# Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- **Town:** Stevenage
- **Region:** East of England
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £31,049 - £37,796 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (End Date after 12 months)
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-13T11:52:05.038Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Stevenage/East_North_Hertfordshire_Teaching_NHS_Trust/Emergency_Medicine/Emergency_Medicine-v8150636
- **Employer website:** https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### 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

### 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

### skills

**Essential**

- Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
- Ability to work within a team and autonomously
- Recognising / managing acutely unwell patients

**Desirable**

- Computer literacy
- Phlebotomy, cannulation skills
- IV trained

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- 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**

- Understanding of current NHS issues and 4 hour performance

### experience

**Essential**

- Experience within an Emergency department / within a ward environment equivalent

**Desirable**

- Currently working in an acute ward environment within the NHS
- Experience of supporting students/clinical support workers within the NHS

### qualifications

**Essential**

- 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**

- Evidence of Assessing and Mentorship qualification

### Other Requirements

**Essential**

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

## Documents

- [showcasing our teaching commitment (pdf, 5.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2905)
- [must read guidance notes - application forms (pdf, 91.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=549)
- [policy statement - recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=551)
- [guidance on secondments for internal applicants (pdf, 101.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2748)
- [registered nurse - emergency department applicant pack (pdf, 702.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10450310)
- [guidance notes for applicants - how your data is used and stored (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=550)

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