Inpatient Staff Nurse - Loughborough
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 11/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This role is for an Adult Trained Nurse or Student Nurse due to qualify, to work on Swithland Ward at Loughborough Community Hospital. The position involves delivering patient care, supporting rehabilitation, and increasing patient independence in a nurse-led environment. You will work 11.5-hour shifts covering 24/7, caring for complex patients transferred from acute trusts or to prevent hospital admissions. The Trust offers extensive learning and development opportunities and encourages a healthy work-life balance with flexible working.
Essential criteria
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- Please click onto Apply for this job and you will be re-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.
- Please click onto Apply for this job and you will be re-directed to our vacancies page where you can review the job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.
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.
Posted 5d ago · Closes in 10d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Job summary
Job Overview
Important note for candidates unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
Are you an Adult Trained Nurse looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career, or an Adult Student Nurse due to qualify within the next three months?
If the answer is yes, then a post on Swithland Ward at Loughborough Community Hospital is the right choice for you.
Our wards are nurse led which will give you high levels of autonomy and satisfaction in delivering excellent patient care, supporting rehabilitation, and increasing patient independence and quality of life.
Our cohorts of patients are increasingly complex due to the need to facilitate transfer from acute trusts for individuals who are medically fit for discharge and to prevent admission from home to the secondary care sector.
You will work your hours over a roster which covers 24 hours / seven days a week and the shifts will be 11.5 hours in length.
If working in this positive environment appeals to you, then please apply.
Free parking is available on site.
The local bus transport network has a stop close by.
The Trust provides extensive learning and development opportunities to support you in progressing your nursing career to a senior role if you wish to do so.
The Trust encourages a healthy work life balance and flexible working opportun
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