Staff Nurse - Buckland

The post holder will work as a Band 5 Registered Nurse within the Urology & ENT ward, providing high-quality, compassionate and person-centered nursing care to patient with a range of urological and ENT conditions.

The role will involve caring for patients with varying level of clinical acuity and dependency, including patients requiring pre and post-operative care, acute assessment and management, monitoring following procedures, pain management, wound and catheter care and preparation for discharge.

The successful candidate will be expected to work in accordance with the NMC code, organisational policies and procedures, and relevant clinical and professional standards. They will contribute to quality improvement, clinical governance, patient safety initiatives and continuous improvement of the service. improvement

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a high-quality , safe and compassionate nursing care to patients within the Urology and ENT ward. They will be responsible for the assessment , planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised patient care, working closely with patients, relatives and multidisciplinary team.

About us

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the region's busiest providers of healthcare. It was formed on 1 April 1998 following a merger between East Surrey Healthcare NHS and Crawley Horsham NHS Trusts. We are often referred to as 'SASH'.

We run East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, where we have more than 700 beds and provide acute and complex services. In addition, we provide a range of outpatient, diagnostic and less complex planned services at The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Crawley Hospital and Horsham Hospital.

Every year, over 120,000 people attend our Emergency Department, we deliver nearly 4,000 babies and almost half a million people have outpatient appointments with us.

We are a major local employer, with a diverse workforce of around 5,500 staff providing healthcare services to a growing population of some 744,000 people.

Details

Date posted

09 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043 a year

plus high cost allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

326-8343360-FF

Job locations

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Deliver safe, effective and compassionate nursing care.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
• Monitor patient and recognise and escalate clinical deterioration.
• Provide appropriate urological and ENT nursing care.
• Undertake medicine management safely and effectively.
• Provide catheter, wound and post operative care as required.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical documentation.
• Promote infection prevention and control practices.
• Support safeguarding and the protection of vulnerable patients.
• Work effectively with the MDT team.
• Contribute to discharge planning and patient education.
• Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement and service development.
• Maintain professional competence and undertake relevant training and development.
• Promote a culture of safety, dignity, respect and compassionate care.

Job responsibilities

• Deliver safe, effective and compassionate nursing care.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
• Monitor patient and recognise and escalate clinical deterioration.
• Provide appropriate urological and ENT nursing care.
• Undertake medicine management safely and effectively.
• Provide catheter, wound and post operative care as required.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical documentation.
• Promote infection prevention and control practices.
• Support safeguarding and the protection of vulnerable patients.
• Work effectively with the MDT team.
• Contribute to discharge planning and patient education.
• Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement and service development.
• Maintain professional competence and undertake relevant training and development.
• Promote a culture of safety, dignity, respect and compassionate care.

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
• A complete and accurate application
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
• Evidence of Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
• A complete and accurate application
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
• Evidence of Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://surreyandsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

• Deliver safe, effective and compassionate nursing care.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
• Monitor patient and recognise and escalate clinical deterioration.
• Provide appropriate urological and ENT nursing care.
• Undertake medicine management safely and effectively.
• Provide catheter, wound and post operative care as required.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical documentation.
• Promote infection prevention and control practices.
• Support safeguarding and the protection of vulnerable patients.
• Work effectively with the MDT team.
• Contribute to discharge planning and patient education.
• Participate in clinical audits, quality improvement and service development.
• Maintain professional competence and undertake relevant training and development.
• Promote a culture of safety, dignity, respect and compassionate care.

Criteria

Essential

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
• A complete and accurate application
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
• Evidence of Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification