Staff Nurse - Emergency Department - Shrewsbury | The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider is seeking Registered Nurses to join their dynamic Emergency Department in Shrewsbury. This role focuses on providing high-quality patient care and requires excellent communication skills and a commitment to teamwork. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work in various areas, including minors, majors, and resuscitation, while benefiting from robust support and development opportunities. This position offers a fixed term contract.

Qualifications

• Commitment to delivering high-quality emergency care.
• Passion for making a difference for patients and teams.
• Ability to work under a structured induction and learning.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for individualized patient care assessment and delivery.
• Formulate and deliver high-quality patient care.
• Recognize changes in patients’ conditions requiring intervention.
• Ensure patient safety is maintained at all times.
• Record patient information accurately using appropriate tools.
• Administer medicines according to standards.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

High clinical standards

Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team

Positive attitude towards change

Job description

Overview

We are looking Registered nurses to join our friendly and talented team on a fixed term contract at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH). This post should appeal to enthusiastic and motivated individuals who strive to deliver high quality emergency care to patients and wish to be part of a busy & dynamic nursing team in the Emergency Department.

This is a demanding role that requires commitment and a positive attitude towards change. With emergency care ever changing and evolving, this is an exciting opportunity to be involved in providing health care services to our patients while striving to deliver high standards of nursing care in the department.

You will need to have excellent communication skills and high clinical standards with a passion to make a difference for patients and team alike. We offer a high level of support in the department for new starters, along with a structured induction presented & delivered by the Professional Educational Nursing team within the department, which will help to develop your skills and teach you the knowledge you will need to succeed.

The Emergency Department is a busy, rewarding environment, with a strong team focus. We can offer our nurses a career based on a mix of variety of admissions to the emergency department with the opportunity to work in all the areas including minors, majors, resus and our Ambulance receiving area (ARA), with outstanding learning and development opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of individualised patient care, working in partnership with patients, their carers and the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the patient’s physical, spiritual and emotional needs are met.
• Formulate and deliver high quality patient care with supervision.
• Recognise changes in patients’ conditions which require the intervention of others and ensure that timely referrals are made or escalation procedures enacted as appropriate.
• Ensure patient safety is maintained at all times. Record and report adverse and potentially adverse events and assist with investigation of such events, ensuring learning is shared with the wider team(s).
• Record information about patients in a safe, accurate and consistent manner using appropriate tools and techniques, including electronic and written formats as close to point of care as possible.
• Access and use patient clinical diagnostic information to inform clinical decisions.
• Utilise decision support tools and techniques to support the delivery of safe and effective care.
• Make appropriate and timely referrals to members of the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies to ensure patients’ ongoing physical, spiritual, emotional and social needs are met.
• Administer medicines to patients in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards for Medicines Management and Trust policy.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and high clinical standards with a passion to make a difference for patients and team alike.
• Commitment and a positive attitude towards change in a busy Emergency Department environment.
• Ability to work within a supportive, multi-disciplinary team and participate in a structured induction and learning opportunities.

About the Trust

The Trust provides acute treatment and care for a catchment population of around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales. Our values; Partnering, Ambitious, Caring and Trusted - represent our aspiration for the type of hospitals we want to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

This advert closes on Wednesday 24 Sep 2025