Job requirements
Essential
7 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- NHS experience
Experience working for NHS
- Essential/Desirable
Degree in nursing
- Essential/Desirable
Good basic education and experience in the speciality.
- Essential/Desirable
Knowledge of current clinical and professional nursing issues relating to the specialty.
- Essential/Desirable
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Excellent written skills.
- Essential/Desirable
Ability to work flexibly
- Essential/Desirable
Understanding of Clinical Audit & the principles of Clinical Governance
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- NHS experience
Iclip trained
- Essential/Desirable
Previous nursing experience
- Essential/Desirable
Knowledge and experience of Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance.
- Essential/Desirable
Willingness to develop own practice.
- Essential/Desirable
Experience of team or ward management
Job overview
Are you a compassionate nurse? Are you enthusiastic, highly motivated, and passionate about caring for older adults with complex needs? Do you have a desire to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care within a specialist orthopaedic setting?
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide high quality care and work towards developing and working within a cohesive multidisciplinary team. The expectations within this job description will be met through, hands on clinical practice, education and training, and research. The post holder will be caring and compassionate with patients, relatives and staff, and will actively listen, understand and respond to the patients’ needs and improve and innovate for patient safety. You will provide highly skilled assistance in all and act as a professional member of the team. The initial objectives of the post will be reviewed with the post holder on an annual basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Staff Nurse role at Epsom and St Helier..
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.
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Applying for this NHS job
This advert is for Staff Nurse Band 5 with Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust in Carshalton, England. It is listed as a Staff nurse role. The advertised salary is £36943.00 to £44900.00. The contract type is 9 months (9 months fixed term to cover maternity leave). The application deadline is 14 Oct 2026.
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