Staff Nurse - Emergency Department | Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Mid Cheshire Hospitals; Crewe; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in England is seeking a qualified children's nurse for their emergency department. In this role, you will perform comprehensive assessments, provide clinical expertise, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure patient comfort and safety. Strong communication and a holistic approach to care are essential. Candidates must be registered nurses with emergency department experience and a commitment to ongoing training. This position offers a chance to develop leadership skills within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Registered children’s nurse.
• Evidence of ability to manage nursing care in an emergency department setting.
• Willingness to participate in ongoing training and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs.
• Provide clinical expertise, advice, and guidance in a specialist area.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to meet patient needs.
• Involve patients and relatives in care delivery.
• Prepare the clinical area for safe practice.
• Recognise and respond to urgent situations.
• Maintain accurate patient records.

Skills

Communication skills

Holistic approach to patient care

Ability to manage care in emergency settings

Education

Registered children's nurse

Job description

Overview

As a Nurse within ED you will be part of a brilliant, friendly, hard‑working team who strive for excellence and support each other. The role is primarily about looking after the needs of adults and children and their families, using a holistic approach. You will identify health and well‑being needs using assessment skills, prioritise care, and deliver excellent treatment to patients and their families or carers. Your existing skills and the training opportunities on offer will equip you to provide support and health promotion to families that attend. Good communication with children, families and other members of the multi‑disciplinary team is essential.

All of this will take place in our brand‑new, state‑of‑the‑art purpose‑built ED unit. Current staff have worked hard to fundraise for play and sensory equipment and artwork, making the unit child‑friendly and stress‑free.

MCHFT provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K), West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K). The Trust’s 500 beds and over 5,000 staff provide high‑quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care, as well‑as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across Leighton Hospital, Victoria Infirmary, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre. The Trust is a strategic partner in integrated care across Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, and the wider Merseyside partnership.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive assessment of patient nursing needs, and plan, implement and evaluate care in response to changing health‑care needs.
• Provide clinical expertise, advice and guidance in a specialist area of practice to improve overall team care.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team and agencies to meet patient needs.
• Involve patients, relatives and carers in care delivery, offering reassurance and support to aid understanding and cooperation.
• Prepare the clinical area for safe practice by ensuring cleanliness, ready supplies and equipment, and clearing up afterwards.
• Escort and transfer patients as directed by the multidisciplinary team.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
• Collect, collate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records and documentation.
• Act with caring, approachability, professionalism and clinical competence as a registered child’s nurse, ensuring patient safety and well‑being are paramount.
• Develop leadership skills over time and supervise nursing care to ensure safe practice at all times.
• Support and advise junior colleagues, students and unqualified staff.

Qualifications

• Registered children’s nurse.
• Evidence of the ability to manage nursing care in an emergency department setting.
• Strong communication skills and a holistic approach to patient care.
• Willingness to participate in ongoing training and professional development.

This advert closes on Wednesday 31 Dec 2025.