Registered Nurse

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Registered Nurse to join the Elective Surgical Unit (Ward 12), at Dewsbury Hospital.

We have a vacancy for a 30 hours per week permanent post, day and night shifts, seven days a week.

Applications from experienced and newly qualified Registered Nurses are welcome. Mentorship and a period of supernumerary status will be given to the successful applicant.

Ward 12 (ESU) is a mixed Adult elective surgical facility with an extensive range of surgery being performed, gynaecology, breast surgery, general surgery, urology, plastics and many more, as day cases and in patients.

The Ward has 18 beds and is managed by a professional friendly and experienced multi disciplinary Team.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will have access to excellent training and development opportunities and will be supported and welcomed into our friendly dynamic and knowledgeable team.

You will be expected to work both independently and alongside your colleagues to provide the highest level of care.

You need to be a dedicated and motivated individual with excellent organisational skills and the ability to work in a busy environment.

For further information or if you would like to come and visit us please do not hesitate to contact Senior Sisters Hirst or Charlesworth.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Details

• Date posted: 20 August 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 5
• Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time
• Reference number: 001157
• Job locations: Dewsbury District Hospital, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF13 4HS, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with the NMC or on an NMC approved BSc/MSc nursing programme due to register with the NMC within 12 months.

Experience

• Professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree or equivalent.

Knowledge and Awareness

• Up to date knowledge of current nursing issues, research and practice.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to plan, assess, implement and evaluate patient care. • Prioritise tasks.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships.
• Delegate and co-ordinate person centred patient care effectively.
• Work effectively as part of a Multidisciplinary Team.
• Supervise junior staff and learners in practice.
• An ability to perform clinical skills with dexterity for example: insertion and removal of peripheral cannulation, venepuncture and catheters.
• Administer medications using a range of routes
• IT skills which can be built upon to incorporate the use of hospital administration, information and training systems.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to review the full requirements.