Ward Staff Nurse
Job in
Preston, Lancashire, SN15, England, UK
Listed on 2026-10-30
Listing for:
The Methodist Church in Britain
Part Time
position Listed on 2026-10-30
Job specializations:
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Nursing
RN Nurse, Healthcare Nursing, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Charge Nurse
Job Description & How to Apply Below
A 12-month fixed-term Staff Nurse post on Longridge ward, a 15-bed step-down unit at Cuerden Ward, Chorley Hospital, run by Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, with a special interest in older people's care. The work centres on recovery after medical and surgical illness, palliative care and planning complex discharges, with delegated assessment and planning extending into patients' homes and community settings.
The post sits within a 24-hour ward nursing team, and the holder deputises for the ward sister, supervising registered nurses and healthcare assistants. NMC registration is essential.
- Work within the 24-hour ward-based nursing team under the ward sister, giving holistic nursing care
- Carry delegated responsibility for assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating evidence-based nursing care in patients' homes and community settings
- Provide clinical and professional leadership for registered nurses and healthcare assistants on the ward
- Deputise for the ward sister and supervise the team in her absence when required
- Identify changes in patients' needs and help plan their current and future care
- Act as an advocate for patients
- Support change management on the ward
- Provide visible leadership and promote patient safety
- Help the ward team meet its targets
- First level registered nurse qualification (RN, RGN) at diploma or degree level
- Current NMC registration
- Multidisciplinary and multi-agency working
- Understanding of NMC standards and their implications for practice
- Ability to solve problems and make clinical decisions
- Evidence of effective interpersonal skills
- Teaching or mentorship post-registration qualification
- Understanding of the clinical governance framework and its implications for practice
- Knowledge of current health service issues and up-to-date clinical and leadership skills
- Undertaking complex assessments and planning and evaluating care packages
- Clinical audit
- Experience in palliative care
- Support for flexible working, including term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time
- Wellbeing resources, tools and support, in and out of work
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