Job summary
Gynaecology Staff Nurse
30 hours per week
Permanent
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata, per annum (dependent on experience)
Closing Date: 10th July 2025
Interview Date: 17th 2025 (subject to change)
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
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We are looking to expand our Band 5 Nursing Team within Gynaecology.
The role will include working in our Early Pregnancy and Gynaecology Unit and supporting our Gynaecology diagnostic lists, which include, Hysteroscopy and Colposcopy.
We offer a friendly environment and provide support in your clinical development giving you the opportunity to work for an organisation supporting its local community.
Main duties of the job
- Deliver a high standard of nursing care without direct supervision, based upon a sound evidence base.
- Undertakes and documents a comprehensive, systematic and accurate nursing assessment of the physical, social and spiritual needs of the patient where appropriate.
- Creates and utilises opportunities to promote health and well-being of patients in their care.
- Manage a group of patients throughout a shift as delegated by the Lead Nurse.
- Working within the N.M.C Guidelines and Trust Policies recognising one's own abilities and limitation.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of nursing care for a specified group of patients as delegated by senior nursing staff, involving patients and carers where appropriate.
- Acts as a team leader, delegating appropriate tasks and supervising the standard of care delivered by unqualified staff and learner nurses in the ward team.
- Deliver a high standard of nursing care without direct supervision, based upon a sound evidence base.
- Undertakes and documents a comprehensive, systematic and accurate nursing assessment of the physical, social and spiritual needs of the patient where appropriate.
- Creates and utilises opportunities to promote health and well-being of patients in their care.
- Manage a group of patients throughout a shift as delegated by nurse in charge.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of nursing care for a specified group of patients as delegated by senior nursing staff, involving patients and carers where appropriate.
- Acts as a team leader, delegating appropriate tasks and supervising the standard of care delivered by unqualified staff and learner nurses in the ward team.
- Deliver a high standard of nursing care without direct supervision, based upon a sound evidence base.
- Undertakes and documents a comprehensive, systematic and accurate nursing assessment of the physical, social and spiritual needs of the patient where appropriate.
- Creates and utilises opportunities to promote health and well-being of patients in their care.
- Manage a group of patients throughout a shift as delegated by nurse in charge.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Professional Training
Essential
- RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN
- Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of Speciality.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Teaching & assessing qualification
Desirable
- Relevant qualifications required or course to area
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission through to discharge
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
- Able to work as an effective team member
- Knowledge of Evidence Based Practice
- Competent in basic life support
- Awareness of the structure and organisation of the NHS
- Ability to administer prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products
- Able to manage difficult situations
- Uses own initiative and can make clinical decisions using evidence-based rationale
- Able to manage difficult situations
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working on autonomous and in a team
- Experience of Administering all medications via various routes, (sub cut, intravenous drug therapy, per oral, per vaginal, per rectum)
- Experience of working in the relevant area
- Completion of Preceptorship
- Supervision and teaching of junior staff
- Experiencing of coordinating a shift
Desirable
- Previous experience in other nursing fields
Person Specification
Qualifications and Professional Training
Essential
- RN1/ RN2/ RN12 or RN
- Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of Speciality.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Teaching & assessing qualification
Desirable
- Relevant qualifications required or course to area
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Responsible for carrying out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided from admission through to discharge
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
- Able to work as an effective team member
- Knowledge of Evidence Based Practice
- Competent in basic life support
- Awareness of the structure and organisation of the NHS
- Ability to administer prescribed medication including transfusion of blood and blood products
- Able to manage difficult situations
- Uses own initiative and can make clinical decisions using evidence-based rationale
- Able to manage difficult situations
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working on autonomous and in a team
- Experience of Administering all medications via various routes, (sub cut, intravenous drug therapy, per oral, per vaginal, per rectum)
- Experience of working in the relevant area
- Completion of Preceptorship
- Supervision and teaching of junior staff
- Experiencing of coordinating a shift
Desirable
- Previous experience in other nursing fields
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.
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.
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).
