Job summary
- Main area
- Bank
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - 0 hours per week (Variable 0 hours per week)
- Job ref
- 359-7296982-T4
- Employer
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells Hospitals
- Town
- Maidstone
- Salary
- £17.68 per hour
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 13/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Emergency Department Staff Nurse- Staff Bank
Band 5
Job overview
Looking to work flexibly while thriving in a fast-paced Emergency Department environment?
Join our Staff Bank as an NMC-registered Staff Nurse!
We are seeking passionate and motivated NMC-registered nurses to join our Emergency Department teams at our Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells sites.
As one of the top-performing Emergency Departments in the country—ranked in the top 10 nationwide—we are proud to deliver outstanding care to over 160,000 patients each year. Our Emergency Departments are dynamic, fast-paced environments where your skills and dedication will make a real difference every single day.
All our hospital sites offer a supportive and professional working environment, with high patient turnover and excellent learning opportunities. You’ll work alongside experienced and dynamic Clinical Nurse Specialists and Senior Nursing Staff who are dedicated to supporting your development.
Main duties of the job
This role presents a fantastic opportunity to expand your acute care nursing skills, particularly during the crucial early stages of a patient’s hospital stay. If you're keen to grow both professionally and personally within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary setting, we’d love to hear from you.
In return for your commitment and enthusiasm, you'll be supported to develop your clinical competencies and progress in your nursing career.
What’s more, by joining our Staff Bank, you won’t only support our Emergency Departments—you’ll also have the opportunity to cover temporary staffing gaps across a variety of wards and specialities throughout our hospital sites. It’s an excellent way to gain diverse clinical experience while enjoying the flexibility that suits your lifestyle.
Ready to make a difference? Join our team today.
We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic person to join our nursing team. In return for your enthusiasm, you will be supported to develop your clinical skills and will have the opportunity to develop personally and professionally as part of a ‘high challenge, high support’ environment.
The benefits of joining our bank include:
- Cost of DBS and uniform covered by the Trust
- Priority shifts over agency staff
- Weekly payroll
- Support in development and revalidation
- Online shift booking system
- Dedicated team to support with any queries 7 days per week
- Excellent transport links
- Access to NHS Pension
- Paid annual leave
Working for our organisation
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is proud to be ranked among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide, and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in both the 2023 and 2024 NHS Staff Surveys.
We are a large acute hospital trust based in South East England, providing high-quality general and specialist hospital services to around 600,000 residents across West Kent and East Sussex. Our dedicated and diverse workforce of over 8,000 staff also delivers specialist cancer services through the Kent Oncology Centre.
In October 2024, Fordcombe Hospital near Tunbridge Wells joined the Trust. This planned care facility offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, a full range of diagnostic services, and consultation and treatment suites.
Our Staff Bank plays a vital role in supporting our services by providing flexible, skilled cover for temporary staffing needs across all specialties. It offers a rewarding and adaptable way to work, giving you the opportunity to broaden your experience, explore different specialties, and potentially move into a permanent role within the Trust.
Benefits include:
• Competitive pay
• Flexible, ‘as and when’ working patterns
• Free DBS check and uniform
• Priority access to shifts over agency staff
• Weekly payroll
• Support for ongoing development and revalidation
• Easy-to-use online shift booking system - Loop
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Blue light card eligibility
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children).
Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email [email protected] if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First level Registered Nurse with UK Nursing and Midwifery Council registration
- Practice Supervisor preparation (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- IV Therapy, Venepuncture and Cannulation Training
- Practice Assessor (or equivalent)
- Intermediate Life Support Training
- Central Venous Access Device Training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Up-to-date knowledge of nursing theory and best practice at the level of a newly qualified nurse.
- Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the NHS.
- Able to demonstrate adherence to The Code (NMC, 2018).
- Can define equality, diversity and inclusivity.
Desirable criteria
- Able to describe audit and quality issues.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing with staff, patients and relatives, ensuring that communication is tailored to the person being addressed.
- Robust nursing assessment skills.
- Care planning and evaluation skills.
- Effective time management, prioritisation and organisational skills.
- Ability to reflect on practice and accept constructive feedback.
- Utilises a problem-solving approach to work.
- Demonstrates effective nursing practice in all basic registered nurse procedures.
- Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role.
- Demonstrates awareness of evidence-based practice.
Desirable criteria
- Solid delegation skills
- Able to teach and supervise others.
- Able to use digital technology.
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
- The Temporary Staffing Team
- Job title
- Temporary Staffing Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01622 228800
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