Job summary
- Main area
- Neurology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: days and nights
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (days and nights full time)
- Job ref
- 160-7382216
- Employer
- The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £31,040 - £37,796 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.
With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.
Main duties of the job
Lipton ward is a ten bedded hyper acute rehabilitation unit.
You will be involved with an amazing MDT delivering exceptional care to our complex patients.
Working for our organisation
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.
With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification document for detailed information about the job description for this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN
- Range of experience in ward areas
Desirable criteria
- Post reg. study in Neuro specific area
- Acute care experience
- Post qualification experience
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of quality and changing practice in a clinical setting
Desirable criteria
- Acute care experience
- Post qualification experience
Skills & Attributes
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively in a variety of settings with patients / families/MDT team and with people of varying levels of understanding.
- Able to deal with questions and able to present factual information
- Able to maintain records
- Able to manage own workload and that of a team with supervision
- Demonstrate basic IT skills and understanding
- Able to prioritise workload and delegate where necessary
- Able to develop skills and knowledge
- Able to form and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues in health care setting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jade Gerarrd
- Job title
- ward manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01515563377
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