Staff Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 01/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This Staff Nurse role on Giffard Ward at Princess Elizabeth Hospital involves providing direct nursing care to patients with acute surgical conditions. Responsibilities include assessing, developing, implementing, and evaluating care plans from admission to discharge. The nurse will ensure safe, compassionate, person-centred care and support the professional development of colleagues.
Key responsibilities
- To assess, develop, implement and evaluate care plans demonstrating high standards of evidence-based care.
- To work autonomously, recognising changes in patients'/service users' presentation which require intervention, knowing when to escalate to senior staff.
- To guide, advise and direct other staff in the delivery of programmes of care.
- To support patients/service users in undertaking activities of daily living within care plans.
- To undertake the role of health promoter and educator for patients/service users and their support networks.
- To report all accidents and incidents as per policy and participate in risk management and Quality and Safety processes e.g SWARM.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with the NMC.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £40,178 – £51,819 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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States of Guernsey
Staff Nurse
The closing date is 01 September 2026
Job summary
The States of Guernsey are looking for a Staff Nurse to join Giffard Ward at the Princess Elizabeth Hospital.
Giffard Ward is a 16-bed general surgery ward proving care for patients, both elective and emergency, with a wide range of acute surgical conditions.
The Staff Nurse role is integral in the direct delivery of nursing care, including the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care from admission to discharge.
You will be responsible and accountable for safe, compassionate person-centred evidence-based nursing whilst maintaining dignity of service users at all times. You will support, promote, and develop the professional skills of registered and unregistered colleagues through knowledge and competence and in partnership with the Acute Practice development Team.
Main duties of the job
Giffard Ward is a 16-bed general surgery ward proving care for patients, both elective and emergency, with a wide range of acute surgical conditions.
The Staff Nurse role is integral in the direct delivery of nursing care, including the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care from admission to discharge.
You will be responsible and accountable for safe, compassionate person-centred evidence-based nursing whilst maintaining
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