Job requirements
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Able to make own travelling arrangements
- Experience
Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience
Experience of working with patients with multiple pathologies and developing and delivering care plans designed to meet their needs
- Communication
Able to communicate effectively in written and verbal English Language
- Qualifications
Registered Nurse on the appropriate part of the NMC Register
- Personal and People Development
Evidence of relevant experience and development
- Personal and People Development
Support junior staff
- Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
- Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Basic computer skills
- Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Ability to maintain and improve standards of care
- Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Experience of audit
- Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Up to date knowledge of current clinical/professional issues
- Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Understanding or resource management.
- Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Knowledge and understanding of learner needs.
- Personal Attributes / Behaviours
Self-awareness
- Personal Attributes / Behaviours
Flexible/positive approach to work
- Personal Attributes / Behaviours
Enthusiastic and able to work under pressure
- Personal Attributes / Behaviours
Able to work collaboratively as part of a team
- Personal Attributes / Behaviours
Ability to identify with the Trust commitment to safeguarding vulnerable adults
- Personal Attributes / Behaviours
Value and respect the privacy and dignity for patients
- Personal Attributes / Behaviours
Able to identify with the Trust’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Appropriate short clinical skills e.g. venepuncture, catheter insertion
- Qualifications
Working towards Degree
- Personal and People Development
Willing to undertake appropriate training
- Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Experience of resource management
- Skills, Abilities and Knowledge
Experience of audit research
Job overview
Are you a Staff Nurse who would like to…
- work at an outstanding NHS Trust where Compassion, Care and our Community is at the heart of everything we do?
- make a real difference in people’s lives, with more time to care for your patients?
- be part of a friendly multidisciplinary team, with regular supervision and a culture of kindness?
- learn new skills and develop your practice?
- work closer to home and make a real difference to your community?
If your answer to these question is YES then we would love you to join our team and apply for our Staff Nurse vacancy!
Want to know more about what it’s really like to work here? Visit our recruitment website https://wearenchc.nhs.uk/working-at-nchc/
Main duties of the job
Ogden Court provides rehabilitation to patients with varying complexities of need. Nursing, therapy and medical staff specialise in supporting patients to achieve their goals, enabling them to return home. Our patients come to us following medical, surgical or orthopaedic treatment in an acute environment, or where appropriate, directly from their own homes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Ogden Court aims to deliver high quality, safe and person centred care. We strive to uphold our strategic objectives which are: Improving our quality, enabling our people and securing the future.
Our 21 bedded unit provides rehabilitation to a wide group of patients with varying complexities of needs. Our patients come to us following medical or surgical treatment or if appropriate, directly from their own homes. We also provide palliative and end of life care.
Main Responsibilities
- Be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of care to a named group of patients
- Work effectively as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Work proactively within the team to achieve unit and trust goals and objectives.
- Work with and promote recognised policies, protocols and guidelines
Flexible working and working hours
The working day is split in to two 11.5 hour shifts, a night from 19:00 to 07:30 and a day from 07:00 to 19:30. The shifts are rostered on a rotational basis across seven days including bank holidays. We offer the right to request flexible working from your first day of employment including fixed shift patterns and will endeavour to honour any flexible working agreements made with your current employer.
Training opportunities
We welcome staff who are open to learning new skills such as venepuncture, male and female catheterisation, PEG feeding and ECG recording. To assist you in doing this you will receive support and development through in service training, annual appraisals, a personal development plan and regular clinical supervision.
Want to return to the ward environment after working in a different speciality? We can offer you a supported induction to help refresh your skills. We also welcome applications from Newly Qualified Nurses, or those returning to practice following retirement.
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.
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This advert is for Staff Nurse with East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust in St Ives, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Staff nurse role. The advertised salary is £32073.00 to £39043.00. The contract type is Permanent: shift patterns, various day/night shift duties. The application deadline is 23 Oct 2026.
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