Staff Nurse (Castle Ward) - Fixed Term 12 Months
The closing date is 23 November 2025
Job summary
Band 5 Staff Nurse (Castle Ward)
**This is a Fixed Term/Secondment opportunity for 12 months to cover maternity leave**
Are you an enthusiastic registered nurse who would enjoy working in a diverse, exciting and rewarding clinical area?
Castle ward currently has an opportunity to appoint a staff nurse to join their friendly, professional and successful team.
Castle ward is a 29 bedded unit specialising in the care of rheumatology and endocrine patients. The Ward is also a medical ward that admits patients with general medical conditions.
Main duties of the job
All staff members have an active role in the health promotion of patients on castle ward. Working with our excellent highly skilled team you will develop a wide range of clinical skills helping to progress your career. There are opportunities to care for acutely ill patients, working within a competency frame-work supporting you to gain more skills and knowledge in this specialty.You will receive induction and specialist training tailored to the area including care of patients with Diabetes. We will provide you support through your induction and developmental phase. You will be allocated with a mentor who will guide you through completion of your competencies. We have a robust appraisal process to ensure that your professional development is achieved within a set time frame.This is an exciting opportunity to enhance your career in an innovative area of nursing and we welcome passionate nurses to enhance our team.
About us
The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest District General Hospitals in the country. The hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is Reading's biggest employer.
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful places to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our "CARE" values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Details
Date posted
10 November 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
193-7594096NCG
Job locations
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Craven Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Craven Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
Employer's website
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