Adult Emergency Staff Nurse - Band 5 | Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health NHS Trust; Lakenheath; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an Emergency Nurse to deliver high-quality, individualised patient care in a dynamic environment. Candidates must have over six months of acute post-registration experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to prioritise patient needs. This role offers mentoring support and opportunities for professional development within an interdisciplinary team setting.

Qualifications

• Must have over six months acute post registration experience.
• Skills to deliver high standards of care in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-motivated and capable of prioritising care for multiple patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualised and holistic patient care.
• Work within NMC Code and trust policies for safe practice.
• Support interdisciplinary collaboration in patient care.

Skills

High standards of care

Excellent communication

Organisational skills

Job description

Overview

Barts Health is the largest NHS trust in the UK, boasting 3 emergency departments, including the Royal London Hospital. We are a major trauma centre and hyper acute stroke unit providing urgent specialist treatment to North East London and beyond. We are an innovative team and work closely with our research colleagues to integrate pioneering, world class care and treatments, developing new pathways and services to provide an efficient, patient centred approach to emergency medicine.

We offer a structured orientation and on-going mentorship support to guide your progress through the early stages of your Emergency nursing career. We follow the RCN national emergency nursing framework competencies. Our experienced PDN and senior nurse team will support you in achieving these competencies at level one, with a mapped pathway into our ED and trauma courses at level 2. Our Department offers the successful candidate a unique learning environment to enable the achievement of your learning objectives.

Responsibilities and expectations

To provide the highest standard of individualised and holistic patient care, in conjunction with the interdisciplinary team. The post holder will work within the NMC Code, trust policies, guidance and procedures to ensure safe working practice of self and others.

Qualifications and requirements

You must have over six months\' acute post registration experience with the skills and abilities to deliver high standards of care and have the resilience to meet the challenges of our busy and stimulating work environment. You should be self-motivated, an excellent communicator and have proven organisational/clinical skills.

Development opportunities and secondments

Our department is also able to offer several exciting secondment prospects including the Physician Response Unit. This opportunity, unique to our department, incorporates a nurse into the pre hospital MDT response unit. Nurses who successfully pass their development program will be integrated into our sister service the REACH (Rapid Emergency Assessment Coordination HUB) – a pioneering service offering emergency care in the community. We encourage ‘nurse champions’ to take a lead in an area of care that interests you and support the team in project work for quality improvement.

Application guidance

When submitting your application, in your supporting statement please describe a time you have had to prioritise care for multiple patients in a fast-paced clinical environment. Explain how you made decisions, what tools or systems supported you, and how you achieved a positive outcome?

About Barts Health

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. We lift ourselves out of special measures and strive to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. We aim to be an outstanding place to work, with WeCare values and behaviours guiding how we work together. We strive to promote inclusion and an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Additional information

To provide the highest standard of individualised and holistic patient care, in conjunction with the interdisciplinary team. The post holder will work within the NMC Code, trust policies, guidance and procedures to ensure safe working practice of self and others.

This advert closes on Sunday 28 Sep 2025