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Job summary

Main area
Emergency Medicine
Grade
NHS AFC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
361-6811488-A
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
29/10/2025 23:59

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East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust logo

Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

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 - Emergency Department who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. 

Due to the expansion of our Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre.

We are looking for Nurses who are searching for opportunities to further develop their career and who possess excellent communication skills, strong team working skills and can evidence the delivery of good patient care.

The ED prides itself on providing high quality, compassionate care and a desire to be amongst the best. Including in the expansion of new builds, the Acute Assessment Unit and ward have also been upgraded, this includes a 16 trolley spaces for direct GP heralded patients along with 2 ward areas for acute short stay medical admissions

If you are dynamic, enthusiastic and looking for the next challenge to help build further on our reputation as one of the safest and best hospitals then this role may be for you?

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us. 

Main duties of the job

 Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care needs of patients from admission (or before) to discharge, with the involvement of patients and their relatives/carers.

 Participate in the ongoing training, supervision and support of registered and non-registered nursing staff. This includes Trainee Assistant Practitioners, Clinical Support Workers undertaking apprenticeships and pre-registration Student Nurses.

Evaluation of own knowledge and practice and makes effective use of appropriate learning opportunities, such as department training, Trust training, conference attendance, shadow staff, literature searching and reading

Communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, nursing collages, the Multidisciplinary Team and all other relevant personnel

Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations, utilise escalation strategies, such as SBAR and pathways

We are not currently able to support OSCE training

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire 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.

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
  • Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of Assessing and Mentorship qualification

experience

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
  • Ability to work within a team and autonomously
  • Recognising / managing acutely unwell patients
Desirable criteria
  • Computer literacy
  • Phlebotomy, cannulation skills

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Awareness of strategies for maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors
  • Understanding of Trust policies including but not limited to IPC Standards, Uniform Policy, etc.
Desirable criteria
  • Understanding of current NHS issues and 4 hour performance

Other Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Role model our Trust values every day

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardNHS Employers Diversity and Inclusion PartnersVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDisability confident employerStep into healthHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Angelita Alcantara
Job title
Emergency Department Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01438 285946
Additional information

You may also contact the other ED Matrons Lucy Pickersgill , [email protected] and/or Natasha Williams, [email protected]

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