Student Nurses 2026 - Newly Qualified (Adult Only)

Job overview

Are you ready to start your nursing career with MWL?

If you are a Student Nurse qualifying or newly qualified in 2026, come and find out where your nursing career could take you at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Our Student Nurse Recruitment Event will give you the opportunity to explore nursing roles across the Trust and learn more about the support available as you make the transition from student to registered nurse.

At MWL, you will be supported to develop your skills and experience, grow in confidence and build a rewarding nursing career, while making a real difference to our patients.

Recruitment Event & Interviews: Tuesday 17 November 2026 Nightingale House, Whiston Hospital

Nursing appointments will be subject to appropriate pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced DBS check and applicable barred list checks.

Take the first step in your nursing career with Team MWL.

Main duties of the job

• To be responsible in association with the team leader for the formulation and implementation of individual patient care plans.
• To participate in the holistic assessment of patients, and to formulate and review individual patient care plans and to act as ‘named nurse’ or associate for a group of patients from admission to discharge as determined by the Ward Manager.
• To commence and participate in research/special projects as directed by the ward manager.
• To contribute to the setting, maintaining and monitoring of standards of care within the ward.
• Help to ensure that all equipment is in safe working order in conjunction with the department equipment controller.
• Internal rotations onto night duty and twilight shifts are required.
• To assist in the promotion of effective communication with all ward staff and other departments as required.
• To remain updated and fully comply with all Trust Infection control policies

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Communications and relationship skills 1. Provides and receives complex information, communicating sensitively and confidentially information relating to patients/clients (for example, care plan discussions with patients). 2. Communicates in a compassionate and empathetic manner, using persuasion and reassurance. 3. Ability to recognise barriers to communication, and ability to modify communication style as and when required. 4. Ability to effectively communicate whilst providing training to students. 5. Demonstrate effective communications skills with the wider MDT team. Clinical Skills 6. To be responsible for planning and organising a defined caseload of patients on a continuing basis. 7. To assess, plan, implement/deliver and evaluate patient care for a defined caseload and recognize signs of deterioration/change and respond according to protocol. 8. Maintain appropriate levels of training for clinical skills as needed within scope of practice. 9. To maintain safe custody of drugs, ensuring that checking, witnessing and administration procedures are compatible with statutory and trust requirements. 10. In the absence of Sister/Charge Nurse effectively respond to complaints/concerns and escalate as required 11. To ensure clinical incident/near misses are managed and reported and escalated in a timely manner. 12. To be part of the multidisciplinary team decision making, acting when required as the patients advocate in order to support the patients pathway. 13. Work within the organisational policy, standard operating procedures and guidelines. 14. To undertake risk assessments and implement risk reducing measures. To report and escalate to the Line Manager any deficiencies in the arrangements for minimizing risk. 15. Ensure that privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.

Applicant requirements

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.