Registered Nurse (Sheldon Ward)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Registered Nurse to cover maternity leave on Sheldon Ward, a 19-bedded medical ward specializing in rehabilitation, elderly care, rheumatology, and spinal injuries. The successful candidate will provide skilled nursing care within a multidisciplinary team, focusing on individualized and effective patient care. The ward is dementia-friendly and aims to deliver world-class patient care. The role involves contributing to team spirit and high standards of nursing.
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification
- Mentorship
- Evidence of continued learning
- Experience in elderly care and rehabilitation
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Experience in taking charge of a ward
- Orthopaedic & Rheumatology experience
- Ability to adapt to changing pressures of work.
- Motivated, Innovative & Supportive Ability to work on own initiative and under pressure
- Teaching skills, written, oral and electronic
- Demonstrates leadership skills
- Ability to prioritise own workload, instruct and direct junior staff.
- High level of communication skills and ability to work within a team
- Basic computer skills
- Articulate & knowledgeable of skills needed to deliver high standard of care
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Demonstrates willingness to further knowledge
- Other
- Flexibility to meet service needs by working any necessary shifts
- To be passionate about nursing
- Registered General Nurse
- Teaching qualification
- Mentorship
- Evidence of continued learning
- Experience in elderly care and rehabilitation
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
- Experience in taking charge of a ward
- Orthopaedic & Rheumatology experience
- Ability to adapt to changing pressures of work.
- Motivated, Innovative & Supportive Ability to work on own initiative and under pressure
- Teaching skills, written, oral and electronic
- Demonstrates leadership skills
- Ability to prioritise own workload, instruct and direct junior staff.
- High level of communication skills and ability to work within a team
- Basic computer skills
- Articulate & knowledgeable of skills needed to deliver high standard of care
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Demonstrates willingness to further knowledge
- Other
- Flexibility to meet service needs by working any necessary shifts
- To be passionate about nursing
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Registered Nurse (Sheldon Ward)
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for a registered nurse (maternity leave cover) to join our established ward team. Someone who is passionate about providing outstanding care for our patients.
Sheldon ward is a 19 bedded medical ward specialising in rehabilitation, elderly care, rheumatology and spinal injuries
We are dementia friendly on Sheldon with our lovely poppy lounge to enable patients to relax and reminisce. We have an activities co-ordinator and a discharge co-ordinator in our team.
Our aim is to aspire to deliver world class patient care, and we want talented, dedicated and passionate people to help us achieve this.
Main duties of the job
Providing skilled Nursing care within a multidisciplinary environment, to ensure individualised and effective care is practiced.
Contributing to the continuity of good team spirit and high standards of nursing care. Acts as a resource within the speciality of care of the elderly and rheumatology within the specialist division. Empowering junior staff to develop the highest possible level of clinical skills and facilitates communication within all care groups
Utilising the wards resources to promote excellence in practice and promotes and expedites quality issues relevant to the ser
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