Job summary
- Main area
- Registered Nurse Community Hospital
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent: Bank contracts available
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 825-7175973-OPS
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ludlow Community Hospital
- Town
- Ludlow
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 per annum/pro-rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Ludlow Community Hospital
Band 5
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £38,700. For a limited number of clinical posts (listed here), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,00 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.
Job overview
Ludlow Community Hospital is looking for a Registered Nurse who is experienced in working in a multi disciplinary/multi-agency health/social care environment, with knowledge of IT basic administration systems including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel etc).
You will be patient focused and have the ability to carry out comprehensive holistic nursing assessments and be able to priorities and make sound decisions, sometimes under pressure.
Bank positions are also available for this role.
Main duties of the job
- Formulate and deliver high quality patient care without direct supervision, seeking guidance on actions that are outside agreed defined standards.
- Recognise changes in patients’ conditions which require the intervention of others and ensure that timely referrals are made, or escalation procedures enacted as appropriate.
- Ensure patient safety is maintained at all times. Record and report adverse and potentially adverse events and assist with investigation of such events’, ensuring learning is shared with the wider team(s).
- Maintain clear, accurate and contemporaneous records in line with current NMC guidelines and standards.
- Access and use patient clinical diagnostic information to inform clinical decisions.
- Make appropriate and timely referrals to members of the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies to ensure patients’ on-going physical, spiritual, emotional and social needs are met.
- Ensure that high standards of nursing care are given and maintained and act when standards are not being maintained.
- Act as an advocate for your patients, ensuring that any barriers to the patient’s opinions and wishes being heard are challenged.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
Training and Qualification
Essential criteria
- RGN NMC Registered
- Professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level
- Literacy & numeracy Level 2 or equivalent (GCSE A – C)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a sub-acute environment
- Experience of working in a multi disciplinary / multi agency health/social care environment.
- Experience and knowledge of IT basic administration systems including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel etc).
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to carry out comprehensive holistic nursing assessment
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to prioritise and make sound decisions, sometimes under pressure
- Strong leadership skills
- Knowledge of current professional issues
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Harriet Francis
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01584872201
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