Overview
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to recruit a Band 5 Staff Nurse to work within the Trauma and Orthopaedic unit, Ward A6 at Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The closing date is 17 October 2025.
Main duties
The Staff Nurse will be responsible as a registered, accountable, and autonomous nurse to always act in the best interests of patients and take responsibility for own actions and decisions. You will be responsible for planning, delivering, and supervising safe and compassionate care, and evaluating the effectiveness of care. You will work alongside all aspects of the multi-disciplinary team within the department. The post holder will support staff in the development of clinical procedures, protocols, and practice to ensure the effective delivery of service to patients within the Trust.
About us
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.
Job responsibilities
The post holder is responsible as a registered, accountable and autonomous nurse to act in the best interests of patients at all times and take responsibility for own actions and decisions. You will be responsible for planning, delivering and supervising safe and compassionate care, whilst evaluating the effectiveness of care. You will be required to demonstrate leadership qualities and be open, transparent and trustworthy. The post holder will support staff in the development of clinical procedures, protocols and practice to ensure the effective delivery of service to patients within the Trust. You will be required to work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team and undertake delegated tasks from the ward manager/charge nurse. The post holder will always work within the NMCs Code of Professional Conduct
For the full list of duties and responsibilities please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
NMC registered
* NMC registered
* Minimum 1 year experience
* experience in Trauma and Orthopaedics or an acute ward
Registered Nurse ,Degree or Diploma
* 1 year
Skills and Abilities
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Able to work as part of a team.Demonstate wareness of own limitations.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT
£31,049 to £37,796 a yearPer Annum, Pro Rata
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