The closing date is 06 July 2026
Salary: £38,488 to £46,852 a year per annum inc
Job summary
Barts Health is the largest NHS trust in the UK, it boasts 3 emergency departments, one of which is the Royal London Hospital. We are a major trauma centre and hyper acute stroke unit providing urgent specialist treatment to North East London and beyond. We are an innovative team and work closely with our research colleagues to integrate pioneering, world class care and treatments, developing new pathways and services to provide efficient, patient centred approach to emergency medicine.
We offer a structured orientation and on-going mentorship support to guide your progress through the early stages of your Emergency nursing career. We follow the RCN national emergency nursing framework competencies. Our experienced PDN and senior nurse team will support you in achieving these competencies at level one, with a mapped pathway into our ED and trauma courses at level 2. Our Department offers the successful candidate a unique learning environment to enable the achievement of your learning objectives.
When submitting your application, in your supporting statement please describe a time you have had to prioritise care for multiple patients in a fast-paced clinical environment. Explain how you made decisions, what tools or systems supported you, and how you achieved a positive outcome?
Main duties of the job
Our department is also able to offer several exciting secondment prospects including the Physician Response Unit. This opportunity, unique to our department, incorporates a nurse into the pre hospital MDT response unit . Nurses who successfully pass their development program will be integrated into our sister service the REACH (Rapid Emergency Assessment Coordination HUB) A pioneering service offering emergency care in the community. We encourage ‘nurse champions’ to take a lead in an area of care that interest you and support the team in project work for quality improvement.
You must have over six months’ acute post registration experience with the skills and abilities to deliver high standards of care and have the resilience to meet the challenges of our busy and stimulating work environment. You should be self-motivated, an excellent communicator and have proven organisational / clinical skills.
With a diverse range of career options to match the enormous range of services we provide, we can help you develop your career and grow with Barts Health.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Intravenous Drug administration
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification experience at time of application in an acute care setting
Desirable
- Previous Emergency Department Experience
Skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate use of basic IT systems
- Ability to carry out essential nursing care and procedures
- Ability to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively
Desirable
- Intravenous Cannulation
- Immediate Life Support
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).