We cover a wide range of clinical specialities at University Hospitals Plymouth. This provides a variety of opportunities for our staff to develop their careers.
Our nursing services provide quality care to a wide variety of patients all day, every day. We work on the wards, Emergency Department, Outpatient Department, Specialist Clinics, Research, and many other areas.
We offer a variety of roles including Registered Nurse, Ward Manager, Matron, Head of Nursing, Nurse Associate, Advanced Clinical Practitioner and Consultant Nurse.
Our maternity service comprises of a central delivery suite, combined ante-natal and post-natal ward, day assessment unit, transitional care ward and community midwifery services. As a cohesive multidisciplinary team, we are proud to deliver approximately 3500 babies every year.
Patient care is at the heart of everything we do, and we are privileged to care for people when they are at their most vulnerable. We are proud of our diverse workforce which brings skills from all over the world in support of our services.
There are many options and paths if you are interested in a nursing or midwifery career.
Our health care assistants support our nurses and midwives with opportunities to progress into other NHS roles. Find out more about our Healthcare assistants
Nursing associates work with healthcare support workers and registered nurses to deliver care for patients and the public. This can also be a route to becoming a registered nurse.
Find out more about nursing associate role
Find out about studying to become a nurse
There are four key areas of nursing you can choose to specialise in, with each leading on to a wide range of rewarding roles with plenty of scope for progression
Find out about the different types of nursing
Midwives and staff working in maternity care prepare women for the delivery of new life and during all stages of pregnancy, labour, and the early postnatal period
We support lifelong learning for all our staff and offer a variety of opportunities to progress. Find out how you can develop you career at UHP:
Nursing career pathways
Supporting newly qualified staff
Supporting International nurses
Developing staff through learning
Revalidation
Wellbeing
We offer many pathways to help nurture and develop your career. As you progress the bands indicate the experience and skills needed for each role. The salary increases with each banding.
Band 2 Healthcare Assistant
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Band 3 Healthcare Assistant
Band 3 Apprentice Nursing Associate
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Band 4 Nursing Associate
Band 4 Assistant Practitioner
Band 4 Apprentice Nurse
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Graduate Entry Student Nurse
Band 5 International Staff Nurse
Band 5 Staff Nurse
Band 5 Newly Qualified Staff Nurse
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Band 6 Junior sister / Charge Nurse
Band 6 Clinical Educator
Band 6 Research Nurse
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Band 7 Senior Sister / Charge Nurse
Band 7 Lead Clinical Educator
Band 7 Research Nurse
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Band 8a Resuscitation Lead Nurse
Band 8a Matron
Band 8a Quality and Governance Lead Nurse
Band 8a Safeguarding Lead Nurse
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Band 8b Head of Clinical Education
Band 8b Deputy Head of Nursing
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Band 8c Head of Nursing
Band 8c Chief Nurse Informatics Officer
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Band 8d Associate Chief Nursing Officer
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Band 9 Deputy Chief Nurse
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VSM Chief Nurse
Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 7 Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 8a Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 7 Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Band 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Band 8b Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Band 8a Developmental Consultant Practitioner
Band 8b Consultant Practitioner
Band 8c Consultant Practitioner (additional responsibilities)
Our preceptorship programme for nurses and midwives is exceptionally well reviewed and provides newly qualified staff with the skills, support, and confidence to become competent and effective practitioners.
During your preceptorship year, you will be offered the opportunity of working across a wide range of specialties as part of a rotational programme giving you the opportunity to gain experience in different areas of the organisation.
Our Orientation package has been developed to help our International Nurses adapt to living in Britain, starting with meeting them at the airport, all the way through to opening a bank account and showing Plymouth’s famous landmarks and beautiful city. After Orientation, our International Nurses attend our internal OSCE Training Programme, covering APIE (Academic and Professional International Evaluations) and all skills stations in line with NMC standards; and we’re pleased to say our OSCE Training Programme has a 100% pass rate. Post OSCE our nurses are supported through an adapted Preceptorship, tailored to meet their exact needs, ready to work as UK Registered Nurses. They then receive continual support from the International Recruitment Team and Ward Manager to embed and welcome them into the organisation.
As an organisation we support lifelong learning for all our staff and offer opportunities to apply for degree and master's level studies. We have a range of supervision, coaching and mentorship opportunities available to all staff
We invest time and funding into continuous professional development (CPD) so you can reach your full potential. Ongoing CPD is supported by our dedicated team, and includes activities such as study days, conferences, and modular programme activity.
We are well equipped to support you in demonstrating the requirements of your revalidation with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
All staff have access to our comprehensive Support Hub which pulls together a range of resources and materials to help colleagues find information quickly to support their health and wellbeing whether psychological, financial, physical or professional support.
We offer
27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 29 days after 5 years service
Generous NHS pension plan.
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