The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Staff Nurse

The closing date is 28 September 2025

Job summary

We've been providing patient-centred healthcare to communities in the North East of England and beyond for over 250 years and are proud to be one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, offering a vast and diverse range of specialist services.

We approach our daily work with the ethos that patients remain at the heart of everything we do, in line with the trust's Vision and Values and is reflected in our newly launched Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals Strategy.

We seek self-motivated, confident nurses with a natural aptitude for empathy and attentiveness, who can demonstrate a sensitive yet self-assured approach with patients who are often very scared and uncertain for their future.

Acting as an advocate for your patients, you will need authentic communication and listening skills, and the ability to build trust, considering all factors in their response to prognosis and treatment plans. This can require considerable resilience and insight and you will liaise with colleagues from many external partnership services, requiring good coordination and organisation skills.

Interview Date Tuesday 07 October 2025
Full & Part Time Hours/Week
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Main duties of the job

Providing outstanding standards of care, takes a successful multi-disciplinary approach and you will work alongside a large team of talented individuals including medical, surgical, anaesthetic and intensive care teams, allied health professionals, pharmacists and many more.

Our teams also include many nurse specialists and as such there is great scope for progression to more specialist and other senior nursing and managerial roles.

Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

There is a multitude of opportunities for career development within our Trust. Continuous Professional Development (CPD) in particular is extremely important to us, to ensure our staff can fully liberate their potential. You will be encouraged and supported to develop your skills and competencies with dedicated support from our Clinical Educators.

All of our clinical areas are supported and lead by experienced Matrons - contact details are available on our Trust website. Please make contact to find out more and you may be able to arrange an informal visit.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

Freeman Hospital
Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
Newcastle Dental Hospital
Newcastle Fertility Centre
Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
Northern Genetics Service
Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit:Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle HospitalsandNewcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Date posted

19 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

317-2025-SNA-ODP-OCT

Job locations

Trustwide

317 Trustwide

NE1 4LP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please note that we are unable to offer alternative interview dates so candidates should make every effort to be available for the interview date shown on the current advert. Please be advised we can only support face to face interviews at this time.

We are currently recruiting to the following areas

Endoscopy Services

Our Endoscopy service provides specialist screening for the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of disorders affecting the digestive system. We are seeking enthusiastic, progressive and highly motivated nurses to join our busy teams in the Endoscopy departments, situated at both the Royal Victoria Infirmary and Freeman Hospital.

Intestinal Failure Unit

Our new 15 bedded Intestinal Failure unit, which is expected to open in January 2026 at the Freeman Hospital.

We are seeking staff nurses with either surgical/ Colorectal and or IF/gastrointestinal experience, we will also be able to support experienced Band 5 staff.

For more information, please contactMatron Louise Mosettig louise.mosettig@nhs.net 0191 2829362Matron Emma Wenn emma.wenn@nhs.net 0191 2448844

Please specify in your application if you are interested in a post on the Intestinal Failure Unit or in Endoscopy.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are currently recruiting to the following areas

Endoscopy Services

Intestinal Failure Unit

Our new 15 bedded Intestinal Failure unit, which is expected to open in January 2026 at the Freeman Hospital.

We are seeking staff nurses with either surgical/ Colorectal and or IF/gastrointestinal experience, we will also be able to support experienced Band 5 staff.

For more information, please contactMatron Louise Mosettig louise.mosettig@nhs.net 0191 2829362Matron Emma Wenn emma.wenn@nhs.net 0191 2448844

Please specify in your application if you are interested in a post on the Intestinal Failure Unit or in Endoscopy.

Person Specification

Shortlisting Criteria

Essential

Meets All Essential Criteria

Desirable

Meets All Desirable Criteria

Person Specification

Shortlisting Criteria

Essential

Meets All Essential Criteria

Desirable

Meets All Desirable Criteria

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).