Staff Nurse | Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 25 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29,970 - £36,483 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 24 August 2025 |
| Location: | Wigan, WN6 9EP |
| Company: | Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7275296/302-25-7275296SS |
Summary
We are looking to recruit 2 motivated and enthusiastic Staff Nurses to join our Team work 37.5 hours per week and 21.00 hours per week.
The current working hours are Monday-Friday day shifts working 07:00-20:00, no weekends, Bank Holidays or night shifts
You will be based on Ward D/Orthopaedic Admissions Unit at Wrightington Hospital.
The successful candidates duties and responsibilities will be to
• Manage the admission of patients undergoing Orthopaedic surgery.
• Provide pre and post operative care to Orthopaedic Patients.
• Facilitate Nurse-led Discharge for Day Cases.
Administer medication and effective communication with the MDT
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
• Provide dedicated skilled assistance to medical personnel within the department.
• Demonstrate the underpinning of theoretical knowledge within the clinical practice of infection control, health and safety, ethical and legal issues.
• Demonstrate adaptability of the role within departmental specialties.
• Recognise the appropriateness of transferable skills when providing high quality patient care.
• Demonstrate application of professional standards in all aspects of patient care delivery within the clinical environment.
• Responsible in ensuring the effective running of the department in the absence of the Ward Manager/Deputy Ward Manager.
• Demonstrate the ability to assess patients and act appropriately.
• Organising own time and that of junior staff and learners.
This advert closes on Friday 1 Aug 2025