# Staff Nurse - Forrester Brown Ward Maternity cover

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Royal United Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Staff nurse
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** per annum
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (6-9 months)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (would be required to work a range of days, nights, weekends and bank holidays)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-30T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-17T12:51:09.756Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Somerset/Bath/Royal_United_Hospitals_Bath_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Surgery/Surgery-v8142275
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8142275?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.ruh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Forrester Brown ward has an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join a friendly, supportive and experienced team covering maternity leave and help us to deliver high quality care to our orthopaedic patients.

Forrester Brown is a trauma and orthopaedic ward that provides high quality care to our trauma orthopaedic patients. It is a busy, energetic place to work with a close team. We are proud to provide excellent care to patients from admission through to discharge. Staff work to our trust values which are -Everyone Matters, Making A Difference, and Working Together in all that they do.

The post will be fixed term for up to 9 months full time , and will provide the successful candidate with new skills, competence and development opportunities as well as the security of being part of a knowledgeable, supportive team.

We welcome both experienced and newly qualified nurses. Ideally you should be motivated, enthusiastic and keen to learn about orthopaedics.

Due to the nature of this role, we require candidates who apply to have current right to work in the UK.

### Main duties of the job

To work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse or key worker (with facilitation) for a defined group of patients and take responsibility for:

- The assessment of care and health education needs
- The development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient

To gain experience and skills in:

- Clinical practice
- Facilitation and teaching
- Management (as appropriate

To work in accordance with the RUH Nursing Strategy and contribute towards achieving its objectives and maintain effective communication and participate in clinical supervision as appropriate and to teach and act as a facilitator/mentor/preceptor/ role model to less experienced staff.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about 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

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Up to date knowledge of nursing theory and best practice at the level of a newly qualified nurse.
- Able to demonstrate effective consolidation of nursing Knowledge & practice after qualification & preceptorship

**Desirable**

- Experience of trauma and orthopaedic nursing

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Nurse with Nursing & Midwifery Council
- Understanding of NMC Code of Practice and requirements of it for own practice & behaviour.

## Documents

- [band 5 jd (pdf, 224.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10441102)
- [join the ruh (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3030)

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