CENTRALISED ADVERT - Band 5 Staff Nurse | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Oxford, OX3 9DU
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	17 Aug 2026
Closing date:	16 Sept 2026

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Summary

Foundation Staff Nurse – Band 5 - multiple vacancies

Locations: Oxford, Banbury, Oxfordshire

We would like to welcome you to join our team and be part of our world-renowned teaching hospital and centre of clinical excellence!

Our nursing teams are supported by an excellent framework of practice development, offering ongoing professional development where our nurses are empowered and instilled with a strong sense of professional pride, ensuring that we deliver the highest calibre of care to our patients!

Joining our team provides an opportunity for you to grow your career. Whether you are starting as a newly qualified or an experienced registered nurse, we have a variety of specialty areas for you to choose from, and career pathways tailored to you so you can achieve your ambitions and fulfil your potential.

If you are interested in working in Theatres or Critical Care, then you will need to apply directly to one of our Theatres or Critical Care adverts.

Interviews will be conducted on the 14th and 16th September at one of our sites in Oxford.

You will be a proactive team player with excellent communication skills, capable of leading and working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams and passionate about delivering high-quality, Holistic care to patients and their families, as well as supporting junior colleagues and student.

If you are successful at interview you will be added to our pipeline with the view to being allocated to the next most appropriate vacancy.

Start the conversation with us today about our opportunities – and continue your nursing journey by contacting one of our specialist leads to explore the many career options we have to offer you, or apply directly via the link below.

Please note that applicants must hold full NMC registration.

For more information or to arrange an informal conversation or visit please contact nursing.careers@ouh.nhs.uk

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to theten core principles

Oxford University Hospitalspromotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.

If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

• Provide exceptional patient care which is underpinned by the best evidence based practice and OUH values.

• Work in partnership with the patients’ family and friends, and to be actively involved in the caring process on behalf of the patient where agreed.

• Manage, direct and evaluate the nursing care for a defined caseload of patients.

• Communicate effectively with patients/relatives/carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.

• Maintain and develop high standards of nursing care, reflecting the professional nursing practice and patient care commensurate with the OUH values.

• Maintain and develop general and specialist knowledge of nursing practice relevant to the clinical area.

• Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model to others at all times commensurate with The Code (NMC 2015).

• Develop skills to provide senior nurse cover for the department in the absence of the Sister or Charge Nurse or their deputy.

• Work proactively to ensure every hospital visit meets the needs of the patient and that patients are discharged in a timely manner ensuring effective communication with the family and/or relevant agencies as planned and agreed.

This advert closes on Monday 31 Aug 2026

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