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Main area
Registered Nurse
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
432-HR27-26
Employer
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Colchester General Hospital
Town
Colchester
Salary
£32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/04/2026 23:59
Interview date
27/04/2026

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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust logo

Registered Nurse - Bures Ward

NHS AfC: Band 5

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of  ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole.  The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

 

Job overview

Are you a highly skilled, adaptive and enthusiastic Registered Nurse with proven post registration experience, looking for an opportunity to develop your skills, experience, and clinical knowledge across multiple specialities?

This role is only suitable for nurses already registered with the NMC with previous general acute experience.

Do you want the advantages of a permanent NHS position with the opportunity to team rostering? You are able to request as many or as little of your off duty as you like (typically 70-80% of these will be approved), we want you to thrive in your new role while maintaining a healthy work life balance.  Choose your own shifts from available long days and nights.
     
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join soon to be launched Bures team, a team of experienced professionals who provide vital support across Colchester hospital. This dynamic role covers all adult clinical specialities, responding to ward escalation and operational demands to ensure wards and departments receive the support they need when they need it. 

This unique position offers you the chance to develop your knowledge, broaden your expertise and gain accelerated experience across multiple specialities, empowering you to thrive in any situation and provide you with a stepping stone to future promotion. Our aim is to help you develop your skills to reach your full potential and career aspiration

Previous applicants need not apply 

Main duties of the job

This role is perfect for someone who is eager to grow, embrace challenges and make a significant impact across the hospital. 

We are committed to supporting you on this journey, providing the training and development needed to help you become the very best in this role. 

In addition, we offer flexible working arrangements and self-rostering, we want you to thrive in your new role while maintaining a healthy work life balance.  Request your own shifts from available long days and nights.

You’ll receive up to 2 weeks of supernumerary time in areas you may not have worked in before to build your confidence, knowledge and skills.

Areas of specialist training including: respiratory care, emergency care, cardiac care, oncology, care of the elderly, enhanced therapeutic care/mental health

Working for our organisation

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes. 

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. 

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. 

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. 

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.   

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients. 

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.   

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • To meet the needs of the Trust with regard to Induction, mandatory and statutory training
  • To work within the framework for Clinical Governance to provide effective, high quality individualised nursing care to patients and relatives/carers and to contribute to the continuing development of nursing practice.
  • To ensure high standards of patient care at all times, in line with Trust policies and guidelines
  • To work as an effective member of the nursing and wider multi-professional healthcare team
  • To work within the Trust’s Competency Framework for Registered Nurses, the Ward/Department Philosophy and the NMC Code of Conduct/ Professional Standards for the Protection of Patients.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Proven post qualifying experience in an acute setting
Desirable criteria
  • Undertaken preceptorship
  • Experience on a clinical setting

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NMC Registered Nurse
  • Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable criteria
  • Coaching qualification.
  • Willingness to undertake further education

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge and understanding of evidence-based practice.
  • Understanding and ability to apply clinical governance principles to practice.
  • Knowledge of developments in speciality and current issues driving nursing in general
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of developments in speciality and current issues driving nursing in general.
  • Nursing Care of Acutely unwell patients

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lindsey Lacanlale
Job title
Ward Sister
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07586472069
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