Job overview

This post is eligible for a £1500 New Hire Bonus. Please see attached New Hire Bonus Terms & Conditions for further information. 

Full and part time hours considered

Welney Ward is a 15 bedded inpatient ward, located in the community hospital base of the Princess of Wales Hospital in Ely, Cambridgeshire.

We specialise in rehabilitation and palliative care of patients unable to return home following an injury, disease process or prolonged period of illness. 

We are looking for a highly motivated and clinically skilled first level registered nurse, with an interest in rehabilitation and palliative care. As a valued member of our nursing team, the successful candidate will be required to perform shifts on an internal rotation basis, this will involve both day and night shifts.

Main duties of the job

The registered nurse will be responsible for clinical delivery of all aspects of care for people requiring palliative care or rehabilitation. This may come as a result of a disease process, accident or injury following a fall, deconditioning during a recovery process or frailty.

The role will involve liasing with members of the wider multi disciplinary team to plan for a safe and effective discharge from our service, encompassing any changes to their pre admission condition and increase in care needs.

Responsibility will be for the coordination of all care providers within the team to provide a plan of care, acting as patient advocate in unison with goals set by therapists for an improvement in mobility and independence to aid the effective return to home or onward care location.

Main duties will also include delivery of physical care, administration of prescribed medications, management of care staff and a mentor to students

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.