Staff Nurse in Surgical Unit - Band 5 (Fixed Term)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
This Staff Nurse role in a Surgical Unit involves assessing, planning, delivering, and evaluating high-quality nursing care as part of a multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will ensure patient-focused care, maintain high documentation standards, and possess excellent communication and teamwork skills. The unit specializes in various surgical procedures including General Surgery, Gynaecology, Breast, ENT, Opthalmology, Urology, and Orthopaedics. The trust offers training and development opportunities.
Key responsibilities
- Support in the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of high quality nursing care.
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure patients receive the highest level of care.
- Deliver care using a holistic, patient-focused approach.
- Ensure high standards of documentation are maintained.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council NMC)
- Understanding of NMC Code, safeguarding and consent; working knowledge of NHS values and standards
- 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
- Evidence of recent acute or relevant clinical experience (including student placements)
- Please provide any additional relevant information to support your application. Please note that this is a non-scoring question
- Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details.
Desirable criteria
- Post-registration course relevant to clinical area
- Proficient in clinical procedures relevant to the area (e.g., IV administration, catheterisation)
- Experience liaising with families and multia-gency professionals
- Knowledge of local and national healthcare initiatives
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- 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
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 in Surgical Unit - Band 5 (Fixed Term)
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
Our nursing teams are focused on the six C's, and we aim to provide a high quality service in a safe environment where the needs of each patient are cared for in a professional and holistic manner.
We offer flexible working patterns on a roster basis which includes a well-balanced combination of days, nights and weekends in order to meet the needs of our patients and provide a fair and equal working environment for the whole team.
This post is Fixed Term
Hours per week: 37.5 (part time hours available)
Shift pattern: shifts will be either early (7:00-15:00), late (13:00-20:00), long day (7:00-20:00) or night shifts (19:30-7:30)
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 nurs
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