# Staff Nurse - AMU

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust
- **Location:** Hereford County Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum Pro Rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-03T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-20T14:41:19.459Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hereford/Hereford/Wye_Valley_NHS_Trust/Acute_Medicine/Acute_Medicine-v8179913
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8179913?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

If you are enthusiastic, caring, proactive, willing to work hard then a job in AMU is the right Staff Nurse post for you to apply to do. We need team members who will care for all our patients with compassion and with understanding of their care needs.

We admit patients from the Emergency Department and after initial assessment by our fantastic team of Acute Physicians, they may be referred for specialist treatments and / or care in other wards. AMU is a fantastic unit to be able to gain a broad range of experience ; to either persue a career in acute medical nursing or to provide you with the knowledge to want to learn more about other specialist areas of nursing.

### Main duties of the job

To work as the registered nurse in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care.

- Act on any concerns to be raised, relating to standards of cleanliness, hazards and patient safety within the clinical area
- To ensure the nursing and medical team are regularly updated on patients’ condition and progress
- To ensure the equipment is clean and in good working order and that damaged or faulty equipment is reported correctly to the team
- To ensure the environment is clean and tidy
- To participate with the induction of staff new to the clinical area
- To minimise hazards in the working area and report any identifiable hazards to the ward sister. To adhere to all safe systems of work applicable to the work area
- To demonstrate effective communication, both orally and in writing, to ensure dissemination of information
- To maintain confidentiality at all times
- To promote awareness of child protection issues referring to area child protection policy and Trust policy. Attend child protection training in accordance with the policy
- To promote awareness of adult protection issues referring to the Herefordshire Multi-Agency Policy and Procedures for The Protection of Vulnerable Adults from Abuse. Attend adult protection training sessions in accordance with the policies and procedures.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy.

### 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

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience within a relevant clinical area

### Personal attributes

**Essential**

- Flexible & Adaptable
- Team Player
- Ability to work well under pressure

### Education and qualifications

**Essential**

- NMC registered

### Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

**Essential**

- Leadership
- Time Management of self & others
- Problem solving
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing to a wide range of people

## Documents

- [wvt benefits (pdf, 621.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1985)
- [229-med-7323164 jdps (pdf, 200.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10483071)

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