Job summary
Our Emergency Department is seeking Staff Nurses to join the A&E team.
Would you like the opportunity to join our Northumbria Family and work in our fast paced Emergency Department where two days are never the same? Learn new skills or develop the skills you already have to provide high quality care to patients from triage to resuscitation?
We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic nurses who have a passion for patient assessment and Emergency Care provision.
We have an excellent staff training programme and look forward to new staff embracing the development and skills our Emergency Department has to offer. We work a pattern of days, nights and weekends to provide excellent care to our Emergency patients. We have a wide range of skills and experience within our team which make it the perfect environment to develop your skills through hands on experience and challenges!
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
- Providing Emergency Care to the patients of North Tyneside, Northumberland and Beyond.
- Duties include initiating safe and high quality care, continuing assessments of acutely unwell patients and resuscitation of patients.
Details
- Date posted: 03 November 2026
- Closing date: 17 November 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 5
- Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year pro rata per annum
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: 319-8355938SA
- Job locations: Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Northumbria Way, Cramlington, NE23 6NZ, United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the ward team under the direction of the Ward Manager.
- To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of nursing services in the ward/dept in the absence of senior staff on a regular basis.
- To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
- To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
- To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries
Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential
- 1st Level live NMC registered Nurse
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).
Desirable
- Post Registration qualification in specialty
- PP126/7
- D32/33
- Diploma/degree in nursing
Experience and knowledge
Desirable
- Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Employer details
- Employer name: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Address: Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Northumbria Way, Cramlington, NE23 6NZ, United Kingdom
- Employer's website: https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/