Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 302-26-7917601M
- Employer
- Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Albert Edward Infirmary
- Town
- Wigan
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Emergency Department
NHS AfC: Band 5
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Job overview
We have an a opportunity for Band 5 registered nurses to join our busy Emergency Department at Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan.
Please note we have various full time/part time posts availiable on permanent and fixed term basis.
The Emergency Department has recently been rated "Good" on the CQC new framework
The posts are advertised as an internal rotation over seven days, offering applicants the chance to develop their skills, talents, and competencies across key acute emergency areas.
We would be delighted to receive interest from experienced nurses, and from final year nursing students approaching qualification.
As a new started you are supported by our ED Clinical Educator who will assist your Induction, training and development .
If you are attracted to a fast paced, energetic nursing role at the heart of our hospital – please submit your application
Please note this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of suitable applications are received.
Candidates will be required to present original certificates for qualifications at interview stage.
Full and part time contract wills be considered
Main duties of the job
At WWL NHS Foundation Trust we are proud that we care for our people as much as our patients and that’s why we’d love you to join us. Within our Emergency Department we pride ourselves on providing outstanding nursing care.
Working with us would give you the opportunity to develop skills in resus, majors, triage, Initial Senior and Treatment and rotation into the Urgent Treatment Centre to work alongside our Emergency Nurse Practitioners. We are excited to be able to offer newly appointed staff an Emergency Care Preceptorship under the guidance of our Clinical Educator.
We work closely with the ambulance service and specialist teams both within the hospital and in the community to ensure that we provide the right care, at the right time.
Working for our organisation
Choose Well – Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- To provide the highest standards of care to our patients.
- Performs well within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Upholds NMC Code of Conduct.
- Adheres to Trust policies and procedures
- Participate in all aspects of multidisciplinary audit.
- Participate in the development and application of evidence based practice within care delivery.
- To complete patient documentation and undertake record keeping in a timely manner, ensuring that all entries are accurate and legible and that information systems are maintained.
- To provide information as required, including notification of adverse events and accidents to patients, staff and visitors.
Person specification
Additional
Essential criteria
- Flexible and positive approach to work
- Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Knowledge of evidence based practice
- Understanding of research/audit
- Knowledge of emergency care
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to maintain and improve standards of care
- Ability to challenge unacceptable behaviour or practice in a professional context
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in the relevant speciality of which you are applying
- Experience of working independently and as a member of a team
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RGN
- Recent evidence of continuing professional development
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
- Lauren Clay
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01942 773436
- Additional information
Tina Finch
Unit lead
01942 773436
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