The closing date is 13 September 2026
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum / pro rata
Job summary
Bishops Castle Community Hospital is looking for Registered Nurses who are experienced in working in a multi disciplinary / multi-agency health / social care environment, with knowledge of IT basic administration systems including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel etc).
You will be patient focused and have the ability to carry out comprehensive holistic nursing assessments and be able to priorities and make sound decisions, sometimes under pressure.
Main duties of the job
- Formulate and deliver high quality patient care without direct supervision, seeking guidance on actions that are outside agreed defined standards.
- Recognise changes in patients’ conditions which require the intervention of others and ensure that timely referrals are made, or escalation procedures enacted as appropriate.
- Ensure patient safety is maintained at all times. Record and report adverse and potentially adverse events and assist with investigation of such events’, ensuring learning is shared with the wider team(s).
- Maintain clear, accurate and contemporaneous records in line with current NMC guidelines and standards.
- Access and use patient clinical diagnostic information to inform clinical decisions.
- Make appropriate and timely referrals to members of the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies to ensure patients’ on-going physical, spiritual, emotional and social needs are met.
- Ensure that high standards of nursing care are given and maintained and act when standards are not being maintained.
- Act as an advocate for your patients, ensuring that any barriers to the patient’s opinions and wishes being heard are challenged.
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- RGN NMC registration
- Evidenced recent study and personal development
- Ability to demonstrate a level of English language and grammar commensurate with writing in service user case notes
Experience
Essential
- Experience of successful partnership working arrangements with other services
- Experience of working in a multi disciplinary / multi agency health/social care environment
- Experience of working in the NHS, which may include experience gained on practice placements
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to lead and manage the team on a regular basis in the absence of the Ward Sister
- Able to assess, implement and evaluate programmes of care
- To deliver a high standard of care
- Evidence of using research to enhance quality of care
- To act as Hospital Co-Ordinator in the absence of senior personnel
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).