# Staff Nurse - Ward 9 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-ward-9/9e231f9d-1e49-404b-8f2a-7dd7be2c519d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-ward-9/9e231f9d-1e49-404b-8f2a-7dd7be2c519d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust - **Location:** Stoke Mandeville Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Staff nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum - pro rata for part time - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Post-holder will be expected to work Long Days, Nights, Weekends & Bank Holidays) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-01T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T08:20:39.312Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Buckinghamshire/Aylesbury/Buckinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Nursing/Nursing-v8302906 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8302906?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is a major provider of integrated hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area. This includes Thame (Oxfordshire), Tring (Hertfordshire) and Leighton Buzzard (Bedfordshire). We provide care to over half a million patients every year. We have over 6,000 highly trained clinical staff. This includes doctors, nurses, midwives, health visitors, therapists, and healthcare scientists. Ward 9 is a busy inpatient ward caring for patients who no longer meet the criteria to reside in an acute hospital bed and require ongoing assessment, rehabilitation, discharge planning, and support to achieve the best possible outcomes. We are looking for a compassionate and motivated Registered Nurse to join our dedicated multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will deliver high-quality, patient-centred care, promote independence, coordinate care effectively, and contribute to safe and timely discharge planning whilst maintaining the highest standards of clinical practice. ### Main duties of the job - Identifying the needs for nursing care of individual patients in the context of prescribed medical care. - Undertakes the nursing assessment of the patient, including risk assessments, e.g. Tissue viability, falls etc. and re-evaluates. - Planning and delivering an individual programme of nursing care for each patient, incorporating objectives, and re-evaluates. - Supervising qualified / unqualified staff, to ensure the optimum application of skills necessary to provide the care planned for each patient. - Recording nursing care given and evaluating its outcome in relation to achievement of objectives; modifying care plans accordingly. - Acts as a health educator throughout the patients stay. - Responds sensitively to the needs of patients families and visitors ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert. If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application. If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number. ### 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** - Ability to understand the role of a registered nurse - Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative - Awareness of current professional nursing issues - Demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit/quality **Desirable** - Post registration experience working in an acute hospital setting ### SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES **Desirable** - Able to travel to other sites and off site as necessary - Maybe required to work in other departments if requested to do so ### SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE **Essential** - Good verbal and written communication skills and ability to negotiate - Ability to manage and prioritise own caseload with supervision - Ability to solve problems and use initiative - Ability to develop clinical skills - Willingness to undergo training (e.g. medications) - Basic IT skills - Knowledge of the NMC code of conduct - Ability to maintain a safe clinical environment conducive to patient care - Adaptable to change - Ability to work rotating shifts - Diplomatic approach with professionalism - Flexible and approachable **Desirable** - Willingness to develop teaching skills - Awareness of the NHSE guidance of clinical governance in order to continuously improve quality of care e.g. quality, safety and ward audit standards - Knowledge of care planning, preceptorship, reflection and clinical supervision ### EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING **Essential** - Registered Nurse/Awaiting NMC PIN **Desirable** - Evidence of further continued professional development - Post qualification experience in relevant speciality - Hold / be working towards an NMC approved mentoring qualification ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 200.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10622409) - [person specification (pdf, 320.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10622410) - [functional requirements (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10622411) ## 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.