About this role
Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen for Registered Nurses to join the newly formed Durban ward located at Clacton and District Community Hospital. Durban ward is a 26 bedded unit which will provide Community step up and step down to patients who have a North East Essex GP. Community Hospital wards within North East Essex provide care for patients who do not require acute nursing intervention and whose needs cannot be met at home. They also provide palliative or end of life care, recovery from acute illness, rehabilitation and IVABs. Durban ward is planned to open during November 2026 to help support flow during seasonal pressures. Due to the trusts ambition to support a "home first" approach, Durban ward has potential to transition after the winter period to a Same Day Assessment Unit, providing rapid assessment, diagnostics, and treatment forappropriate patients, reducing avoidable admissionstothe Colchesteracute site. You will be a key member of the ward nursing team to...