Bank Staff Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
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 skilled Bank Nurse at James Paget Hospital, responsible for assessing and implementing patient care without direct supervision. The nurse will develop, implement, and evaluate care programmes, ensuring adherence to nursing standards and Trust policies. Duties include maintaining patient contact, mentoring new staff and students, and undertaking enhanced clinical roles after training. The position offers varied work across clinical areas and ongoing training.
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Diploma/degree in nursing studies or working towards
Desirable criteria
- Undertaken mentorship training
- Experience and knowledge
- Relevant experience in past 12 - 18 months of looking after patients in a healthcare environment.
- Previous NHS experience within last 12 months
- Previous experience within an Acute setting
- Broad clinical knowledge base
- Education and qualifications
- Registered nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Diploma/degree in nursing studies or working towards
- Undertaken mentorship training
- Experience and knowledge
- Relevant experience in past 12 - 18 months of looking after patients in a healthcare environment.
- Previous NHS experience within last 12 months
- Previous experience within an Acute setting
- Broad clinical knowledge base
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £31,049 – £37,796 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bank Staff Nurse
The closing date is 17 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for skilled Bank Nurses to join the James Paget Hospital
To assess basic and specialist care needs of patients and implement without direct supervision. The Nurse should at all times act in such a manner as to justify public trust and confidence to safeguard the interest of individual patients
Main duties of the job
The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and thedevelopment implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.Ensure that agreed standards of nursing practice within the ward/department area are maintained.Ensure that all Trust, Divisional, and Ward/Department Health & Safety Policies are adhered to.Maintain personal contact with patients, other health care disciplines, relatives and visitors.Mentorship support of new staff.Mentorship/support of student nurses.To undertake appropriate enhanced roles, following the necessary training, e.g. IV drug administration, ECG recording.Ensure safe custody and administration of drugs, in accordance with Trust Policy.
Further information can be found on the job description.
About us
Here on the East Coast we enjoy a great place to live and a friendly caring place to work. We are a vibrant University Hospital providing the best possible care to
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