# Staff Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse/2105c539-f594-448b-9c93-06c539545087
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse/2105c539-f594-448b-9c93-06c539545087.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Northumbria House
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Staff nurse
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata per annum
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (Full time hours to cover winter ward)
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (full time pro rata)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-09T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-26T09:31:17.111Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Tyne_Wear/Wallsend/Northumbria_Healthcare_NHCT_Northumbria_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Medicine/Medicine-v8230129
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8230129?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Winter brings unique challenges to our healthcare system. We are seeking resilient, adaptable, and motivated Registered Nurses to join our dedicated team during this peak period. This fixed-term role is designed to provide critical support Trust wide across our acute wards, ensuring our patients continue to receive safe, high-quality, and compassionate care throughout the winter months.

### Main duties of the job

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the ward team under the direction of the Ward Manager.

To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of nursing services in the ward/dept in the absence of senior staff on a regular basis.

To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.

To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which

(a) engages, enables and empowers others

(b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement

(c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

### 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 and knowledge

**Desirable**

- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

### Qualifications / Professional Registration

**Essential**

- 1st Level live NMC registered Nurse
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).

**Desirable**

- PP126/7
- D32/33
- Post Registration qualification in specialty
- Diploma/degree in nursing

## Documents

- [trust compact (pdf, 515.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3037)
- [guidance for applicants (pdf, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2867)
- [nur0970 jd&ps staff nurse (pdf, 304.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10542984)
- [northumbria privacy policy (pdf, 520.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1899)

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