Overview
We are currently looking for Band 5 Nurses to come and join our team on Courtauld ward, our 23-bedded elective orthopaedic ward, based at Braintree Community Hospital.
Our ward prides itself in providing a high standard of patient care, experience, and quality service. Our team is friendly, supportive, vibrant and dynamic; everyone is encouraged to participate as a member of the team in developing their nursing skills. We offer a structured competency programme and support to complete mandatory training. We also apply for postgraduate courses as they become available.
We hope to attract a wide range of experience for the post; we welcome applicants that are newly qualified or have experience in different areas who would like to join our team therefore previous orthopaedic experience is preferred but not essential.
If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please apply today.
Responsibilities
* Your role will be to provide a high standard of individualized care to patients, whilst maintaining at all times their privacy and dignity, assessing care needs, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care and contributing to supporting the Senior Sister/ Charge Nurse.
* You will support the maintenance of high standards of cleanliness in your own clinical area; communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, their relatives/carers, nursing colleagues and members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure care is delivered in an accurate and efficient manner whilst establishing and maintaining good communication with the ward/department administrative, housekeeping and domestic staff.
* You will become an effective team member who will consistently organise and deliver individualized patient care, ensuring patients’ physical, social and psychological needs are met whilst supporting Nurse Led Discharge within the area of responsibility and actively participate in discharging/transferring ‘Medically fit’ patients to more appropriate settings.
* Please note our shift patterns are: Night – 19.15 – 07.45, Long day – 07.00 – 20.00.
Qualifications and Attributes
* We welcome applicants that are newly qualified or have experience in different areas who would like to join our team; previous orthopaedic experience is preferred but not essential.
* Motivation, flexibility, enthusiasm, hard-working attitude and a willingness to learn quickly; outstanding patient care skills, determination and innovative ideas to continuously improve and develop services.
* Effective communication skills and the ability to work with patients, relatives/carers, nursing colleagues and the multidisciplinary team.
What we offer
* A good working environment with flexible working opportunities
* Access to appropriate training for your job and support to succeed and progress
* Opportunity to develop your career and postgraduate courses as they become available
About the role and application
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
If you have the motivation, flexibility, enthusiasm, be hardworking and a willingness to learn quickly, and possess outstanding patient care skills, a determination and innovative ideas to continuously improve and develop services, we want to hear from you today.
This advert closes on Friday 26 Sep 2025
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