Job summary
- Main area
- Theatre Admissions
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Part time (maternity cover), monday - saturday, long days including 10pm finishes)
- Hours
- Part time - 25 hours per week (Monday to Friday 7am till 8pm or 9am till 10pm and Saturdays 8am till 6pm)
- Job ref
- 287-RSUR-79-26-A
- Employer
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Liverpool Hospital
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Theatre Admissions Unit
Band 5
Job overview
PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY
Are you an experienced Band 5 Staff Nurse who would like to join Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and make a difference to patient care every day?
A very exciting opportunity to join a busy, fast paced environment on the Theatre Admissions Unit in the Liverpool University Hospital Foundation Trust at the Royal Site. This position is a 12 month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave.
The Theatre Admissions Unit takes the majority of patients being admitted for surgery and procedures. We admit them peri-operatively and post-operatively recover and discharge them if they are day case patients.
We cover a range of specialities, including but not limited too; Urology, Colorectal, Breast, Ophthalmology, Interventional Radiology, and General Surgery.
For this role you will preferably have a strong surgical background, demonstrate excellent communication skills, you must display a positive and professional manner, be open to change and have the drive and commitment to aim to get it right for every patient every time.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be responsible and accountable for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of nursing care.
Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team and undertake delegated tasks from the ward sister/charge nurse.
The postholder will always work within the NMC’s Code of Professional Conduct.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Participate in maintaining a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for all patients and carers and maintain agreed standards of nursing care.
- Determine nursing priorities and plan patient care.
- Maintain nursing records in accordance with the NMC and Trust guidelines.
- Maintain and improve quality of patient care through contribution to the development of Essence of Care and clinical benchmarking within the unit.
- Providing information and support to patients/carers and ensuring all those involved in the care are aware of changes in the patients’ condition.
- Assist in the safe checking and administration of drugs.
- To develop the clinical knowledge and skills to care for patients pre and post operatively.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
- BSc in Nursing (Diploma in Nursing as a minimum)
Desirable criteria
- Practice Assessor/Practice Supervisor Training
- Post registration qualification in relevant specialty
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent clinical nursing experience as a student or as a registered nurse
Desirable criteria
- Experience within relevant clinical setting
- Evidence of maintaining a clinical learning environment.
- Evidence of working with learners
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Sound clinical nursing knowledge and a good understanding of nursing issues and clinical governance
- Demonstrates awareness of own limitations
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to organise workload and delegate tasks appropriately
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to support less experienced staff
- Ability to problem solve
- Good written and verbal communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
Other
Essential criteria
- Supportive of colleagues
- Ability to work in changing environments
- Committed to high standards of patient care
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
- Maintain both personal and professional development
- Willingness to be flexible and adaptable
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
- Chelsey Rogers
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 706 2733
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