Job summary
- Main area
- Staff Nurse
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 222-LS-ICS-384
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Clayponds Hospital
- Town
- Ealing
- Salary
- £34,521 - £41,956 Per Annum Inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/04/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 14/04/2025
Employer heading

Staff Nurse
Band 5
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
We are looking for dynamic Registered General Nurses (RGN) to join our close knit multidisciplinary team in Clayponds Hospital and Rehabilitation Unit. If you are a Registered General Nurse interested to join a team of enthusiastic and committed professionals in delivering an integrated and rehabilitative care to patients, this role/s will be ideal for you.
The post holders will be integral part of the in-patient team. As a Registered Nurse you will be responsible for supporting your Manager in ensuring that our service users’ needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care. As a centre of excellence, you will offer a person-centred approach to their independence and well-being.
Clayponds Hospital is a 73 bedded, medically led rehab unit that provides personalised support and care to enable people to recover from periods of acute ill-health, regain function and prepare them to return home and back to their local communities. The unit has 3 different wards; Jasmin and Magnolia being the multi-pathology wards and Rosemary is a neuro ward.
Each ward has 24 beds; 3 bays and 4 Siderooms with a staffing level of; 1 Ward Manager, 3 RGNs and 4/5 HCA and a Matron for the day. At night, there will be 3 RGNs and 2 HCAs for the ward and a Senior Nurse Cover for the whole unit.
Main duties of the job
As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible in ensuring that patients are at the heart of the care you deliver and their wishes and preferences are always put into considerations. You will undertake the care planning activities for patients to meet changing physical, psychological and social needs, taking into consideration their privacy, dignity, personal choice and consent. Ensure care plans are developed in collaboration with patients and their family/friends (where appropriate) and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Undertake all aspects of medicine management in line with legal, professional and regulatory requirements. Be responsible in promoting and safeguarding the welfare of patients and colleagues. You will plan, implement and assess approaches to promote health and well-being and able to adapt and address situations in a safe and timely manner.
You are expected to communicate effectively with patients, their friends and family and other stakeholders, striving for high quality in everything you do recognising and understanding what quality in care means for our service users.
Our staff are central to delivering the service vision and we are keen to recruit high calibre staff who will be offered the support required to fulfil their roles as well as being provided with the training and experience to further their skills and build a career of which they can be proud.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Registered RGN
Desirable criteria
- Teaching Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of providing patient facing interventions
- Experience of providing clinical information to wider MDT
- Experience of working within a community or in-patient setting as undergraduate
- Experience of teaching/training and or providing supervision
Desirable criteria
- Working with a Nursing, Physiotherapy and Occupational therapy team within an inpatient and community setting
- Experience of providing clinical interventions within an acute and community setting
- Experience of participating in QSIR/quality improvement projects
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of KSF and where this role functions
- Knowledge of patient safety measures
- Knowledge of safeguarding
- Working knowledge of NHS 10 year plan
- Knowledge of frailty and impact on wider health determinants
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of intermediate care pathways
- Knowledge of intermediate care guidance and best practice
- Broad medical knowledge including end of life, chronic conditions and frailty
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Able to work seamlessly with other professional groups
- Communicate clear message and guidance
- Remain professional at all times in line with NHS KSF
Desirable criteria
- Able to challenge practice constructively to implement change
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ibitayo Oni
- Job title
- Modern Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
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