Staff Nurse - Writtle Ward | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 June 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £32,073 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 July 2026 |
| Location: | Broomfield, CM1 7ET |
| Company: | Southend University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7974063/390-BR-DOM-9936 |
Summary
Writtle Ward is looking for enthusiastic, well-motivated registered nurses with a strong commitment to providing high levels of care to our patients and families, on a permanent full or part time basis.
Writtle is a 26 bedded ward specialising in elderly care medicine. The successful candidate will be expected to work with our extensive multidisciplinary team whilst supporting patients and their relatives through their journey from admission to discharge, providing them with the highest quality healthcare and patient experience.
In terms of the variety of experience you will gain as a registered nurse, it will be challenging but highly rewarding and will certainly develop your clinical and discharge planning skills as well as offering some great leadership opportunities.
Whether you are a newly qualified or an experienced nurse - this is a chance to develop your skills as part of a highly capable team where you’re guaranteed opportunities to learn how to care for patients requiring a variety of nursing interventions.
Please note that we are unable to support applications from candidates still requiring an OSCE.
As a Registered Nurse (Staff Nurse) you are required:
To provide a high standard of individualised care to patients, whilst maintaining at all times their privacy and dignity
To assess care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care
To contribute to supporting the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse
To support the maintenance of high standards of cleanliness in their own clinical
To communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, their relatives/carers, nursing colleagues and members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure care is delivered in an accurate and efficient manner
Good verbal and written communication skills
Establish and maintain good communication with the Ward/Department administrative, housekeeping and domestic staff
To be responsible for ensuring all patients and their relatives/carers are kept fully informed of patients’ treatment/progress and discharge plans/after care.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
Are you looking for an exciting Staff Nurse role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
We look forward to your application.
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.
This advert closes on Monday 15 Jun 2026