients.
• Communicates in a compassionate and empathetic manner, using persuasion and reassurance.
• Ability to recognise barriers to communication and modify communication style as and when required.
• Ability to effectively communicate whilst providing training to students.
• Demonstrate effective communications skills with the wider MDT team.

Clinical Skills

• Responsible for planning and organising a defined caseload of patients on a continuing basis.
• Assess, plan, implement/deliver and evaluate patient care for a defined caseload and recognise signs of deterioration/change and respond according to protocol.
• Maintain appropriate levels of training for clinical skills as needed within scope of practice.
• Maintain safe custody of drugs, ensuring that checking, witnessing and administration procedures are compatible with statutory and trust requirements.
• In the absence of Sister/Charge Nurse effectively respond to complaints/concerns and elevate as required.
• Ensure clinical incident/near misses are managed and reported and escalated in a timely manner.
• Part of the multidisciplinary team decision making, acting when required as the patient advocate to support the patient pathway.
• Work within the organisational policy, standard operating procedures and guidelines.
• Undertake risk assessments and implement risk‑reducing measures; report and escalates to the Line Manager any deficiencies in the arrangements for minimising risk.
• Ensure that privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.

Use of Resources

• Actively participate in the effective and efficient use of the ward/departmental resources and equipment, including stock management and care and maintenance of equipment.
• Handles patients valuables, ensuring safe storage and transportation.
• Sign off agency timesheets in order to verify and record the hours worked.
• Liaise with the Roster Coordinator to ensure personal roster is balanced within the roster period.
• Order and receipt goods in accordance with the Trusts financial framework.

Team Development

• Deputise in the absence of the Sister/Charge Nurse.
• Manage own time and that of others through delegations to ensure high quality service delivery.
• Act as assessor/supervisor for junior staff and students.
• Participate in the setting of yearly personal and professional objectives for self.
• Support the department’s appraisal process for junior staff by providing feedback.
• Be flexible in the delivery of safe staffing across the Trust and participate in redeployment requirements within scope of practice.

Research and Audit

• Contribute to the collection of data for research and audit purposes.
• Identify audit topics relevant to the ward/department.
• Critically evaluate research before applying to clinic practice to enhance patient care.

Personal Development

• Identify areas for self‑development, areas of interest and training requirements within individual personal performance planning and development review.
• Maintain a professional portfolio and reflective diary for developmental purposes and revalidation.
• Support the rest of the team by recognising own and promoting self‑help and wellbeing.
• Develop a culture of learning and innovation, creating high quality learning environments.
• Adopt a reflective approach to own practice with a view to continually improve.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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

Knowledge & Experience

• 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.
• An understanding of national, regional and local NHS issues.
• Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels.
• Effectively prioritise and co‑coordinate 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.

Other

• Frequent moderate effort for several short periods of time such as manual handling of patients and equipment.
• Frequent concentration required for drug calculation and administration.
• Dealing with frequent interruptions and competing demands.
• Ability to work within highly distressing or emotional circumstances e.g. end of life care.
• Ability to communicate distressing information.
• Ability to communicate in a challenging environment.
• Able to carry out direct clinical care as required on ward or department.

Employment Details

Permanent; Full‑time; Band 5; Salary £32,073 to £39,043 per annum.

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