Registered Staff Nurse - Spinal Injuries UnitNHS
Job summary
Fixed term Contract until 30th September, 2027
The Northwest Regional Spinal Injuries Centre (NWRSIC) based at Southport District General Hospital is looking to recruit a Registered Nurse to join an award winning, multi-professional team. If you are a forward-thinking, dynamic, & enthusiastic nurse who is interested in developing a career with patients requiring global rehabilitation following spinal cord injury, the NWRSIC could be the place for you.
Your role will involve providing an holistic approach to delivering goal-centred & outcome focused care & enablement for patients with a variety of abilities due to spinal cord lesion. There will be opportunity to develop skills in caring for patients requiring respiratory support & intervention, as well as helping patients achieve their rehabilitation goals.
Working pattern: based on an 11.5-hour rotational shift pattern throughout the 7-day period including day & night duty. There will also be an opportunity to work shorter shifts to ensure an even balance across the roster whilst facilitating patient care.
Part-time hours will also be considered as the Trust supports flexible working patterns and work / life balance.
*Previous applicants within the past 3 months need not apply*
Interviews will take place on 29th September, 2026
Main duties of the job
Due to current service demands, we are only able to consider applicants who have relevant UK experience. Candidates must also be available to commence employment immediately or within a very short timeframe. We regret that we cannot progress applications that do not meet these essential requirements.
- To assist in the setting & monitoring of standards of nursing care within the department.
- To encourage the participation of the patient's carer(s) in the assessment of care needs.
- To encourage the involvement of the patient in the management & evaluation of care.
- To advocate patient involvement so that care can be reflected as individualised.
- To initiate & participate in the promotion of health education.
- To liaise with all disciplines involved with direct care so that all facets of patient care are assessed, planned, implemented & evaluated.
- To maintain effective communication, keeping the person in charge that has continuing responsibility informed of changes affecting patients & staff.
- To ensure that patient care is delivered as & when required, within the Scope of Professional Practice & Code of Professional Conduct.
Job description
KEY DUTIES
Provides and receives complex information, communicating sensitively and confidentially
information relating to patients/clients (for example, care plan discussions with patients).
Communicates in a compassionate and empathetic manner, using persuasion and
Reassurance.
Ability to recognise barriers to communication, and ability to modify communication style as
and when required.
Ability to effectively communicate whilst providing training to students.
Demonstrate effective communications skills with the wider MDT team.
Maintain appropriate levels of training for clinical skills as needed within scope of practice.
To maintain safe custody of drugs, ensuring that checking, witnessing and administration
procedures are compatible with statutory and trust requirements.
In the absence of Sister/Charge Nurse effectively respond to complaints/concerns and
escalate as required.
To ensure clinical incident/near misses are managed and reported and escalated in a
timely manner.
To be part of the multidisciplinary team decision making, acting when required as the
patients advocate in order to support the patients pathway.
Work within the organisational policy, standard operating procedures and guidelines.
To undertake risk assessments and implement risk reducing measures. To report and
escalate to the Line Manager any deficiencies in the arrangements for minimizing risk.
Ensure that privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.
To actively participate in the effective and efficient use of the ward/departmental resources and equipment, including stock management and care and maintenance of equipment.
Handles patients valuables, ensuring safe storage and transportation.
Sign off agency timesheets in order to verify and record the hours worked.
Liaise with the Roster Coordinator to ensure your personal roster is balanced within the roster period.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
To deputise in the absence of the Sister / Charge Nurse.
To manage own time and that of others, through delegations to ensure high quality service
delivery.
To act as assessor/supervisor for junior staff and students.
To participate in the setting of yearly personal and professional objectives for self.
Support the departments appraisal process for junior staff, by providing feedback.
To be flexible in the delivery of safe staffing across the Trust and participate in redeployment requirements within scope of practice.
RESEARCH & AUDIT
To contribute to the collection of data for research and audit purposes.
To identify audit topics relevant to the ward/department.
To critically evaluate research before applying to clinic practice in order to enhance patient care.
To identify areas for self-development, areas of interest and training requirements within
individual personal performance planning and development review.
To maintain a professional portfolio and reflective diary for developmental purposes and
revalidation.
Support the rest of the team by recognising own and promoting self-help and wellbeing.
Develop a culture of learning and innovation, developing high quality learning environments.
Adopt a reflective approach to own practice with a view to continually improve.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
o Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
o Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
o National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme