Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-7883240-M
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum, Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/05/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Ward G5
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Staff Nurses are responsible for the delivery of care and the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of individual programmes of care. They are expected to take delegated responsibility in a given shift for a group of patients. With experience, they may be expected to take charge of the ward/department regularly in the absence of the Sister/Charge Nurse.
Main duties of the job
Please see attached Job Description for full details of the Job Role and Person Specification.
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description for full details of the Job Role and Person Specification.
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- • NMC Registration or Newly Qualified
- • Preparation for Mentorship
- • BLS trained
Desirable criteria
- • ILS trained
- • A1 Assessor course
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Willingness to share knowledge
- • Awareness of current political/professional issues
- • Demonstrates awareness of the 6C’s, Trust values and Patients First Service Standards
- • Demonstrates an awareness of the importance of keeping the clinical environment safe and clean
- • Knowledge of the Data Protection Act
- • Previous acute experience within the NHS
- • Demonstrates experience managing deteriorating patients
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- • Ability to work under pressure
- • Ability to work to clear guidelines and within role boundaries
- • Proficient IT skills
- • Proficient in accurate, objective documentation and clinical hand- over of patients
- • Able to recognise and manage deteriorating patients and to escalate concerns
- • Cannulation competent
- • Venipuncture competent
- • Proficient with E-Care
- • IV Drug administration trained
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- • Ability to use initiative, referring key decisions as appropriate and understanding aim limitations
- • Attention to detail
- • Polite, respectful and professional attitude and behaviours towards staff members, patients and relatives
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
- Iwona Zielinska
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Donna Bowd - Matron
Telephone 01284 713210
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