Registered Nurse - Emergency Department | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is looking for a Registered Nurse for its Emergency Department in Stevenage. The ideal candidate should possess excellent communication and team-working skills, and demonstrate the ability to provide high-quality patient care. Responsibilities include assessing and planning patient care, participating in staff training, and effective communication with a multidisciplinary team. This position offers a challenging opportunity in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Dynamic and enthusiastic individuals needed.
• Experience or evidence in patient care is required.
• Willingness to participate in ongoing training and support.

Responsibilities

• Assess and evaluate care needs of patients.
• Participate in training and support of nursing staff.
• Communicate effectively with patients and healthcare teams.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Strong team-working skills

Good patient care delivery

Job description

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.

Responsibilities

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 make 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.

Organizational Context

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

Hospitals

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

Benefits

We run the following hospitals.

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 and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

Application Information

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

This advert closes on Wednesday 29 Oct 2025.