Registered Nurse

On Ward 37 we provide specialist, high-quality, person-centred care for adults living with dementia, delirium, and complex cognitive needs. We pride ourselves on creating a calm, therapeutic environment where patients feel safe, valued, and understood., We offer a wide range of experiences as part of your development and journey as a Band 5 Registered Nurse. As an organisation we are committed to ensuring you reach your personal and professional objectives., + Maintain a high standard of patient focused care in accordance with York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust policies and procedures.
+ Maintain a safe and clean working environment.
+ Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for patients, ensuring accurate written records are kept.
+ Communicate with patients and carers to ensure they have access to appropriate information.
+ Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of the patient.
+ Act in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct.
+ Undertake duties on different wards/departments as and when required by service demands.
+ Demonstrate personal responsibility for compliance with infection control policies and procedures.

Our successful candidate will consistently drive excellent clinical quality standards to this vulnerable patient group and deliver high quality, effective and evidence based care.

Background knowledge of the safeguarding agenda to protect vulnerable adults is desirable, but not essential, as training will be given. It is our duty to keep patients in our care safe, and falls prevention is high on our agenda. Focus will be on patient experience, patient safety and providing assurance that standards are met for every patient.

We are proud to be a team with a strong sense of collaboration across all our healthcare professionals, working together to drive our service forward. Therefore, the candidate must be committed to the on-going development of the ward and multi-disciplinary team working, and have the drive and passion to create an inspirational learning and working environment.

For further information on working for our Trust, please visit:

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Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants

27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)

A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.

A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave

Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme

An extensive range of learning and development opportunities

Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.