# Staff Nurse - Ward E4

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Southampton
- **Region:** South East
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 £32,073 - £39,043 Pro Rata Per Annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-07T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-24T13:50:43.171Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8182096
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8182096?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.uhs.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

### Main duties of the job

Ward E4 is a dedicated 20-bedded thoracic surgical unit providing comprehensive elective and emergency care for a diverse adult patient population. As a specialist surgical environment, we manage acute pathways to deliver excellent clinical outcomes and high standards of evidence-based practice.

The Caseload You Will Manage Nurses on Ward E4 manage high-acuity surgical admissions, building specialised clinical skills across multiple pathways:
- Surgical Care: Delivering pre- and post-operative nursing care for patients undergoing surgery, diagnostic procedures, and treatments for lung cancer, COPD symptom management, and other lung and chest wall conditions.
- Thoracic Conditions: Managing specialised treatments, complex monitoring, and advanced chest drain protocols for patients suffering from recurrent pleural effusions and recurrent pneumothoraces.
- Trauma Care: Acting as an acute care pathway for emergency admissions following severe lung and chest wall trauma, including complex rib fixations.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Who We Are Looking For
- Driven and Proactive: Highly motivated Registered Nurses (NMC) eager to expand their clinical toolkit and utilise their own initiative in a fast-paced, high-acuity surgical environment.
- Compassionate Caregivers: Professionals committed to providing safe, effective, and individualised personal care while strictly adhering to high privacy and dignity standards for all patients.
- Exceptional Communicators: Collaborative team members with excellent communication skills who can seamlessly interact with patients, families, and our extensive multidisciplinary team

## Person Specification

### Trust Values

**Essential**

- Patient First
- Working Together
- Always Improving

### Qualifications, knowledge and experience

**Essential**

- Qualified Nurse (Degree/Diploma)
- Registered nurse on appropriate part of the register
- Knowledge of current issues within acute Health Service
- Understanding of personal accountability
- Knowledge of own role within the team
- Provide evidence of teaching and supporting learners in practice in the role of practice supervisor
- Awareness of evidence-based practice
- Awareness of responsibilities for management of infection control
- Evidence of on-going personal development
- Able to use initiative

**Desirable**

- Evidence of recent study
- Previous experience/qualification in relevant specialty
- Teaching experience

## Documents

- [job description & person specification (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10485501)

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