Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the East Midlands seeks an enthusiastic Registered Nurse for the Emergency Department at Royal Derby Hospital. The role involves caring for patients in multiple areas and requires excellent communication and organisational skills. Ongoing professional development and staff benefits are part of the offer. Interested candidates should apply before October 5, 2025.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team in a busy Emergency Department.
• Willingness to train in the Manchester Triage System.

Responsibilities

• Work in all areas of the Emergency Department.
• Care for patients in different sections, including resuscitation and assessment.
• Support the team in providing excellent care.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Teamwork

Education

Registered Nurse (Band 5)

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Registered Nurse to work within the Emergency Department at Royal Derby Hospital. The Adult Emergency Department at Royal Derby Hospital is one of the busiest AEDs in the country, seeing on average 120,000 patients per year.

Permanent and Secondment/FTC available.

Responsibilities

• As a band 5 Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department you will work in all areas of the department and care for patients in all areas including Majors A, Majors B, Resus, and Ward 101.
• Look after a team of patients alongside a hardworking team to facilitate excellent care for our patients.
• Be part of a department that has expanded its size, with a 7 bedded resuscitation unit, 7 bay initial assessment area, 22 bay majors area, and potential to open an additional area with 9 bays/cubicles and a large waiting room.
• Care for ambulatory patients in an area with a main waiting room, 2 triage rooms, and additional sub wait areas with 4 assessment bays.
• Work with Emergency Nurse Practitioners and in a new Urgent Treatment Centre that sees up to 100 people daily with multiple assessment and treatment rooms.
• In time, be supported to train in the Manchester Triage System to enable work in Pitstop and Streaming.

Qualifications and requirements

• Registered Nurse (Band 5) with excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team in a busy Emergency Department.
• Willingness to train in the Manchester Triage System (future rotation to Pitstop and Streaming).

About the department and development

We are a Trauma unit with close links to the Major Trauma Centre in Nottingham. We are the only Acute Trust in the East Midlands to have a helipad on site. We are supported by Matron, 14 Senior Sisters/Charge Nurses, 40 Sisters/Charge Nurses and a Clinical Educator team who provide opportunities for training and development. We work closely with the Universities of Derby and Nottingham and are committed to the professional development of our staff in order to progress within Emergency Medicine.

The department has previously won Emergency Department Clinical Team of the year at the Royal College of Emergency Medicine awards and received commendations for patient safety initiatives.

What we offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development.
• Ongoing support from recruitment to joining the team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.

Key facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – about 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research-active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

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This advert closes on Sunday 5 Oct 2025