Registered Nurse

Band 5 registered nurse post on Hugh Squier Ward, a 24-bed adult unit in the Healthcare for Older People service run by Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The nurse takes delegated charge of a patient group each shift, assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating care, and may lead the ward in the manager's absence. The ward mixes acute and rehabilitative care with a small neurology caseload, and shifts run across days, nights and weekends on one of three part-time contracts.

Open to experienced and newly qualified nurses.

• Take delegated responsibility for a group of patients on each shift
• Assess, develop, implement and evaluate individual programmes of care
• Take charge of the ward, department or service in the line manager's absence, with experience
• Work closely with the ward multidisciplinary team on advanced discharge planning
• Work rostered shifts across days, nights and weekends

• NMC registration as a registered nurse

• Experienced or newly qualified registered nurse

• Good interpersonal skills
• Willingness to learn
• Ability to work effectively in a team
• Positive attitude towards change
• Compassion
• Excellent communication

• Emotional resilience
• Initiative
• Willingness to work rostered days, nights and weekends

• Funded training for a care certificate, degree or leadership qualifications
• Days off to study, CPD and rotational placements
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 33
• Occupational health services, including counselling and wellbeing activitiesNHS Pension scheme
• Flexible working schemes and family friendly policies
• Staff, Blue Light Card and Health Service discounts
• Salary sacrifice, car lease and cycle to work schemes