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
Employer heading

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
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 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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