Job summary
- Main area
- Clinical Decisions Unit
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment available to internal candidates)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Candidate is expected to work a mix of long days and nights to cover weekdays, weekends, and bank holidays.)
- Job ref
- 361-7484409
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Registered Nurse - Clinical Decisions Unit
NHS AfC: Band 5
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
Are you looking for a new challenge in a fast-paced, dynamic environment? Join our team in the Clinical Decisions Unit (CDU) within the Emergency Department at Lister Hospital.
We are seeking for motivated ED and ward nurses to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care to individuals requiring further observation, assessment, or treatment. You will work alongside a multidisciplinary team, contributing to clinical decisions, patient recovery, and timely discharge.
Bring your expertise, compassion, and commitment to make a real difference in patient care.
This post will cover long day and night shifts, weekdays, weekends, and bank holidays.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
You will conduct clinical assessments of patients admitted to CDU, including observations and pain levels, ensuring early detection of any deterioration or changes.
You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care needs of patients from admission to discharge home or transfer to the inpatient wards.
You will assist in developing, implementing, and evaluating individualized care plans for patients based on clinical assessment.
You will administer medications, treatments, and interventions prescribed, ensuring adherence to Trust policies, guidelines, and procedures.
You will collaborate with the MDT to ensure holistic patient care .
You will maintain accurate, comprehensive, and timely documentation of patient care in accordance to Trust policies.
You will be a motivated and compassionate nurse who is dedicated to delivering safe, effective, and patient-centered care.
You will coordinate the daily activities and operations with CDU and safely pulling patients from other areas within ED, ensuring efficient patient flow, timely assessments, and adherence to clinical protocols.
You will work closely with the Frailty Team to ensure high quality care is delivered to our patients.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse on part 1, part 2 or part 12 of the NMC register
- Commitment to life long learning
- BLS/ILS Trained
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- Evidence of Assessing and Mentorship qualification
Previous Expereince
Essential criteria
- Experience within an Emergency department / within a ward environment equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Currently working in an acute ward environment within the NHS
- Experience of supporting students/clinical support workers within the NHS
Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
- IV trained and competency signed off
- Ability to work within a team and autonomously
- Recognizing / managing acutely unwell patients
Desirable criteria
- Cannulation and phlebotomy skills
- Computer literacy
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of strategies for maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of current national issues within the NHS
- Awareness on recent NHS England’s drive to improve 4 hour performance for patient safety
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Role model our Trust values every day
- Awareness of Trust Policies and guidelines particularly infection prevention and control and Uniform Policy
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Angelita Alcantraa
- Job title
- Emergency Department Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07444230256
- Additional information
You may also contact Lucy Pickersgill at lucy.pickersgill or Natasha Williams at [email protected] on my absence.
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