Main area Staff Nurse Grade Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Fixed team contracts finishing 14th September and 9th November 2026) Job ref 390-DoM-SO-8315.
* Full time
* Part time
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full Time and Part Time hours available).
Employer Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Southend Town Westcliff on Sea Salary £31,049 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) Salary period Yearly Closing 10/11/2025 23:59
Staff Nurse
Band 5
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
We are looking for enthusiastic, well-motivated registered nurse with a strong commitment to providing high levels of care to our patients and families, on a permanent full time basis.
In terms of the variety of experience you will gain as a registered nurse, it will be challenging but highly rewarding and will certainly develop your clinical and discharge planning skills as well as offering some great leadership opportunities.
Whether you are a newly qualified or an experienced nurse - this is a chance to develop your skills as part of a highly capable team where you’re guaranteed opportunities to learn how to care for patients requiring a variety of nursing interventions.
If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please apply today.
Main duties of the job
As a Registered Nurse (Staff Nurse) you are required:
* To provide a high standard of individualised care to patients, whilst maintaining at all times their privacy and dignity.
* To assess care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
* To contribute to supporting the Senior Charge Nurse/Charge Nurse.
* To support the maintenance of high standards of cleanliness.
* To communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, their relatives/carers, nursing colleagues and members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure care is delivered in an accurate and efficient manner.
* Good verbal and written communication skills.
* Establish and maintain good communication with the Ward/Department administrative, housekeeping and domestic staff.
* To be responsible for ensuring all patients and their relatives/carers are kept fully informed of patients’ treatment/progress and discharge plans/after care.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Are you looking for an exciting Nursing role using your unique qualities? Then we want to hear from you.
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
We look forward to your application.
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NMC Registration
Knowledge & Experience
* Supporting information demonstrates understanding of fundamentals of nursing care
* Experience working under pressure
* NHS Experience
Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.
Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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