Job Summary
Are you a motivated and compassionate nurse looking to work in a fast-paced, dynamic clinical environment? Join Robin Smith ward, a 28-bedded unit providing high-quality care to patients requiring elective and urgent surgical assessment and treatment.

Robin Smith specialises in all general & elective surgery, with a high patient turnover that offers excellent opportunities to build and develop a wide range of clinical skills.

We operate 24 hours a day, delivering safe, effective, and patient-centred care, and you'll be supported by a friendly, experienced multidisciplinary team committed to excellence and continuous improvement.

This is an exciting opportunity for nurses who thrive in a busy environment, enjoy variety, and are passionate about delivering outstanding care.

Main Duties of the Job
As a Staff Nurse, you will act as a Named Nurse, maintaining professional accountability for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating programmes of care within a supportive team-nursing framework.

You will play a key role in coordinating patients' discharge arrangements in line with the RUH Discharge Policy, ensuring safe, timely, and well-planned transitions of care. Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, you will promote a patient-focused approach, placing dignity, choice, and compassion at the heart of everything you do.

An important part of the role is supporting and educating patients and their carers, providing clear information to help them make informed decisions and adopt healthier lifestyles where appropriate. You will ensure all patient documentation is completed accurately and to Trust standards, while maintaining confidentiality at all times.

You will also contribute to maintaining a safe and well-organised ward/department environment, support the development and monitoring of protocols and care pathways, and actively promote effective communication across the team.

About Us
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17,600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.

We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person-centred care we're proud of.

We're committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.

We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing - and yes, we even have a pool!

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Details
Date posted: 09 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 427-8129324
Job location: Bath

Job Responsibilities

• Acting as a Named Nurse, to maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the framework of team nursing.
• To co-ordinate the patients discharge arrangements in accordance with the RUH Discharge Policy.
• To promote a patient focused approach to care in collaboration with all relevant health professionals.
• To educate patients and their carers as required where a need has been identified.
• To provide information which enables patients to make choices about adopting a healthy lifestyle.
• To complete patient documentation to Trust standard.
• To maintain a safe ward/department environment.
• To assist in establishing and monitoring protocols/care pathways.
• To participate in the promotion and maintenance of effective communication.
• To ensure patient confidentiality

Person Specification
Essential

• NMC registered

Desirable

• Surgical experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer Contact
For questions about the job, contact:
Senior sisters: Clare Horler / Claire Drury
Email: ruhtr.robinsmithmanagers@nhs.net
Phone: 01225821438