Job summary
- Main area
- Bank
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - 0 hours per week (Variable 0 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 359-7653586-T1
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells Hospitals
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £17.68 per hour
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 22/12/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 05/01/2026
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Staff Bank - Fordcombe
Band 5
Job overview
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is pleased to offer opportunities for Registered Nurses to join our Temporary Staffing Service, working flexibly across the wards at Fordcombe Hospital, situated just outside Royal Tunbridge Wells.
This is a bank only role, with shifts offered on an as and when required basis. Whether you are returning to practice, seeking to reduce commuting, or looking to adjust your hours, our bank positions provide flexibility to suit a wide range of personal circumstances.
The Trust is consistently recognised for its positive workplace culture, having been ranked in the Top 10 NHS Employers in the UK, based on the 2023 and 2024 NHS National Staff Survey. We are proud of our commitment to staff wellbeing, professional development, and flexible working.
Please note you will be required to have your own transport to travel to the hospital as public transport services are not available to this site.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic person to join our nursing team. In return for your enthusiasm, you will be supported to develop your clinical skills and will have the opportunity to develop personally and professionally as part of a ‘high challenge, high support’ environment.
The benefits of joining our bank include:
- Cost of DBS and uniform covered by the Trust
- Priority shifts over agency staff
- Weekly payroll
- Support in development and revalidation
- Online shift booking system
- Dedicated team to support with any queries 7 days per week
- Excellent transport links
- Access to NHS Pension
Working for our organisation
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent. The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex. The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients – the first of its kind in the country. We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites. |
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children). If a role involves regulated activity and requires a DBS check with a barred list check, you cannot apply if you are on the barred list.
All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.
Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email [email protected] if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.
Interview Date: 05-Jan-2026
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered with Nursing & Midwifery Council
- Practice Supervisor preparation (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- IV Therapy, Venepuncture and Cannulation Training.
- Practice Assessor (or equivalent)
- Intermediate Life Support Training
- Central Venous Access Device Training
Experience
Essential criteria
- To have at least 6 months experience post registration
- Up-to-date knowledge of nursing theory and best practice at the level of a newly qualified nurse.
- Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the NHS.
- Able to demonstrate adherence to The Code (NMC, 2018).
- Can define equality, diversity and inclusivity.
Desirable criteria
- Able to describe audit and quality issues.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing with staff, patients and relatives, ensuring that communication is tailored to the person being addressed.
- Robust nursing assessment skills.
- Care planning and evaluation skills.
- Effective time mangement, prioritisation and organisational skills.
Desirable criteria
- Solid delegation skills.
- Able to teach and supervise others.
- Able to use digital technology.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Miles
- Job title
- Fordcombe Ward Manager and Wells Health Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01892 63332
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