Overview
If you're passionate about care, innovation and excellence, then HMT could be the perfect place for the next step in your career. We have an exciting opportunity to join our Ward team at St Hugh's Hospital, Grimsby. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver adult health services, focusing on inpatient and outpatient services to deliver the highest standard of hospital care, surpassing patient expectations.
You will use your experience of care delivery to undertake delegated nursing tasks within agreed parameters, set by Heads of Departments. You will work within clinical competencies pertinent to the area of speciality and in accordance with HMTs policies and procedures and values.
We are looking for someone with experience of care delivery including basic nursing care, basic wound care, bladder/bowel care, moving and handling, skin and nutritional assessments, infection prevention control, and safeguarding awareness. You will have the ability to organise and prioritise your own workload under supervision of a Registered Nurse with effective time management skills.
Main duties of the job
At HMT, we take pride in delivering exceptional healthcare through our two private hospitals: St Hugh’s Hospital in Grimsby and Sancta Maria Hospital in Swansea. Both hospitals are dedicated to providing expert, patient-centred care in a welcoming and compassionate environment. St Hugh’s Hospital offers treatment across all major medical specialties and care at every step of the process, from initial consultations, assessments and diagnostic tests to treatment, rehabilitation and post-operative care. HMT St Hugh’s, along with their sister hospital HMT Sancta Maria in Swansea, has a mission to provide safe, high quality care in order to improve the health, wellbeing and independence of their patients. Part of the Healthcare Management Trust, HMT St Hugh’s is a non-profit organisation using their surpluses to fund medical research, educational grants and dementia charities.
Whether you’re working in one of our care homes, hospitals, or as part of our Shared Support Services team, you’ll find an environment that values teamwork and personal growth. You’ll work alongside other passionate professionals who are committed to providing the best care. We foster a collaborative and supportive approach to learning that helps everyone.
About Us
At the Healthcare Management Trust, we are obsessed with achieving our Vision, to be the most innovative and best quality provider of niche health and social care services. Our Purpose is to make every contact count, ensuring every resident and patient receives the best possible experience and outcome. We aim to provide services which value collaboration and place our residents, patients and people at the heart of all we do. We will always do the right thing for our residents, patients and people. We will be outwardly connected to the most innovative practices and service offerings in the market. We will do things differently and will be bold with our ambition to change things for the better. We are passionate about what we do and so are our people, bringing their most authentic selves to work and seeking joy and fun in what we do. We will deliver care and clinical interactions compassionately and tailor them to individual needs, living our values daily. Our values are: We are caring; We are enterprising; We are resourceful; We are authentic; We are accountable.
Details
Date posted: 08 September 2025
Pay scheme: Salary £12.25 per hour plus 12.07% holiday pay. Contract: Bank. Working pattern: Flexible working. Reference number: B0318-25-0012. Job locations: St. Hugh’s Hospital, Peaks Lane, Grimsby, DN32 9RP.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
* To work independently and organise own workload as part of the multidisciplinary team, with delegated responsibility, undertaking duties in relation to patient care and departmental administration/organization with direction and supervision from a Registered Nurse (RN).
* Demonstrate effective communication skills with patients, relatives and the multi-disciplinary team, overcoming any barriers to understanding and providing support during distressing or emotional events.
* Adhere to HMT’s financial controls and procedures.
* Complete core competencies for your work area within the agreed set time frame.
* Demonstrate IT skills, recording and reporting information onto patient administration systems in written and electronic format, maintaining and protecting confidential information relating to patients.
* Be able to react appropriately to changing demands and situations, working as part of the team to be flexible and accommodating as appropriate.
* Maintain a clean and safe environment for patients and ensure follow HMT’s Policy regarding Infection Control and Prevention.
* Participate in activities and training designed to meet the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework outlined for this post, and demonstrate a process of attaining continuous professional development, including undertaking all statutory and mandatory training relevant to the role.
* Contribute to the clinical governance agenda, including audit, incident reporting policy, complaints management and attendance at meetings for learning and improvement.
* Demonstrate duties to new or less experienced employees, new starters, and temporary staff.
Departmental Duties
* Carry out procedures such as BMs, ECGs, urinalysis, bladder scanning, removal of cannulas. Assisting to set up for procedures carried out by nurse, RMO, Consultant on the ward.
* Ensure the comfort, privacy, dignity and safety of patients and their families, and be empathetic to cultural and religious beliefs.
* Aid patients as required to attend to personal hygiene needs, including washing/dressing, hair care, oral hygiene (including cleaning of teeth and dentures), skin inspection/integrity and general tidying and bed making.
* Assist patients with toileting needs, catheter care, wound/wound drain care and management and accurately observe, measuring, fitting and understanding VTE garments.
* Record and report in the appropriate documentation and the registered practitioner.
* Perform diagnostic assessments of the patients, e.g., recording of vital signs using NEWS2.
* Escort patients to X-ray and escorting out of the building upon discharge and assisting into their cars following joint surgery.
* Wound dressings following ANTT practices.
* Maintain high standards of infection control by following policies and procedures and ensuring the ward environment remains clean, tidy and safe; report any accidents or incidents to the nurse in charge.
* Participate in providing optimum patient care under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse and raise any issues of concern; communicate with team as needed and provide excellent customer service to patients and relatives.
* Assist in keeping the ward environment clean and tidy by following departmental protocols and cleaning rotas.
* Assist in the maintenance and control of ward supplies, including ordering and stock checks, stocking up servers daily and cleaning equipment used by patients.
* Answer telephone calls, take messages, and refer calls as appropriate; retrieve blood results using WEB V for review by a registered individual, send and document blood samples, and scan documents onto patients’ notes, while adhering to confidentiality requirements.
Qualifications
Essential: Experience of care delivery including basic nursing care, basic wound care, bladder/bowel care, moving and handling, skin and nutritional assessments, infection prevention control, and safeguarding awareness; ability to organise and prioritise own workload under supervision of a Registered Nurse with effective time management skills; kindness and compassion; ability to prioritise and use own initiative; Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) or equivalent Diploma in Health & Social Care Level 2 or GCSE Maths and English.
Desirable: Trained in monitoring blood sugars, vital signs, fluid and food charts, ECG and basic life support (BLS); basic IT skills, including Word and Outlook.
Other
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires disclosure checks.
Employer details
Employer: Healthcare Management Trust St Hugh’s Hospital, Peaks Lane, Grimsby, DN32 9RP. Website: https://hmtsthughs.org/
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