Flexible Healthcare Assistant (Student Nurse)

Company: ROH
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Location: East Midlands
Job Description:

Main area Derby Health Staffing Grade Unregistered Contract Bank Hours Flexible working – 0 hours per week (Flexible (As and when required)) Job ref 320-DHS-STN-0258

Employer Derby Health Staffing Employer type NHS Site Various Town Derby Salary £24,930.87 WTE pro rated Salary period Yearly Closing 25/10/2026 23:59

Unregistered

Derby Health Staffingmanages and provides flexible work in a variety of settings. We are committed to providing experienced healthcare professionals across multiple staffing disciplines and are an integral part of the workforce.

Why join Derby Health Staffing?

Are you looking for a change of area, or simply need more flexibility to manage your work/life balance? Then working for Derby Health Staffing may be just the answer.

If you are looking for flexible work that can fit around your other commitments, and are dedicated to providing the very best care for patients then we would like to hear from you. We offer competitive rates of pay and provide ongoing professional support to meet your registration needs giving you the opportunity to work in a variety of settings which will inevitably strengthen your skills as a practitioner.

Job overview

CALLING STUDENT NURSES!

Are you currently a Student Nurse at University of Derby, University of Nottingham, University of Wolverhampton or University of Stafford and have completed at least one placement at UHDB?

Then why not join Derby Health Staffing Bank for paid work that could fit around your studies and offer you additional clinical experience.

FLEXIBLE HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT – ALL 5 SITES

Zero hours per week – As and When Required Working ArrangementsStandard Working Arrangements are £24,930.87 Whole Time Equivalent pro-rated.

We are looking for enthusiastic, caring individuals to join our bank, supporting our nurses in all aspects of Patient Care. You will have the opportunity of working in a variety of clinical areas across the Trust.

THIS VACANCY COVERS ALL 5 UHDB TRUST SITES:

  • Florence Nightingale Community Hospital
  • Samuel Johnson Hospital
  • Sir Robert Peel Community Hospital
  • You must be in your 2 nd year of a Student Nurse course
  • You must have completed at least one clinical placement (face to face)

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates must be reliable, motivated and enthusiastic, be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and work within a multidisciplinary team. We are committed to the training and development of our workers; therefore, you will need to be able to attend training days required for your role.

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

  • Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
  • On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
  • A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

  • We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
  • We are the 4 th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
  • An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
  • Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
  • Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
  • We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
  • We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Qualifications

  • Student Nurse at Uni of Derby, Notts or Wolverhampton

Experience

  • Has completed at least one placement at UHDB

Supporting Informtion

  • Good details in supporting information highlighting key skills, knowledge and experience

Derby Health Staffing Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary company of University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position.

All correspondence relating to your application will be sent to you via our trac.system account. Please ensure that you regularly check your emails; this includes junk/spam, as your security settings may not recognise the sender.

During the course of its employment activities, Derby Health Staffing Ltd collects, stores and processes personal information about prospective, current and former staff.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Posted: October 21st, 2026