Registered Staff Nurse - Spinal Injuries Unit
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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Role summary
The Northwest Regional Spinal Injuries Centre at Southport District General Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse to join its multi-professional team. The role involves providing holistic, goal-centred care for patients with spinal cord injuries, including those requiring respiratory support. You will help patients achieve their rehabilitation goals and work an 11.5-hour rotational shift pattern, including days and nights. Part-time hours and flexible working are supported.
Key responsibilities
- Assist in setting and monitoring nursing care standards.
- Encourage patient and carer participation in care assessment and management.
- Initiate and promote health education.
- Liaise with all disciplines for comprehensive patient care.
- Maintain effective communication, informing the person in charge of changes.
- Ensure patient care is delivered within professional scope and conduct.
Essential criteria
- 1st Level Registered Nurse (degree/diploma)
- Current NMC registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Able to demonstrate knowledge of NMC professional standards for practice contained within the code.
- Experience of working in a clinical environment
- Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- An understanding of national, regional, and local NHS issues
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels.
- Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own workload.
- Ability to de-escalate complex situations
- Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non-verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Awareness of the need for confidentiality at all times
- Computer literacy e.g. experience of electronic patient record
- Frequent moderate effort for several short periods of time such as manual handling of patients and equipment
- Frequent concentration required for drug calculation and Administration
- Dealing with frequent interruptions and competing demands
- Ability to work within highly distressing or emotional circumstances e.g. end of life care.
- Ability to communicate distressing information.
- Ability to communicate in a challenging environment
- Able to carry out direct clinical care as required on ward or department
- Potential blood or body fluids exposure.
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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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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Registered Staff Nurse - Spinal Injuries Unit
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
Fixed term Contract until 30th September, 2027
The Northwest Regional Spinal Injuries Centre (NWRSIC) based at Southport District General Hospital is looking to recruit a Registered Nurse to join an award winning, multi-professional team. If you are a forward-thinking, dynamic, & enthusiastic nurse who is interested in developing a career with patients requiring global rehabilitation following spinal cord injury, the NWRSIC could be the place for you.
Your role will involve providing an holistic approach to delivering goal-centred & outcome focused care & enablement for patients with a variety of abilities due to spinal cord lesion. There will be opportunity to develop skills in caring for patients requiring respiratory support & intervention, as well as helping patients achieve their rehabilitation goals.
Working pattern: based on an 11.5-hour rotational shift pattern throughout the 7-day period including day & night duty. There will also be an opportunity to work shorter shifts to ensure an even balance across the roster whilst facilitating patient care.
Part-time hours will also be considered as the Trust supports flexible working patterns and work / life balance.
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