Registered Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a Registered Nurse on Ward 14, a 12-bedded gynaecology unit providing acute, elective, and specialist care. You will care for women of all ages with various gynaecological needs, including emergencies, elective surgery, and end-of-life care. The position requires adaptability, organisation, and effective prioritisation due to the ward's fast turnover. You will provide compassionate, safe, and patient-centred care, working closely with a multidisciplinary team.
Key responsibilities
- Provide compassionate, safe and patient-centred care.
- Maintain patient dignity, privacy and respect.
- Act as a chaperone for intimate vaginal examinations when required.
- Work closely with the multidisciplinary team to maintain high standards of patient safety and quality care.
- Support patients, families and colleagues through challenging and emotional experiences.
Essential criteria
- Well developed communication skills and time management
- Effective organisational abilities
- First Level Registered Nurse
- Continued Professional Development.
- Regular Attendance
- Ability to work flexibly within working hours of ward/department
- Demonstrate professionalism and patient advocacy
Desirable criteria
- Cannulation and venepunture
- Supporting students
- Experience of working within surgical and medical daycase
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Registered Nurse
The closing date is 31 August 2026
Job summary
Ward 14 is a 12-bedded gynaecology unit providing acute, elective and specialist care. Services include the Gynaecology Assessment Unit (GAU), Medical Termination of Pregnancy Service (MTOP), Gynaecology Cancer Nurse Specialists and Early Pregnancy Unit (EPU).
The role involves caring for women of all ages with a wide range of gynaecological needs, including emergencies, elective surgery, pregnancy and baby loss, cancer and end-of-life care. Due to the ward's fast turnover and changing patient flow, the successful applicant must be adaptable, organised and able to prioritise effectively.
You will provide compassionate, safe and patient-centred care while maintaining dignity, privacy and respect. Patients attending GAU may require an intimate vaginal examination, and you will be expected to act as a chaperone when required.
Excellent communication, teamwork and interpersonal skills are essential. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to maintain high standards of patient safety and quality care, while supporting patients, families and colleagues through sometimes challenging and emotional experiences.
Main duties of the job
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