Registered Nurse

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The closing date is 18 February 2026

Cheselden is an elderly care ward specializing in the rehab and care of patients with complex discharge issues.

As a Registered Nurse on the elderly care ward, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality, compassionate, and person centered care to older adults, many of whom present with complex medical, cognitive, and social needs.

You will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating individualised care plans, working as part of a multidisciplinary team to promote patient well-being, dignity and independence.

We re looking for an individual who has a caring, kind and professional approach, excellent clinical skills and the ability to respond to the changing needs of patients in a busy and sometimes challenging environment.

Cheselden ward strives for excellence under an experienced senior nurse team. In return we support and promote wellbeing within our team and strive to develop new staff members to reach their full potential.

To work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse or key worker (with facilitation) for a defined group of patients and take responsibility for:

• The assessment of care and health education needs
• The development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient.

To gain experience and skills in:

• Clinical practice
• Facilitation and teaching
• Management (as appropriate)

To work in accordance with the RUH Nursing Strategy and contribute towards achieving its objectives and maintain effective communication and participate in clinical supervision as appropriate and to teach and act as a facilitator/mentor/preceptor/ role model to less experienced staff.

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in thetop 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about the role.

• Registered Nurses with NMC Registration
• Demonstrates interest in patient flow
• Show awareness of the best practice
• Demonstrate confidence in using electronic patient records
• Willingness to participate in service improvement
• Ability to mentor or support students nurses or junior staff.
• Experience in end-of-life care or advanced care planning

• Knowledge in age-related health conditions and their management, e.g. falls prevention; pressure ulcer prevention; polypharmacy)
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Demonstrates compassionate; kindness and civility attitude
• Previous experience in elderly care
• Completion of relevant clinical skills training

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.

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum, pro rata