Staff Nurse Ward - Acute Frailty Unit; Ward

Staff Nurse Ward - Acute Frailty Unit (Ward
4) BAND 5

Main area Ward 4 Grade BAND 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Various hours available) Job
-MEC
14-26

Site Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Town Blackpool Salary £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 18/06/2026 23:59

We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working patterns may also be available upon discussion, such as Night Shifts or Part-time hours, please discuss at Interview stage.

The learning and development opportunities are vast with a dedicated training and development nurse in the department. We offer both internal and external courses to help you to develop to your full potential in nursing.

We consider Ward 4 to be an innovative creative and friendly environment for those nurses who wish to provide high quality patient centred care.

Full Time posts are available offering exciting opportunities to join our team on Ward 4.

• To work as a registered nurse within a ward team within the Integrated Medicine and Patient Flow Division.
• To prioritise and deliver nursing care and assessment as needed.
• To demonstrate high standards of care and set examples of best practice within the delivery of patient care.
• To liaise with other departments and staff to ensure that patient care is delivered.
• To ensure patients’ safety, privacy and dignity is maintained at all times.
• To support the nurse in charge of the ward and liaise with other departments and professionals to ensure that the needs of the ward are met.
• Following appropriate development to take charge of the ward and oversee patient admissions and transfers and the care delivered by other staff.
• To undertake such duties as from time to time determined by the Unit Manager and/or Head Nurse.

• Ability to establish priorities
• Good time management
• Basic I.T. skills
• Decision maker
• Communicate at all levels
• Problem solver
• Lateral thinker

• Ability to teach peers within clinical area
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Any invitation to interview will be sent to the email account stated on your application form.

It is expected that applicants will be willing to undergo a DBS check as part of pre-employment checks.