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Registered Nurse - Emergency Department
The closing date is 22 July 2025
We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse - Emergency Departmentwho 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?
If you are a due to qualify from university this year please only apply for our specific Newly Qualified Registered Nurse post when available.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
You will 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.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Teaching Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & 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:
o The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
o New Queen Elizabeth II, Welwyn Garden City
o Hertford County, Hertford
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; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse on part 1, part 2 or part 12 of the NMC register
* Commitment to life long learning
* Evidence of ongoing professional development
* Evidence of Assessing and Mentorship qualification
Experience
* Experience within an Emergency department / within a ward environment equivalent
* Currently working in an acute ward environment within the NHS
* Experience of supporting students/clinical support workers within the NHS
skills
* Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
* Ability to work within a team and autonomously
* Recognising / managing acutely unwell patients
Knowledge
* 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.
* Understanding of current NHS issues and 4 hour performance
Other Requirements
* Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
* Role model our Trust values every day
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
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