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Job summary

Main area
General Nursing
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
193-7315953NCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Town
Reading
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/07/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Staff Nurse (Castle Ward )

Band 5

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust.  Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic registered nurse who would enjoy working in a diverse, exciting & rewarding clinical area? Castle ward currently has an opportunity to appoint a staff nurse to join their friendly, professional and successful team.

Castle ward is a 29 bedded unit specialising in the care of rheumatology and endocrine patients. The Ward is also a medical ward that admits patients with general medical conditions.

Main duties of the job

All staff members have an active role in the health promotion of patients on castle ward. Working with our excellent highly skilled team you will develop a wide range of clinical skills helping to progress your career. There are opportunities to care for acutely ill patients, working within a competency frame work supporting you to gain more skills and knowledge in this specialty.

You will receive induction and specialist training tailored to the area including care of patients with Diabetes. We will provide you support through your induction and developmental phase. You will be allocated with a mentor who will guide you through completion of your competencies. We have a robust appraisal process to ensure that your professional development is achieved within a set time frame.

This is an exciting opportunity to enhance your career in an innovative area of nursing and we welcome passionate nurses to enhance our team.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading’s biggest employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on the job role, please refer to the Job Description and person specification attached.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse/Midwife or working towards registration

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Through placement or employment of working in an acute clinical environment

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates sound clinical knowledge and up to date nursing practice with evidence of critical thinking and problem solving
  • Demonstrates awareness of current professional nursing issues

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.National Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024Florence Nightingale Foundation

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Candidates to be capped at 25 applications per 1WTE position to be recruited

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Giulio Grieco
Job title
Ward Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01183225484
Additional information

ward manager office extension 5484

Castle ward nurse station 0118 322 5424/5479

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