Registered Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 30
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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 is a permanent, part-time opportunity for a Band 5 Registered Nurse to join the Elective Surgical Unit (Ward 12) at Dewsbury Hospital. The role involves working day and night shifts, seven days a week, in a mixed adult elective surgical facility. The successful applicant will provide high-level patient care, working both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. Mentorship and supernumerary status will be provided for newly qualified nurses.
Key responsibilities
- Work independently and alongside colleagues to provide the highest level of care.
- Plan, assess, implement and evaluate patient care.
- Prioritise tasks and delegate/coordinate person-centred patient care effectively.
- Work effectively as part of a Multidisciplinary Team.
- Supervise junior staff and learners in practice.
- Perform clinical skills such as cannulation, venepuncture, and catheter insertion/removal.
Essential criteria
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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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Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Registered Nurse to join the Elective Surgical Unit (Ward 12), at Dewsbury Hospital.
We have a vacancy for a 30 hours per week permanent post, day and night shifts, seven days a week.
Applications from experienced and newly qualified Registered Nurses are welcome. Mentorship and a period of supernumerary status will be given to the successful applicant.
Ward 12 (ESU) is a mixed Adult elective surgical facility with an extensive range of surgery being performed, gynaecology, breast surgery, general surgery, urology, plastics and many more, as day cases and in patients.
The Ward has 18 beds and is managed by a professional friendly and experienced multi disciplinary Team.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will have access to excellent training and development opportunities and will be supported and welcomed into our friendly dynamic and knowledgeable team.
You will be expected to work both independently and alongside your colleagues to provide the highest level of care.
You need to be a dedicated and motivated individual with excellent organisational skills and the ability to work in a busy environment.
For further information or if you would like to come and visit us please do not hesitate to contact [contact details removed] or Charlesworth.
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