Staff Nurse

Are you a compassionate and motivated Registered Nurse looking to make a real difference in patient care?

Join our supportive, nurse-led team at Carlton Court Hospital, Lowestoft. Our three 11-bed inpatient units provide a calm and caring environment for adults with a range of complex physical and mental health needs. Working closely with a multidisciplinary team, you will deliver high-quality, person-centred care that supports dignity, safety, and comfort.

We are looking for Band 5 Staff Nurses who bring clinical confidence, warmth, and professionalism to their role. You will be responsible for assessing, planning and implementing care, administering medication, supervising support staff and students, and helping to maintain a safe and therapeutic environment. You will also play a key part in upholding our core values:
Compassion, Action, Respect and Everyone.

To thrive in this role, you will need:

• NMC registration and a relevant nursing qualification
• Recent experience in a healthcare setting
• Strong communication, organisational and team-working skills
• Confidence, calmness and compassion under pressure
• Willingness to work flexibly across a 24/7 rota, including nights, weekends and bank holidays

Newly qualified? Looking for your first opportunity? Join ECCH and be supported by a friendly, inclusive team. We offer clear development pathways, ongoing support, and a collaborative environment where care and compassion come first. Start building your nursing career with us.

The post holder will be part of a team to assess, plan, provide and evaluate nursing care, ensuring it is of the highest quality and patient centered. To work as an effective member of the multi-disciplinary team, supporting colleagues in their role. The post holder will be responsible for delivering high-quality cost-effective evidence based care for patients with highly complex needs.

The service will aim to promote

• Faster recovery from illness
• Prevention of unnecessary acute hospital admissions
• Prevention of premature admission to long term residential care
• Support for a timely discharge from hospital

Carlton Court Hospital is a healthcare facility located in Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, Suffolk (NR33 8AG
). The wards provide a range of services, including rehabilitation and support for individuals with complex health needs.

You will be part of a team consisting of band 7 ward manager, band 6 sister/charges nurse, band 5 registered nurse and band 3 clinical support workers who are all trained in a range of skills. Your role will be very physical, providing hands on , patient facing care. You will work alongside both nursing and therapy teams, delivering care so that they can support and respond to the patients needs.

This includes all aspects of activities of daily living, with an ethos of rehabilitation to support patients to gain as much independence as possible.

ECCH is a well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.

We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website -(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.

At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.

We encourage you to apply as early as possible as this job may close earlier than the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.

AI

We recognise that AI tools are increasingly used in professional settings. While we encourage strong applications, we value authenticity and an accurate reflection of skills and experience.

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By submitting this application, you confirm that all information provided is a true and accurate representation of your own skills, knowledge, and experience.

Contribute to, support and promote ECCHs, strategic direction, values and culture in relation to proactive and reactive services.

Discuss all treatment options with sensitivity, knowledge and expertise, and to act as a patient advocate when appropriate, respectingpatient confidentiality with privacy and respect for diverse culturalbackgrounds and requirements.

Actively manage the patients admission, involving clinicalexperts, when relevant, to advise in the treatment plan. Proactive dischargemanagement, ensuring patients are consulted and proper management of situationswhere patients need assistance in decision making.

Act as a resource for other health and social…