Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-8389925-M
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum, Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Renal Ward F9
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
Staff Nurses are responsible for the delivery of care and the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of individual programmes of care. They are expected to take delegated responsibility in a given shift for a group of patients. With experience, they may be expected to take charge of the ward/department regularly in the absence of the Sister/Charge Nurse.
Main duties of the job
Please see attached Job description for full details of role and personal specification
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
Working for our organisation
About Us
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge and provides acute and secondary care services.
We provide community services in West Suffolk, and specialist community services across the county, including nursing, therapy, and specialist services.
Ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation services are provided through community inpatient beds, including at Newmarket Community Hospital (NCH). A new Community Diagnostic Centre based at NCH opened in December 2024.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and teamwork guide how we work and behave as a team.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description for full details of role and personal specification
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- • NMC Registration or Newly Qualified
- • BLS trained
- • Preparation for Mentorship
Desirable criteria
- • ILS trained
- • A1 Assessor course
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Willingness to share knowledge
- • Awareness of current political/professional issues
- • Demonstrates awareness of the 6C’s, Trust values and Patients First Service Standards
- • Demonstrates an awareness of the importance of keeping the clinical environment safe and clean
- • Knowledge of the Data Protection Act
- • Previous acute experience within the NHS
- • Demonstrates experience managing deteriorating patients
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- • Ability to work under pressure
- • Ability to work to clear guidelines and within role boundaries
- • Proficient IT skills
- • Communicates clearly in writing, verbally and using the telephone
- • Accurate with attention to detail
- • Proficient in accurate, objective documentation and clinical hand- over of patients
- • Able to recognise and manage deteriorating patients and to escalate concerns
- • Knowledge of Ambulatory Care Centre and clinical pathways
- • Cannulation competent
- • Venipuncture competent
- • Proficient with E-Care
- • IV Drug administration trained
Desirable criteria
- • Knowledge of Ambulatory Care same day emergency care Centre and clinical pathways
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- • Team worker, who is able to prioritise effectively
- • Flexible approach to working hours and duties
- • Awareness of own limitations
- • Ability to use initiative, referring key decisions as appropriate and understanding aim limitations
- • Attention to detail
- • Polite, respectful and professional attitude and behaviours towards staff members, patients and relatives
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kelly Peters
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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