# Staff Nurse - Medical Assessment Unit > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-medical-assessment-unit/c27c9e2b-c288-47d5-a727-63b2183754bb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-medical-assessment-unit/c27c9e2b-c288-47d5-a727-63b2183754bb.md ## 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:** £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent: None - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Long days , nights and weekends) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-30T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-17T08:40:45.271Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Somerset/Bath/Royal_United_Hospitals_Bath_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Nursing/Nursing-v8164740 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8164740?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ruh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join us and work within a friendly, supportive and innovative team on the MAU at the Royal United Hospital Bath. We currently have vacancies for Band 5 nurses. This comes with scope to progression to senior Band 5, Developmental Band 6 opportunities and progression to a substantive Band 6 Sister/Charge nurse. Our purpose is simple-"Putting Patients First". We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this. Our recent CQC inspection in July 2023 rated our Caring Service as Outstanding. We are therefore committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision, leading and supporting our teams to move forward and working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities. If you can help us to achieve this and you believe in putting patients first we would love to hear from you! Previous candidates for this recruitment event need not apply. ### Main duties of the job Our 25 bed unit admits patients 24/ 7 from the A&E department and also from GP practices to our 11 bed Direct Assessment Area. Patients stay on MAU for up to 72hours before being transferred to a continuing care ward / discharged directly home. Patients in DAA, are seen and assessed with an aim to be discharged on the same day. The primary role of MAU/DAA is to provide initial assessment, investigation and treatment for medical conditions as well as providing on going care and facilitating safe transfer to a ward or discharge home. We work in close collaboration with A&E and Ambulatory Care in order to improve and maximise patient flow and reduce patient wait. We are passionate about improving our service and the delivery of high quality, individualised care to our patients. Our staff are at the centre of everything we do. We engage with and invest in our nursing teams creating an environment where all staff feel valued. We offer continued support through the Trust Preceptorship Programme, regular personal development reviews and individualised objectives to support professional and personal development within the department. We also offer in house training opportunities with our own clinical practice facilitators. You will be supported on every shift by a senior nurse who will help to develop your confidence, knowledge and skills. If you believe you have what it takes to work in this fast paced exciting unit then we would love to hear from you. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description and person specification for further information about this opportunity. ### 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 ### essential **Essential** - - Registered Nurse Part 1,2,12 - State Registered with Nursing & Midwifery Council - - Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of nursing theory and best practice at the level of a newly qualified nurse. - Understanding of equality & diversity and how to apply it to self. - Understanding of NMC Code of Practice and requirements of it for own practice & behaviour. - - Demonstrates effective nursing practice in all basic registered nurse procedures. - Demonstrates an empathetic and caring approach to patients and relatives and ensure that patients’ dignity & respect is maintained at all times. - Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate. - Able to work under own initiative within boundaries of role. - Demonstrates awareness of importance of working as part of a team. - Demonstrates awareness of research-based practice. - - Able to communicate effectively verbally and written to staff, patients and relatives ensuring that communication is tailored to the person being addressed. - Able to document observations, results, decisions and actions etc effectively in patient notes and communicate these effectively to appropriate members of the multidisciplinary team. - Motivated, and able to articulate reasons for desire, to work in this clinical area. - Able to supervise HCAs and students effectively when required. ### application form and interview **Essential** - - Registered Nurse Part 1,2,12 - State Registered with Nursing & Midwifery Council ## Documents - [join the ruh (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3030) - [job description (pdf, 499.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10621577) ## 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.