Band 5 Staff Nurse

Job Overview

Staff Nurse – Woodlands Hospice
Band 5 – 6 month secondment (must be supported by line manager)
Full time, 37.5 hours per week (days and nights)
Salary £31,049 – £37,796 per annum (yearly)
Closing 09/02/2026 23:59

• Perform comprehensive assessment of patients’ nursing needs and plan, implement and evaluate care delivery according to changing health needs and varying levels of complexity for patients requiring specialist palliative care.
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
• Involve patients and carers/relatives in the planning and delivery of care.
• Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met, especially in relation to discharge planning.
• Safely administer medicines, infusions and blood transfusions as prescribed.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers/relatives including sharing sensitive news.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
• Act as a link nurse and resource for other nursing staff for a specific area of patient care.

• Registered nurse with current NMC registration
• Diploma in Nursing
• Post registration experience and successful completion of Band 5 foundation gateway competencies
• Experience with in relevant clinical setting
• Evidence of working with students
• Evidence of maintaining a clinical learning environment.
• Ability to organise workload and delegate tasks appropriately
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to support less experienced staff
• Ability to problem solve
• Good written and verbal communication skills

• Mentorship/teaching qualification
• Post registration qualification in relevant specialty
• Recent acute hospital experience, including as a student nurse
• Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
• Supportive of colleagues
• Ability to work in changing environments
• Committed to high standards of patient care.
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
• Maintain both personal and professional development
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce: black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.