Band 5 Graduate Nurse

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

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Job summary

Job overview

Open to nursing students undertaking placements outside of North Central London and qualifying between Spring 2025 and Autumn 2025.

Want to work in friendly, supportive teams? Want expert guidance and training as you transition from student to registered nurse? If you're looking for a band 5 nurse position, we would love you to work with us and care for our patients. There are no limits to how far you can go with us.

At Whittington Health NHS Trust we will offer you:

North Central London location with superb travel links
Excellent on-going learning and development opportunities including leadership courses and clinical skills training
Individually tailored career development pathways
Internal transfer opportunities
Opportunities in our integrated care organisation to work in the community as well as in the hospital
Work with supportive, friendly and forward-thinking teams
Flexible working opportunities
Access to a wide range of wellbeing services

Main duties of the job

Please see the attached job description for the main duties of this position.

We have a 12-month preceptorship programme which has been awarded the national preceptorship quality mark in which you will be supported by excellent clinical educators and the preceptorship team (see nursing handbook attached). We know how important this transition time is for you, and we will support you all the way.

We have opportunities for adult and paediatric nurses to work in our district nursing service, a variety of our emergency and integrated medicine wards, a variety of surgical areas and in our paediatric areas.

We'll help you be a first-rate nurse whichever area you choose to work in. And we give you access to our large range of staff benefits. You can read more about these in our nursing handbook attached.

The minimum hours we can support are:

22.5 hrs per week in community roles

23.0 hrs per week in hospital roles

The interviews will take place on 31st March.

On the interview day you will have the opportunity to speak to a variety of teams from across our community and hospital departments, discuss career pathways with our experienced teams and meet our senior nursing team.

See attached document for a list of our clinical areas. You can also contact us by email or call us for an informal chat.

The teams which you will work in will be inclusive, supportive, and diverse reflecting our Trust values.

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Date posted

17 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per annum exclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

220-WHT-GN-6992903

Job locations

Various locations- Whittington Health Sites

Magdala Ave

London

N19 5NF

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description/person specification for detailed job duties and main responsibilities.

Please note this vacancy might close earlier than the closing date depending on number of applications, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description/person specification for detailed job duties and main responsibilities.

Please note this vacancy might close earlier than the closing date depending on number of applications, so please apply as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse (RN 1ST Level Registration) or registration pending
Evidence of recent training and development
Evidence of work based learning and ability to meet competencies

Skills & Abilities, essential criteria

Essential

Excellent written communication
Prioritising and organising workload

Knowledge & Experience, essential criteria

Essential

Commitment to 6Cs (care, compassion, competence, communication, courage, and commitment) and how they underpin all nursing practice
Demonstrates a commitment to upholding the trust values

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse (RN 1ST Level Registration) or registration pending
Evidence of recent training and development
Evidence of work based learning and ability to meet competencies

Skills & Abilities, essential criteria

Essential

Excellent written communication
Prioritising and organising workload

Knowledge & Experience, essential criteria

Essential

Commitment to 6Cs (care, compassion, competence, communication, courage, and commitment) and how they underpin all nursing practice
Demonstrates a commitment to upholding the trust values

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).