Registered Nurse Band 5 - Harpur Ward
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This Registered Nurse Band 5 role is on Harpur Ward, a 29-bed Dementia-friendly unit at Bedford Hospital. The post holder will support the ward sister/charge nurse in managing and delivering patient-centred care, focusing on assessing needs, developing care plans, and facilitating rehabilitation and safe discharges. The role involves working within a multidisciplinary team and promoting patient independence. Harpur Ward has received a national ELDER FRIENDLY QUALITY MARK for its high standard of care for frail and elderly patients.
Essential criteria
- Open/ Warm/ Reflective
- Enthusiastic and Self aware
- Good communication skills
- Evidence of professional development
- Current NMC registration
- Knowledge of caring for patients with dementia
- Evidence of good clinical skills
- Work well within a multidisciplinary team
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
- Personal Skills
- Open/ Warm/ Reflective
- Enthusiastic and Self aware
- Good communication skills
- Evidence of professional development
- Current NMC registration
- Knowledge of caring for patients with dementia
- Evidence of good clinical skills
- Work well within a multidisciplinary team
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written
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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Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Registered Nurse Band 5 - Harpur Ward
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
Harpur ward consists of 29 beds and is led by approachable Ward Manager supported by four Ward Sisters. The ward is a Dementia friendly with one Consultants specialising in different aspects of care for frail and elderly with complex discharges. The care delivered is of a very high standard and the whole team work closely to ensure all patient experience is positive. The ward received a national award of the ELDER FRIENDLY QUALITY MARK in recognition of the support the whole team provides to older people. This mark puts Harpur ward in a group of only 40 wards across the country to have achieved the recognition.
Although we have a very strong learning and development function, we appreciate you will need to have acquired some skills and experience from your career you will require in order for your time with us to be a real success.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for supporting the sister/charge nurse on the ward in the management and delivery of patient centred care to patients admitted to the unit. The role incorporates assessing needs, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care, supporting and facilitating appropriate rehabilitation opportunities, safe discharges and promoting patien
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