Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: End date of 15/09/2025
- Hours
- Part time - 34.5 hours per week (12.5 hour shifts over day and night covering a 7 day service)
- Job ref
- 370-NAM5GAS-1571
- Employer
- Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Warrington and Halton Hospitals
- Town
- Warrington
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Staff Nurse - A5
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, hardworking and self-motivated staff nurse to join our team working within the 20 bedded gastroenterology ward. Applicants should want to provide high quality, safe and sustainable care to our patients.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative Band 5 Staff Nurse who thrives in a challenging environment and are keen to make a positive impact on patient care.
If this is you, we would love for you to join our team on Ward A5 Gastroenterology.
The successful candidate will possess excellent communication skills, time management and organisational skills and display a genuine passion for nursing.
Working for our organisation
Known locally as ‘WHH’ – the Trust is a fast-paced, ambitious organisation that is caring, compassionate, innovative and focused on the best outcomes for its patients and the employment experience of its staff. It is both aspirational and inspirational – driven to be outstanding for its patients, its staff and its communities and committed to being the best place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling two neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton it is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. It is geographically ideally positioned to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of both boroughs and beyond. A dedicated planned care centre located at Halton Hospital in Runcorn enables elective procedures to continue uninterrupted by the patient flow challenges of the ‘hot’ site at Warrington, where urgent, unplanned and critical care, maternity and women’s and children’s services are provided.
A CQC-rated ‘Good’ organisation with ‘Outstanding’ features, it is working towards university hospital status having achieved teaching status in 2019 and is working in partnership with the University of Chester and others in this regard.
A workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities and as an equal, diverse and inclusive employer the Trust is proud to have achieved both Disability Confident Leader and Navajo LGBTQ+ Charter Mark accreditations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full list of duties and responsibilities please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working within a clinical area
- Experience in delivering patient care
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with a diploma/degree or relevant experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal with the ability to overcome barriers to communication
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Lee
- Job title
- Ward A5 Gastro Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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