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Staff Nurse – Talent Pool
Are you an NMC Registered Adult Nurse and have a passion for improving patient care? Do you have a passion for delivering outstanding patient care and want to continue your journey at UCLH? If so, we want to hear from you!
We are excited to offer you the chance to join our UCLH Band 5 Staff Nurse Talent Pool at University College London Hospitals (UCLH). This Talent Pool provides an opportunity to be proactively considered for upcoming Band 5 vacancies.
We are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK and renowned for excellence in patient care and innovation. Whether your interests lie in surgical nursing, medical specialities, neurology, cancer services or fast-paced emergency care, we have a place for you.
Main duties of the job
Why Join the UCLH Talent Pool?
1. Exclusive Access: Be among the first to be considered for new nursing vacancies as they arise.
2. Personalised Matching: Allow us to carefully match your skills and qualifications with available positions.
3. Career Growth: Benefit from UCLH’s commitment to professional development and continuous learning.
4. Supportive Environment: Access a range of support and welfare services, celebrate excellence through quarterly and annual awards and have your say in our staff annual surveys.
How It Works
1. Application: Submit your application to join the Talent Pool.
2. Interview: Attend a face-to-face interview with our nursing recruitment team. It is important that you only attend once you have received a confirmed interview schedule. This allocation will come to you from Trac.
3. Matching: If your interview is successful, we will begin matching you with current vacancies based on our needs and your suitability.
4. Placement: You may be placed within six months, depending on our vacancies and alignment with organisational needs, with the option to extend this period by an additional six months if necessary.
While in the Talent Pool, candidates may continue in their current employment or seek other opportunities elsewhere. Once a candidate accepts a position, a conditional offer will be issued, and pre-employment checks will begin.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?
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This advert is for Registered Nurse -Adult branch with University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £38,488 - £46,852 Per annum Inclusive. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 15 Jun 2026.
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