Staff Nurse
| Posting date: | 23 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £31,049.00 to £37,796.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31049.00 - £37796.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 March 2026 |
| Location: | North Shields, NE29 8NH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9319-26-0189 |
Summary
To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the ward team under the direction of the Ward Manager. To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of nursing services in the ward/department in the absence of senior staff on a regular basis. To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct. To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards. To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries. Dimensions. To provide nursing care to a caseload of patients and to provide verbal and written handovers to nursing colleagues and the multi disciplinary team. When responsible for the ward/department to ensure that individualised programmes of care are formulated and carried out fully for each patient on the ward/department (up to 31 patients in a ward area). There are a range of learning opportunities to develop new skills inclusive of Total Parental Nutrition (TPN), complex wound care using topical negative pressure dressings (TNP), use of central vascular access and extended skills in stoma education. We encourage our staff to develop their skills through a variety of learning environments believing that this will benefit patients contributing to job satisfaction.