# Staff Nurse - Ward C18B > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-ward-c18b/be441414-d533-426e-9c8c-6ec7f20bc178 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-ward-c18b/be441414-d533-426e-9c8c-6ec7f20bc178.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Staff nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: pro rata - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (3 x 12 hr days or nights and a make up shift once every 2 months) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-15T17:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-01T07:40:39.806Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Blackburn/East_Lancashire_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Surgical_Anaesthetics_Services/Surgical_Anaesthetics_Services-v8334946 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8334946?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Clinical Speciality: Vascular surgery Ward: Ward C18B Locality: Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, Blackburn An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to work on an 18 bedded Surgical ward, primarily taking care of patients who undergo Emergency and Elective Vascular surgery with nursing ratio of 1-6 on the day shift and 1-9 on the night shift. The Vascular Service nationally is ever improving and evolving and there is current plans to have a centralised service for all East Lancashire patients at Preston Hospital in the future . The successful applicant would start their new role as Staff nurse at Royal Blackburn Hospital however when the Vascular Service moves in the futures you will be expected to transfer to Preston Hospital with all the other staff and services .( no confirmed dates as yet as still at planning stage ). ### Main duties of the job General duties will include pre and post- operative care for general surgical patients, administration of medication, including controlled drugs, by various routes, recording of physiological observations, wound care, management of complex patients with multiple issues, escalating care when needed, management of pain management systems . Documentation is also an essential part of the role, with accurate, legible recording of nursing interventions and completion of electronic nursing risk assessments. We aim to involve our patients in their care to improve nursing outcomes and ensure the patient’s journey through their time with us is a satisfactory one. Delivering safe, personal and effective care to our patients must be at the centre of all we do. We are looking for enthusiastic and dynamic nurses to really drive the ward vision. Experience within this area is desirable but not essential. You must have excellent communication skills, be punctual, flexible and hard working with a desire to deliver a high standard of nursing care in keeping with the Trust’s vision in delivering safe, personal and effective care at all times. The ideal candidate will be friendly, empathetic and patient with a keen desire to ensure that the care delivered is of the best quality standard. This is a rotational post, which includes night and weekend working. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development of programmes of care and/or the implementation and evaluation of these programmes. Carry out all relevant forms of care without direct supervision and demonstrate procedures to and supervise qualified and/or unqualified staff. ### 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 ### Attainments **Essential** - Registered 1st Level or equivalent as verified by NMC **Desirable** - To have knowledge of current research applicable to the post’s specialist area. ### Disposition **Essential** - Be able to work in a team - Be supportive of team members - Able to communicate effectively to patients, visitors and colleagues - Able to listen actively - Able to reflect on one’s own work - Have effective interpersonal skills - Be enthusiastic, conscientious and sympathetic **Desirable** - Be able to work with minimal supervision within the job description - To be able to work under pressure ### Special Aptitudes **Essential** - Able to manage the care for a group of people and prioritise workload with minimal supervision - Be proficient at calculating drug doses - Able to write basic reports - Able to train less qualified staff/learners - Moving and handling, customer awareness, computer/keyboard skills **Desirable** - Able to present reasoned discussion - Evidence of continuous development ### General Intelligence **Essential** - Able to take on board new ideas, skills and knowledge. - Ability to problem solve. - Be numerate. ## Documents - [privacy notice (pdf, 305.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1761) - [job description (pdf, 159.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10658408) - [person specification (pdf, 123.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10658409) - [benefits of working at elht (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2405) - [additional candidate information 2024 (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2494) ## 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.