Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse – Band 5

Join the Community Planned Care Business Unit. You will provide care across multiple community hospital outpatient departments, including Long Eaton, Ilkeston, Heanor, Ripley, St Oswald's in Ashbourne and Florence Nightingale Hospital, Derby.

This Band 5 Registered Nurse role involves cross‑site working. Key aspects include delivering high‑quality, patient‑centred care, working independently and as part of a team, and travelling between sites. A valid UK car licence and access to a vehicle are essential.

• Cross‑site support for outpatient services at all community sites.
• Provide nursing care in diverse clinical specialties.
• Deliver patient education and discharge planning.
• Document patient care accurately and comply with NHS policies.
• Work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends as required.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust delivers health care at community and acute level.

• On average 4,810 OP appointments a day.
• 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatient department in England – 2,077 per week.
• Average 1,115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• One of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• Carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

• Development opportunities, professional and leadership training.
• Ongoing support from recruitment through to beyond.
• Staff benefits: employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, on‑site fitness classes, car schemes.

• NMC registration (essential).
• Relevant teaching qualification (desirable).
• Relevant mentoring course (desirable).

• Evidence of using policies and guidelines to support delivery of care (essential).
• Evidence of coordinating the care of a group of individuals (essential).
• Experience of having worked within an NHS setting (desirable).
• Experience of having worked within an outpatient environment (desirable).

• Car driver with full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle (essential).
• Evidence of clear communication skills, written and verbal (desirable).

Applications will be screened for criminal convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.

Applicants must hold current UK professional registration. For further information visit NHS Careers website.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Ilkeston Community Hospital, Heanor Road, Derbyshire, DE7 8LN
, United Kingdom

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12 July 2026