Staff Nurse

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Staff Nurse

The closing date is 12 November 2025

At Tenbury Community Hospital, we take pride inbeing a small, friendly Community Hospital dedicated to providing exceptionalcare to our local community. Our team is passionate about delivering the bestpossible care, and we're looking for individuals who share our commitment.

Would you like the opportunity to work in an environment where you have the time and resources to provide the care your patients truly deserve? Do you want to develop the skills necessary to meet the evolving needs of patients in todays NHS? Are you seeking a role where you can feel genuinely supported by both your colleagues and senior managers? If you answered "yes," then this could be the perfect place for you.

We uphold the values of traditional community healthcare, offering high standards of holistic care. You'll have the time to engage with patients, build meaningful relationships, and support them throughout their journey from admission to discharge. Whether it's caring for patients with a wide range of conditions, rehabilitation needs, or providing compassionate end-of-life care, we focus on providing personalised support at every stage.

If you're ready to make a difference and grow in your nursing career, we'd love to hear from you.

This is a part time role working 34.5 hours per week.

This post requires working rotational shifts.

Main duties of the job

We care for patients with sub-acute needs and ensure all staff are equipped with the skills to care for these complex cases. Our training and development program supports all RNs in achieving core competencies, with opportunities to gain skills such as cannulation, venepuncture, and IV competence.

As a Staff Nurse you will be responsible for providing care to people admitted to our ward for rehabilitation. We work closely as a multi-disciplinary team. Our focus is promoting the comfort and wellbeing of patients, enabling them to live as independently as possible. Tenbury is a small but friendly team to work with. As a team we encourage ongoing learning and development through reflection and clinical supervision which we try and embed in our daily practice. Our nurses are required to facilitate the day to day running of the ward, administering medications, working alongside all members of the MDT as well as patients, their families and carers to provide 24/7 rehabilitation to enable the highest level of independence and quality of life. Our nurses are required to attend meetings as needed such as MDT and CHC or Discharge Planning.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Job responsibilities

The post holder will:

Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on day to day basis.

Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.

Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.

Responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patients care within the Ward/unit, working in accordance with the philosophy of patient centred care and to NSF and other Trust standards.

Practice as a member of the Community Hospital Nursing team, to support and work in partnership with the wider multidisciplinary team.

Work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

Assess, plan, and, implement and evaluate patient focused nursing care.

Document care given and maintain contemporaneous records.

Maintain records in accordance with the Trusts policy and that of NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

Assist in implementation of health promotion strategies, as agreed by Ward Manager.

In consultation with senior qualified staff, provide and monitor patient centred care within Trust agreed standards.

In collaboration with other team members organise the reception and discharge of patients ensuring effective communication in transfer of information.

Carry out delegated nursing care.

Use and participate in research/audit in care delivery.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification Qualifications

• RGN RMN
• NMC Registered
• I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer
• Accredited courses in Palliative Care, Tissue Viability, Diabetes, Dementia

Experience

• Experience gained during pre-registration training
• Post-registration experience in an inpatient setting
• Previous experience of day to day management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust