University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 5 Staff Nurse - ENT/ Urology

The closing date is 02 June 2025

Job summary

This is an opportunity to Join our dynamic and supportive ENT and Urology Surgical Ward, where you'll play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you'll care for patients with ENT and urology emergency surgical procedures, developing specialist knowledge in two diverse and complex surgical areas.

We are seeking enthusiastic, compassionate, and proactive individuals who are eager to learn, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and are committed to delivering safe, high-quality care.

We're looking for an experienced, confident nurses with excellent clinical judgement and a passion for patient safety and service improvement. You'll be a skilled communicator, able to work under pressure, and thrive in a fast-paced environment where every shift brings new challenges and opportunities to make a real impact.

Whether you're newly qualified or an experienced nurse looking to your surgical expertise, you'll find this role both challenging and rewarding.

Engage in reflective practice and continued learning.

Main duties of the job

Are you a compassionate, motivated nurse ready to deliver safe, high-quality, person-centred care? We are looking for Band 5 Staff Nurses to join our dedicated team. You will be responsible for assessing, planning, delivering, and evaluating nursing care in collaboration with patients, families, and the wider multidisciplinary team. As a registered nurse, you will manage a caseload, take charge of shifts when required, and supervise junior staff and students.

This role involves working across a variety of settings, maintaining professional standards, safeguarding patients, and supporting safe and timely discharges. You will play a key role in ensuring clinical documentation is accurate and complete, promoting infection prevention, and contributing to continuous improvement and service development.

We are seeking individuals with excellent communication skills, sound clinical judgement, and the ability to work under pressure. You must be registered with the NMC and have experience in an acute care setting (including student placements). A positive, flexible attitude and commitment to delivering care aligned with our Trust values -- Kind, Connected, Bold -- is essential.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Details

Date posted

23 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-9008138

Job locations

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note for a specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • * Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register
  • * Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC

Experience

Essential

  • * Previous / recent experience or working in an acute secondary NHS care setting (can include student placements within the last 12 months )
  • * Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence
  • * Experience of working on own and in a team in a health care environment delegating to others within a team / providing supervision to others
  • * Willingness to become a practice supervisor / assessor to or meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for student supervision and assessment
  • * Understanding and knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
  • * Understanding of preceptorship and work based learning and assimilation of skills and knowledge * Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context
  • * Understanding / experience of the principles of safeguarding and Mental Capacity
  • * Awareness of health and safety issues
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • * Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register
  • * Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC

Experience

Essential

  • * Previous / recent experience or working in an acute secondary NHS care setting (can include student placements within the last 12 months )
  • * Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence
  • * Experience of working on own and in a team in a health care environment delegating to others within a team / providing supervision to others
  • * Willingness to become a practice supervisor / assessor to or meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for student supervision and assessment
  • * Understanding and knowledge of the NMC code of conduct
  • * Understanding of preceptorship and work based learning and assimilation of skills and knowledge * Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context
  • * Understanding / experience of the principles of safeguarding and Mental Capacity
  • * Awareness of health and safety issues

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).

Additional information

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).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS


Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS


Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager

Emely Panyane

emely.panyane@uhb.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

23 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-9008138

Job locations

Heartlands Hospital

Bordesley Green E

Birmingham

West Midlands

B9 5SS


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