Job summary
- Main area
- Staff Nurse
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Days/Nights)
- Job ref
- 318-26-T0631
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 (pa, pro rata if part-time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Ward 2B, Band 5
Band 5
At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital.
With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you’re beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals.
We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today.
Job overview
Staff Nurse - Ward 2B, Band 5 (37.5Hours)
- To work alongside the Matron, the ward manager, the consultants and wider team to determine and deliver on service strategic objectives and to promote the overarching vision for the service
- To deliver, plan and evaluate patient care, ensuring that the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care is of high standard, encompassing the Trust vision of ‘best care for everyone
- To work collaboratively and cohesively with the multidisciplinary team to meet the needs of patients and their families
- To maintain high visibility and clinical expertise, role modelling high standards of care, evidence-based practice and effective leadership within UK law, Nursing and Midwifery Council and Trust policies and guidelines
- To support clinical governance and quality framework, helping to embed the culture of continuous improvement
Additional working pattern details: Days/Nights
Main duties of the job
- Directly deliver, coordinate and supervise patient care, ensuring that the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care is of high standard, encompassing the Trust vision of ‘best care for everyone.
- Deliver, demonstrate and supervise safe and appropriate care within a challenging and changing clinical environment, using highly specialised equipment and resources.
- Administer medications, within the Procedure for the Ordering, Prescribing, and Administration of Medications (POPAM) guidelines
- Disseminate contentious and delicate information appropriately and sensitively, ensure patient confidentiality is maintained
- Role model high standards of patient care, communication, commitment and organisation for others to follow.
- Utilise hospital computer systems, including the intranet, Trak-care and electronic patient records, to access and update patient information, while maintaining clear and accurate written records relevant to nursing practice
- Work collaboratively and cohesively with the multidisciplinary team to meet the needs of patients and their families and provide high standards of care.
- Take a key role in the implementation of any clinical initiative or introduction of new equipment.
- Participate in mentorship programmes for students and other members of the team
- Actively support all agreed quality improvements within Head and Neck services and link with other teams and services as appropriate within and outside of Trust.
Working for our organisation
We take pride in placing people at the centre of everything we do, working together as a united team. Driven by a shared ambition to continually grow, develop, and learn, we recognise and value every contribution. By combining our experience and skills, we not only support our vibrant, diverse communities, but also support one another.
With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one of our innovative hospitals. As well as generous annual leave allowance, access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a Band 5 Staff Nurse you would be responsible for caring for your own caseload of patients. This would involve assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care needs and assessments. You would be caring for surgical patients following head and neck surgery but can also be caring for other surgical speciality patients on the ward. You would also be working with health care support workers and student nurses and need to delegate tasks effectively and safely. You would work closely and liaise with the multi-disciplinary team regularly to ensure patient care needs are met. You would practice in line with Trust policies and procedures and comply with data protection and confidentiality legislation. You would need to actively participate in both mandatory training and education development opportunities relevant to your role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Active registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council as a Registered Nurse
- Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of a professional portfolio, registration revalidation & commitment to lifelong learning
Desirable criteria
- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
- Completion of Bronze Quality Improvement
Experience
Essential criteria
- Appropriate experience working in in a Head and Neck service or relevant speciality
- Evidence of building effective working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team and other key stakeholders
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of link nurse responsibilities / specific team involvement
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates ability to use clinical reasoning skills and techniques to assess, diagnose, plan and offer a range of treatment options; deliver, evaluate and amend the treatment plan
- In depth knowledge of Head and Neck patients and operational processes within the speciality
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative and prioritise workload
- Personally resilient and able to manage complexity and work in an ambiguous or changing environment.
- Able to supervise non-registered and less experienced staff to ensure effective service and care delivery.
- Able to contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies/protocols/guidelines relevant to area of practice
- Demonstrates understanding and commitment to good record keeping using the Trust electronic and paper methods
Desirable criteria
- IT skills and experience including Electronic Patient Records, Trakcare, Safecare, NHS Mail, Health Roster, Microsoft Office
Qualities
Essential criteria
- Be both enthusiastic and self-aware
- Resilient under pressure, self-aware and with an ability to learn through constructive feedback and personal reflection
Desirable criteria
- Team focused, ability to work collaboratively and always underpinned by kindness and respect towards others
- Reliable, Adaptable and Dependable
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
- Safiya Mathew
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 6145
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