Staff Nurse - Ward 2B Respiratory Team
The closing date is 05 November 2025
The Respiratory Team within Whiston Hospital is looking for Band 5 registered nurses to deliver high quality care for the respiratory patient.
Our units are both acute and fast paced environment. No two days are the same and staff are continuously facing new challenges and experiences that help them grow and develop within their role.
The Respiratory Service consists of 3 Respiratory wards, 2B/ 2C and 2D
If you join our team, you will have the opportunity to gain experience in acute respiratory nursing. We provide a holistic car to the very acutely unwell and those with chronic respiratory illnesses who require frequent treatment. The wards treat a wide range of thoracic conditions. We care for patients with a variety of conditions, including lung cancer, asthma, COPD, TB, type 1 and type 2 respiratory failure, pleural effusions, pneumothorax, Tracheostomies and PE'S. Within 2C you will also have the opportunity to develop your skills in NIV (non-invasive ventilation).
The ward team has excellent support from the Consultant Respiratory physicians.
We have strong relationships with our allied health professionals to provide excellent, safe care. Respiratory has a close working relationship with the Respiratory Nurse Specialists and palliative specialist nurses, to deliver high quality patient care.
Main duties of the job
Our aim is to provide a high-quality service whilst making our patients feel empowered and included in their care, to ensure we achieve the best in everything we do.
Preceptorship – New starters attend a Trust Induction, where they learn about the Trust, start developing their mandatory skills and begin to understand what will be expected of them in their new role. Staff will then progress onto Preceptorship, an excellent programme designed to facilitate efficient development of competence, confidence and expertise. Support will be given at a clinical level by a preceptor, and from a wider organisational structure including the preceptorship lead, clinical skills team, clinical practice development nurse and learning and development.
The Respiratory Directorate is an excellent environment for experienced nurses also. They may not have previous experience within respiratory, but they would be able to bring other knowledge and skills from other specialties. As described above, the same opportunities are available to experienced nurses. Nurses who may have previous experience within respiratory would have the opportunity to consolidate their knowledge and skills. They would be able to gain experience and develop within certain aspects of respiratory care that may not have been available to them in their previous role. This includes caring for patients in our high dependent units, where our patients may require non-invasive ventilation therapy.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
* Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
* National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
You will be expected to undertake the Trusts' commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Job responsibilities
We are looking for candidates who are keen to develop professionally in this exciting specialty of Respiratory medicine. Our respiratory service is forever expanding.
You will be expected to deliver care of the highest standard and must have the ability to work as part of a team.
We will support both newly qualified and experienced Registered Nurses. You will be expected to rotate to both days and nights and be flexible in your approach to caring for a group of patients.
If you feel you are up to a new challenge or want to embark on a new chapter in your nursing career then please feel free to contact the wards and arrange for an informal visit, we are happy to welcome you into our team and discuss your opportunities further.
Person Specification
Our Values
* We are Kind
* We are Open
* We are Inclusive
Qualifications
* 1st Level Registered Nurse (degree/diploma)
* Current NMC Registration
* Evidence of continuing professional development
Knowledge and Experience
* Able to demonstrate knowledge of NMC professional standards for practice contained within the code
* Experience of working in a clinical environment
* Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation
* Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
* An understanding of national, regional and local NHS issues
* Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
Skills
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels
* Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own workload
* Ability to de-escalate complex situations
* Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team
* Awareness of the need for confidentiality at all times
* Computer literacy e.g. experience of electronic patient record
Other
* Frequent moderate effort for several short periods of time such as manual handling of patients and equipment
* Frequent concentration required for drug calculation and administration
* Dealing with frequent interruptions and competing demands
* Ability to work within highly distressing or emotional circumstances e.g. end of life care
* Ability to communicate distressing information
* Ability to communicate in a challenging environment
* Able to carry out direct clinical care as required on ward or department
* Potential blood or body fluids exposure
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.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum, pro rata
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