Staff Nurse General Medicine Ward 4 - Band 5
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 30
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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 Staff Nurse position on Ward 4, a General Medicine ward specializing in Care of the Elderly, involves providing high-quality, holistic, and patient-focused nursing care. The role requires assessing, planning, delivering, and evaluating patient care as part of a multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will need excellent communication and teamwork skills, along with some knowledge of common medical conditions. The trust offers support for professional development and training opportunities.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council NMC)
- Understanding of NMC Code, safeguarding and consent; working knowledge of NHS values and standards
Desirable criteria
- Post-registration course relevant to clinical area
- Knowledge & Skills
- Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care; effective documentation skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to build therapeutic relationships
- Ability to work within a team and take delegated responsibility, understanding of professional boundaries
- Able to prioritise and manage time effectively in a busy clinical setting
- Confident in using electronic patient records and digital systems
- Compassionate, reliable, committed to person-centred care; demonstrates resilience and emotional maturity
- Proficient in clinical procedures relevant to the area (e.g., IV administration, catheterisation)
- Experience liaising with families and multi-agency professionals
- Knowledge of local and national healthcare initiatives
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Evidence of recent acute or relevant clinical experience (including student placements)
- Previous experience mentoring students or supervising junior staff
- Experience of taking charge or leading a shift
- Experience contributing to service improvement or change
- Experience using audit or reporting tools
- Other Role Requirements
- Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details
- Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council NMC)
- Understanding of NMC Code, safeguarding and consent; working knowledge of NHS values and standards
- Post-registration course relevant to clinical area
- Knowledge & Skills
- Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care; effective documentation skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to build therapeutic relationships
- Ability to work within a team and take delegated responsibility, understanding of professional boundaries
- Able to prioritise and manage time effectively in a busy clinical setting
- Confident in using electronic patient records and digital systems
- Compassionate, reliable, committed to person-centred care; demonstrates resilience and emotional maturity
- Proficient in clinical procedures relevant to the area (e.g., IV administration, catheterisation)
- Experience liaising with families and multi-agency professionals
- Knowledge of local and national healthcare initiatives
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Evidence of recent acute or relevant clinical experience (including student placements)
- Previous experience mentoring students or supervising junior staff
- Experience of taking charge or leading a shift
- Experience contributing to service improvement or change
- Experience using audit or reporting tools
- Other Role Requirements
- Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details
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.
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East Cheshire NHS Trust
Staff Nurse General Medicine Ward 4 - Band 5
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
Are you looking to be an important part of an amazing team? Do you want a position where your ideas and creativity in providing patient care are listened to and valued?
Ward 4 is a General Medicine ward with specialty of Care of the Elderly. Patients are treated for a wide-range of acute conditions, and as healthcare professionals, we are at the forefront of providing the care, dignity, and support people deserve.
Hours per week: 30.00
Non-UK or Irish applicants should check their visa and this role's eligibility for sponsorship before applying. For further information please visit Visas and immigration - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
For Graduate visa holders; it is important to note that you must have a minimum of 12 months before this expires at the start of your employment for training and operational reasons.
Please be advised we are unable to provide Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship to non-UK residents.
Main duties of the job
The role of a Staff Nurse is to support in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of high quality nursing care. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the Staff Nurse will ensure patients receive the highest level of care, delivered using a holistic, patient-focused approach, while ensuring high stand
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