Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Long Eaton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare provider is seeking a band 5 registered nurse for the emergency department. The role involves caring for patients in various areas, facilitating excellent care as part of a dedicated team. Successful candidates will demonstrate strong communication and organisational skills, and experience in emergency care is preferred. The position offers opportunities for professional development and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Staff benefits including employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Qualifications

• Must have excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Able to work as part of a team in a busy environment.
• Experience in emergency nursing is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Care for patients in all areas of the Emergency Department.
• Work as part of a team to facilitate excellent care.
• Support and care for a team of patients.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Teamwork

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

Overview

As a band 5 registered nurse within the department you must have excellent communication skills, organisational skills and be able to work as part of a team. You will work in all areas of the department.

The Emergency Department has expanded its size in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have a 7 bedded resuscitation unit, 7 bay initial assessment area, 22 bay majors area. In addition to this we have the capacity to open an additional area which has 9 separate bays/cubicles and a large waiting room.

We have an area for patients presenting who are ambulatory. This area consists of a main waiting room which has 2 triage rooms we can operate from and additional sub wait areas with 4 assessment bays. We also have an area where our Emergency Nurse Practitioners work and a new Urgent Treatment Centre. This area sees up to 100 people daily and have multiple assessment and treatment rooms.

Permanent and Secondment/FTC available. As a band 5 Registered Nurse in the emergency department you will have the opportunity to look after a team of patients alongside a hardworking team to facilitate excellent care for our patients.

You will care for patients in all areas of the Emergency Department including Majors A, Majors B, Resus, Ward 101. In time, you will be supported to train in the Manchester Triage System to enable you to work in Pitstop and Streaming.

Responsibilities

• Care for patients in all areas of the Emergency Department including Majors A, Majors B, Resus, Ward 101.
• Work as part of a team to facilitate excellent care for our patients.
• Look after a team of patients alongside a hardworking team.

Benefits/Team and Development

We are a Trauma unit and have close links with 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 annual Royal College of Emergency Medicine awards. We also received a highly commendable at the HSJ awards for patient safety initiative for our internal work around SAFECARE.

Closing date of applications: 05 October 2025

Interview date: 17 October 2025

This position is offered as a secondment. Accordingly, you are required to consult with your manager and obtain approval prior to submitting your application.

Organisation and Culture

Band 5

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 14,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

• University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.
• As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.
• The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it's important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.
• Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme
• To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.
• The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

If you are blind or visually impaired and require application material in an alternative format, please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here's more about the role and what we're looking for, 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.

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our 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 a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our 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 are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 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.

At UHDB, we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working - working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don't you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what's possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

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