Newly Qualified Nurses Band 5 2023

Your nursing career – your choice!

Join Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust in your first permanent Band 5 Registered Nurse role in one of the many teams that provide a service to hundreds of people in South West London and beyond.

Choose the service, location and team that suits you best and apply now. You can be interviewed online – and start your new role if successful – on dates to suit you!

We offer an easy, quick route into the widest range of opportunities for Newly-Qualified Nurses and final year nursing students.

The expectations within this job description will be met through hands on clinical practice, education and training and research.
To post holder will ensure that high quality nursing care is delivered within their designated clinical area.
The post holder will support the standards of clinical practice, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.

Duties of the Post
The post of a qualified nurse is characterised by six principle role functions:

• Clinical Practice
• Advanced Clinical Skills
• Professional leadership and management
• Education training and development
• Evaluation of care and research
• Human Resources

Whether it’s support finding accommodation, the friendliest of welcomes from committed nursing teams, and even the chance to move between roles and Trusts if your first Band 5 role isn’t quite what you want – we’re flexible and dedicated to giving you the best start in your nursing career.

Apply now and choose which role suits you! Your NHS needs you!

Flexible start date to suit your needs

Unrivalled learning and development – support from day one with dedicated preceptors, clear Band 5 NQN career and skills pathways and comprehensive clinical and leadership training opportunities

Choice of great locations within outer London and Surrey – all within easy public transport reach of the city centre and London’s unique variety of leisure and lifestyle activities

Unique opportunities to gain the experience you want - choose from national and world-leading specialist services, every ward and specialty you can imagine, even NQN community roles – with flexibility to move between Trusts and services via rotation and future roles

The unique environment of busy, dynamic London NHS Trusts – working with world-leading clinicians, supportive nursing teams, benefiting from the best teaching hospitals and universities, adopting the latest digital clinical technology - and serving uniquely diverse communities.

Welcome to the Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. We offer an extensive range of services, including cancer, pathology, surgery, and gynecology to over 490,000 people in south west London and north east Surrey. We operate two busy general hospitals, Epsom Hospital and St Helier Hospital, and run services from other locations, including Sutton Hospital. We are also part of two innovative integrated care partnerships - Sutton Health and Care and Surrey Downs Health and Care.

St Helier Hospital is home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, while Epsom Hospital is home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). Both Epsom and St Helier hospitals have Accident and Emergency departments (A&E) and Maternity services (Obstetrics).

With nearly 900,000 people coming to our hospitals for care and treatment every year, our almost 5,000 staff and 500 volunteers work around the clock to keep our busy hospitals running smoothly.

As teaching hospitals, we play a key role in the education and training of tomorrow's doctors, nurses and other health professionals. Both sites work in partnership with St George’s Hospital and St George’s Medical School in south London to deliver high quality education and research.

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Staff Nurse role at Epsom and St Helier.