Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 423-6390051-A
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/06/2025
Employer heading

Newly Qualified Staff Nurse (final year students)
NHS AfC: Band 5
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
Congratulations! You've almost reached the finish line and obtained your qualifications and registration. If you are a nursing student in your final year looking for an award-winning organisation that recognises this pivotal moment, then come and join Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.
Our success depends on the incredible commitment and dedication of our staff, and we strive to recruit and retain the best staff possible in line with our Trust values, could this be you?
We pride ourselves in providing a progressive, supportive environment with a dynamic and motivated team. We are able to offer exciting developmental opportunities and training programmes.
Candidates eligible for this post will be invited to our Newly Qualified Nurse Recruitment Event. This will provide an opportunity to find out more about Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, meet our teams and receive a face-to-face interview.
When: Wednesday 4 June 2025 - 4.00pm – 7pm.
Where: Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Main duties of the job
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• Using your clinical experience and skills you will work with your team as a named nurse to maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the framework of team nursing.
• Acting with compassion you will put patients at the centre of all you do.
• You will communicate effectively with patients and their carers regarding their care and educate patients where there is a need.
• You will communicate effectively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure high quality patient care.
• You will show commitment to sustaining and developing your clinical competence and professional awareness.
• You will provide supervision, support and education to unqualified staff and students.
• This role will require you to work variable hours in order to fulfil the needs of the ward.
• You will show courage by embracing new ways of working and doing the right thing by the people you care for, including speaking up when you have concerns.
Working for our organisation
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our ‘Right Care’ behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients – we want to make these part of our DNA.
Our Trust Values
- Commitment to quality of care
- Compassion
- Working together for patients
- Everyone counts
- Respect & Dignity
- Improving Lives
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
Don't delay, apply today!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Studied to Diploma level or equivalent
- • Registered with NMC
Desirable criteria
- • Degree in Healthcare/Nursing studies
Experience
Desirable criteria
- • Recent, relevant post qualification experience of working in an NHS acute in-patient area
- • Recent experience at a band 5 within an acute hospital setting
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
- Recruitment
- Job title
- Recruitment Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
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