Registered Nurse

Are you a dedicated and enthusiastic nurse looking to make a real difference? Howard Ward at Bedford Hospital is offering an excellent opportunity for a motivated Staff Nurse to join our dynamic and supportive team. We’re looking for someone who brings reliability, compassion and a proactive approach to patient care. If you’re passionate about delivering high‑quality holistic care and enjoy working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, we’d be delighted to hear from you. In this role, you’ll play an important part in maintaining high clinical standards and helping to shape the future of care on the ward. You’ll need energy, drive and a commitment to ongoing personal and professional development. A strong record of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) is highly valued, as is the ability to lead and adapt confidently through change. Excellent interpersonal skills are essential, along with a genuine interest in supporting, mentoring and inspiring colleagues. While we offer a comprehensive learning and development framework, we also welcome the experience and strengths you bring to help make your time with us a success. For full details of the role and person specification, please refer to the attached Job Description. The post holder is responsible for delivering direct clinical care to individual patients and groups within their designated area. This includes assessing care needs and planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care from admission through to discharge. Following an agreed development period, the post holder will also take charge of the ward when required and assume responsibility for staff and resources in the absence of the ward manager or deputy. They will be expected to supervise junior staff and support the teaching of both qualified and unqualified colleagues, including pre‑ and post‑registration students. For clinical development or service needs, the post holder will rotate through all ward areas within the Division of Surgery and Anaesthetics, including the admission and discharge facility. The role requires participation in a full 24‑hour shift pattern. Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A\&E, Obstetrics\-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available. We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience \- we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences. *Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.* For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sujatha Harindranath Job title: Ward Manager Email address: sujatha.harindranath@bedfordhospital.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01234 355122