Newly Qualified Nurses - Band 5 - All Areas All Sites

Job summary

Are you in the Final year of your Nursing Degree?

Start date January 2025.

Are you looking for a new challenge in your nursing career? Do you have what it takes to make a difference to a wide range of patients and members of the public? Do you have the skills to succeed in an ever-changing clinical environment?

Then why not join us working as a nurse at ULHT

ULHT is a patient-centred organisation whose vision and values include safety, excellence, compassion and respect

We are looking to recruit newly qualified nurses wishing to start their registered nursing journey with us in January 2025.

With sites across Lincolnshire: Lincoln, Boston, Grantham and Louth, we can offer you new and exciting opportunities within a variety of specialities. For Example, Lincoln is home to the award-winning heart center which offers an opportunity to work with specialists at the forefront of providing lifesaving cardiac care. Boston has a new Integrated Assessment Unit, which will offer the opportunity to work within Medical and Surgical specialties, offering staff an opportunity to develop an immense clinical skillset, and Grantham is leading the way with Orthopedic elective surgery, offering patients a slick surgery and recovery service. There is a wealth of other opportunities ULHT can offer you and we would love for you to join us on your Nursing journey.

Please note salary would be Band 4 for NMC pre-pin, Band 5 once received

Main duties of the job

As a Trust we have faced a number of challenges over the years, but a recent change to our Trust Operating Model means that now is the time to re-shape our services and continue on our journey to excellence.

Our hospitals are in the heart of Rural Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire is surrounded by beautiful countryside and has easy access to several coastal resorts. It serves a multicultural community which is both developing and inclusive.

The Trust has a strong commitment to improving patient centred services and by working within the nursing family at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust you will have the support from a strong and visible Corporate Nursing team who lead on Quality and Patient Safety. As part of our recruitment campaign, there will be an opportunity to attend an open-session where you can meet the Director of Nursing and her deputy chief nurses, to discuss what the Trust has to offer.

If you want to join a team that is committed to making real improvements, then this is your opportunity. Once recruited, we will also make you a commitment to your ongoing professional development through our nursing offer which details some of the opportunities that will become your when you join our team. Whether you are a Registered nurse in adult, mental health, children's or learning disabilities, come along and chat to us as we may have an opportunity for you!

About us

Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).