The closing date is 28 October 2026
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum (pro rata for part time)
Job summary
Pilgrim ED are looking for experienced Registered Nurses, Children’s Nurses or Paramedics to join our dynamic and ever expanding team. If you are passionate about emergency care and have a desire to work in an Emergency Department- we would like to hear from you!
Responsibilities of the successful candidate will include: triaging patients (training provided) undertaking nursing assessments, delivering critical treatments in a timely manner, carrying out investigations such as venepuncture and cannulation (extra training can be provided should you not have these skills), resuscitation care, intentional rounding and assisting patients with their nutritional needs and personal care.
We want all staff to be able to confidently and calmly deliver high quality and safe care to those visiting our Emergency Department.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for experienced Band 5 registrants, both adult and paediatric trained, to join a team of hard-working nurses who can deliver care of a high standard across all streams within the emergency department. The Emergency department sees 58,000 new patients each year and provide a demanding and challenging environment in which to work.
Duties for this post will include clinical duties such as assessing, planning, delivery and evaluation of nursing care and supporting colleagues in providing care provision. Band 5 Nurses will be given the opportunity to work towards their RCN level one and two emergency nursing competences.
Working with and leading the multi-disciplinary team, you will need to have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to motivate and manage, adapting to rapidly changing situations.
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualification to degree level in an adult nursing field.
- Professional NMC registration (part 1)
- Willingness to work towards disease specific modules
- Mentorship qualification
Desirable
- Specific CPD modules relevant to specific field.
Skills/Competencies
Essential
- Ability to provide holistic care to patients in a variety of settings through the nursing process: Assess, Plan, implement, review
- Nursing competencies which may include, but are not exclusive to, TV, PEOL, continence Care, holistic care, medication administration
Desirable
- Extended clinical competencies that are transferrable to a community/acute setting
Knowledge
Essential
- Community/acute pathways of care
- Standards of proficiencies for registered nurse
Expereince
Essential
- Decision making, prioritisation and delegation skills
- Autonomous practice in Nursing
Desirable
- Nursing in an acute/community experience
Special attributes/specific requirements
Essential
- Computer literacy
- Ability to travel across the Trust and adapt to a flexible working pattern to work to meet the needs of the service
- Positive role model
- Flexible approach to meet service need
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Be an advocate and role more of the group values
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).