Staff Nurse, Day Surgery
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 36
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 11/09/2026
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
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Band 5 Staff Nurse to join the dedicated Day Case Unit team. This role involves providing safe and efficient care to surgical patients, working independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will be responsible for the admission process, discharge planning, and assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care needs on a 20-bed unit.
Essential criteria
- Student nurse in the NHS or general nursing within the NHS or equivalent
- Continuing professional development with portfolio
- NMC code of professional conduct
- Equality issues and best practice
Desirable criteria
- Medical speciality.
- Local PCPI agenda.
- Relevant field of nursing
- Supporting students
- Registered nurse with active registration.
- Teaching certificate or equivalent
- Skills and Aptitudes
- Ability to work as a team member, without close supervision.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Organisational skills.
- Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
- IT Skills
- Flexibility.
- Willing to develop by expansion of the role.
- Knowledge and Experience
- Student nurse in the NHS or general nursing within the NHS or equivalent
- Continuing professional development with portfolio
- NMC code of professional conduct
- Equality issues and best practice
- Medical speciality.
- Local PCPI agenda.
- Relevant field of nursing
- Supporting students
- Registered nurse with active registration.
- Teaching certificate or equivalent
- Skills and Aptitudes
- Ability to work as a team member, without close supervision.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Organisational skills.
- Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
- IT Skills
- Flexibility.
- Willing to develop by expansion of the role.
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
INTERNAL ONLY TO NORTH CUMBRIA INTEGRATED CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (NCIC) EMPLOYEES ONLY
Band 5 Staff Nurse, 36 hours per week , Day case Unit , Fixed term for 12 months
An exciting opportunity has arisen on the Day Case Unit to recruit highly motivated Band 5 staff nurses to join our dedicated team in order to provide a safe and efficient service to surgical patients.
The Trust will provide a twelve month preceptorship period for all newly registered healthcare professionals.
Healthcare Professionals returning to practice, moving into new roles or changing clinical environments, may access an agreed preceptorship period.
Main duties of the job
Candidates need to be flexible, enthusiastic and reliable- working independently and as part of a team.
The unit is predominantly nurse led with input from other members of the multi- disciplinary team in order to provide a high standard of care to patients both pre- operatively and post operatively. You will be involved in the admission process as well as the discharge planning of a small group of patients each shift and be expected to access, plan, implement and evaluate their care needs.
As a unit we operate using 20 beds and are open seven days a week, currently working 12hour day shifts (07.30-20.00) with future plans to finish at 22.00hrs due to the advances in day case surgeries and patient ca
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