The closing date is 15 April 2026
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year pa
Job summary
If you’re passionate about solving patient problems, if you can work under extreme pressure, and if you want to further your nursing career…. then maybe you should join our expanding ED Team.
The vacancy offers the opportunity to be part of a growing vibrant team, providing effective emergency medicine to the people of Gateshead and surrounding area, working to bring about dynamic change in the way patients requiring emergency care are managed.
Our department presently has a 4 bedded (expandable to 8) Resus pod with a dedicated paediatric resus bay. We have recently expanded to 3 eight room monitored majors’ pods, 2 Triage rooms to assess walk in patients.
Job responsibilities
- To promote and deliver patient centred care aligned with the Trust vision and Nursing and Midwifery strategy.
- To take a lead role in the absence of the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse/Deputy Sister.
- To deliver all aspects of care and may be required to demonstrate procedures and supervise qualified and/or unqualified staff.
- Responsible for the patients clinical journey along agreed patient care pathways, supported by evidence-based practice.
- To provide the highest standard of safe, effective and compassionate care through the effective use of evidence-based practice in line with agreed local and national standards and the NMC Code.
- To support a continuously improving service, in line with the clinical governance framework, Trust objectives, and the NHS performance framework.
- To provide clinical advice and support to the nursing and multi -professional team to facilitate the effective delivery of care to patients at all times.
- To continually develop professionally to ensure the post holder has the appropriate level of skill, knowledge and competence to meet service/specialty requirements.
- To participate in Preceptorship/ mentorship and development programmes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDiploma/ Degree in Nursing
- oRegistered Nurse Part1 with current NMC Registration
Skills
Essential
- previous NHS experience
Desirable
- skills
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
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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).