Staff Nurse Accident & Emergency

Staff Nurse Accident & Emergency

The closing date is 21 July 2026

The Band 5 Staff Nurse is responsible for delivering high-quality, patient-centered care within a busy Emergency Department. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the post holder will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for patients presenting with a wide range of acute illnesses, injuries, and medical emergencies. The role requires the ability to prioritise workload, respond effectively to rapidly changing clinical situations, and maintain patient safety in a fast-paced environment.

There is a dedicated Professional Development Team that supports the department to become confident, empowered and skilled Emergency Department nurses.

Provide high-quality, patient-centered nursing care to patients attending the Emergency Department, including assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for a wide range of acute illnesses, injuries and emergencies. Monitor and assess patients, recognise and respond to deterioration, administer medications and undertake clinical procedures within scope of practice. Work effectively as part of the multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, timely and efficient patient care, maintaining accurate documentation and adhering to Trust policies, professional standards and patient safety requirements.

Support patients and relatives through effective communication, contribute to service improvement initiatives, and participate in ongoing professional development and mandatory training.

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester.

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Using your clinical experience and skills you will work with your team as a named nurse to maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the framework of the nursing team.

You will be given the opportunity to develop both clinically and professionally, to enhance your skills in acute care. We can offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.

• Accurate recording
• Able to follow Trust and departmental policies and procedures
• Effective communicator both written and verbal
• Ability to use technology as required to the role
• Ability to identify and manage risk
• Experience with an acute care setting

• NMC Registered Nurse PIN
• Previous experience in an acute setting

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust