# Registered Nurse - Swift Ward > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/registered-nurse-swift-ward/448fa27e-bdf2-48b7-bb87-0b611e76c91a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/registered-nurse-swift-ward/448fa27e-bdf2-48b7-bb87-0b611e76c91a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust - **Location:** Lister Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Registered nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (longdays, nights, weekends and bank holidays.) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-21T09:30:30.738Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Stevenage/East_North_Hertfordshire_Teaching_NHS_Trust/Trauma_Orthopaedics/Trauma_Orthopaedics-v8264389 - **Employer website:** https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. Are you a registered nurse, looking for a role within trauma & orthopaedics? We are in the top three NHS hospital groups in the East of England for size, so, you’ll work with a great mix of patients. Swift ward is a 27 bedded emergency & elective orthopaedic ward, compromising of single and double patient rooms. As a department we focus on autonomous and nurse led/ patient focused care. As a department, we focus heavily on enhanced recovery, with patients staying on average 2 days post surgery. As a registered nurse, you will work closely with your nursing colleagues as well as the wider multidisciplinary team, consisting of doctors, physios, OT and the discharge team. to facilitate the speedy and safe discharges of our patients. This role will include Long days, short days, nights, weekends and bank holidays as per rota. At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. ### Main duties of the job As a registered nurse you will provide a high standard of care and support the team to deliver a high quality service which is linked to high standards of patient care. Your main responsibilities include: Support patient with their ADL's Facilitate the safe and speedy discharges Post op wound care Managing deteriorating patients Provide patient centred/ focused care Work with multidisciplinary teams Support clinical support workers in their duties ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal - Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team - Good self-awareness of professional limitations within NMC Code of Conduct - Ability to prioritise workload and demonstrate good organisational skills - Computer literacy **Desirable** - Venipuncture and cannulation ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse on part 1, part 2 or part 12 of the NMC register - Commitment to lifelong learning - Evidence of further education, training and on-going learning - Ability to produce updated personal professional portfolio **Desirable** - Evidence of Assessing and Mentorship qualification - Evidence of appropriate Specialist Qualification ### Other Requirements **Essential** - Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion - Role model our Trust values every day - Awareness of strategies for maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors - Flexibility around working hours with clinical and rotational shifts **Desirable** - Knowledge of appropriate specialist nursing care requirements - Resource management (awareness of budget/supplies) ## Documents - [registered nurse applicant pack (pdf, 706.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10580516) - [showcasing our teaching commitment (pdf, 5.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2905) - [additional role expectations form (pdf, 224.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10585188) - [must read guidance notes - application forms (pdf, 91.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=549) - [policy statement - recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=551) - [guidance on secondments for internal applicants (pdf, 101.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2748) - [guidance notes for applicants - how your data is used and stored (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=550) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references.