# Staff Nurse - Acute Medical Unit > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-acute-medical-unit/be8acec8-8bf5-4138-b85a-3c10ada7c0f9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-acute-medical-unit/be8acec8-8bf5-4138-b85a-3c10ada7c0f9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Preston - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum/Pro Rata for part time - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-08T08:21:38.441Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Preston/Lancashire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Acute_Medicine/Acute_Medicine-v7997404 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7997404?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you looking for a new career opportunity that will both challenge and reward you at the same time? We have vacancies for Experienced or Newly qualified Band 5 Staff Nurses to develop as a nurse in acute medicine. We are a busy acute medical unit with 34 core beds and 2 assessment areas. If you enjoy working in a fast paced environment where 2 days are not the same then this job is for you! This position would be suited to an individual looking to gain experience in the acute setting. Eager to learn new skills in a thriving and supportive workplace, ensuring high quality care is given to our patient group while working with a dedicated team of staff who are devoted to improve the quality of care and enhance patient’s experience. We are seeking highly motivated, flexible individuals with strong interpersonal skills that will look forward to the challenges of nursing patients who have a variety of acute medical problems. Ideally the post holder will have experience of working in an acute hospital setting and be able to demonstrate clinical knowledge in caring for acutely unwell patients. In return bespoke training opportunities will be tailored to your personal needs to enable your development into this challenging role. ### Main duties of the job You will be responsible for planning, delivering and evaluating the personalised health and wellbeing care needs of patients, in line with the Trust’s Values & Nursing & Midwifery Professional Framework goals example: personal hygiene and comfort, vital signs and EWS, early recognition and management of acutely ill patients, safe transportation, last offices, fluid balance monitoring, enteral feeding/ meeting nutritional needs, ECG, wound dressings, triage, catheterisation, venepuncture, cannulation, blood transfusion, palliative and terminal care, care of central lines, admission and discharge, nasogastric tube insertion & care, care of epidural and IV infusion pumps, psychological and spiritual support. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please read the job description listed below: - Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to meet patients’ needs in accordance with agreed local and national standards and evidence based guidelines. - Support and provide patient education and health promotion - Be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of care, through appropriate professional practice, delegation and supervision of duties carried out by junior staff. - Proactively manage risk and maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines - Assist in setting, monitoring and maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care - Communicate all relevant information to the multidisciplinary team internally and with external organisations as required, to ensure seamless care - Maintain accurate and complete records of all care activities, in a timely manner, adhering to local and professional standards for documentation - Act as a role model, presenting a positive image of self, team and the organisation - Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals - Ensures environment of care is safe, well equipped and compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness - To participate in education and training of junior staff - Maintain and develop own professional competence and seek to extend the scope of personal knowledge and skills within scope of role and professional practice - Proactively engage with Trust wide or local changes and developments in nursing practice e.g intentional rounding, alcohol screening - Actively try to resolve issues and complaints at local level and then report the outcome to line manager ## Job Details Are you looking for a new career opportunity that will both challenge and reward you at the same time? We have vacancies for Experienced or Newly qualified Band 5 Staff Nurses to develop as a nurse in acute medicine. We are a busy acute medical unit with 34 core beds and 2 assessment areas. If you enjoy working in a fast paced environment where 2 days are not the same then this job is for you! This position would be suited to an individual looking to gain experience in the acute setting. Eager to learn new skills in a thriving and supportive workplace, ensuring high quality care is given to our patient group while working with a dedicated team of staff who are devoted to improve the quality of care and enhance patient’s experience. We are seeking highly motivated, flexible individuals with strong interpersonal skills that will look forward to the challenges of nursing patients who have a variety of acute medical problems. Ideally the post holder will have experience of working in an acute hospital setting and be able to demonstrate clinical knowledge in caring for acutely unwell patients. In return bespoke training opportunities will be tailored to your personal needs to enable your development into this challenging role. ## Job Description You will be responsible for planning, delivering and evaluating the personalised health and wellbeing care needs of patients, in line with the Trust’s Values & Nursing & Midwifery Professional Framework goals example: personal hygiene and comfort, vital signs and EWS, early recognition and management of acutely ill patients, safe transportation, last offices, fluid balance monitoring, enteral feeding/ meeting nutritional needs, ECG, wound dressings, triage, catheterisation, venepuncture, cannulation, blood transfusion, palliative and terminal care, care of central lines, admission and discharge, nasogastric tube insertion & care, care of epidural and IV infusion pumps, psychological and spiritual support. ## Responsibilities Please read the job description listed below: Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to meet patients’ needs in accordance with agreed local and national standards and evidence based guidelines. Support and provide patient education and health promotion Be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of care, through appropriate professional practice, delegation and supervision of duties carried out by junior staff. Proactively manage risk and maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines Assist in setting, monitoring and maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care Communicate all relevant information to the multidisciplinary team internally and with external organisations as required, to ensure seamless care Maintain accurate and complete records of all care activities, in a timely manner, adhering to local and professional standards for documentation Act as a role model, presenting a positive image of self, team and the organisation Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals Ensures environment of care is safe, well equipped and compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness To participate in education and training of junior staff Maintain and develop own professional competence and seek to extend the scope of personal knowledge and skills within scope of role and professional practice Proactively engage with Trust wide or local changes and developments in nursing practice e.g intentional rounding, alcohol screening Actively try to resolve issues and complaints at local level and then report the outcome to line manager ## Person Specification ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Awareness of changes within Nursing practice - Knowledge of clinical governance and the relevance to practice - Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures - Willing to expand clinical role e.g. IV additives, venepuncture and cannulation - Demonstrates competency during internship **Desirable** - Evidence of clinical competence in area of speciality e.g. acute medicine - Knowledge of leadership and management - Experience of mentorship and ability to identify learning and development needs - Research and development - Experience working in acute medicine - Knowledge of ethical issues ### Qualifications and Education **Essential** - Appropriate NMC registration - NMC recognised mentorship qualification or willingness to work towards 18 months commencement in post - Evidence of continuing education or development - Diploma in Nursing **Desirable** - Manchester Triage - Venepuncture & cannulation - ECG recording - Degree ## Documents - [what we can offer you (pdf, 6.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2464) - [creating your best application (pdf, 6.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2433) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 424.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10281955) ## 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. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.