Band 6 Emergency Care Nurse - Emergency Department in London

Main area: Emergency Department

Grade: Band 6

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time / Part time (37.5 hours per week, must be able to cover a 24hr service of shifts that include days, nights, weekends)

Salary: £47,951 - £56,863 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)

Closing date: 17/11

Job overview:

Looking for a new and exciting career in 2026, we are looking to recruit a full-time Emergency Care Nurse to work primarily, but not exclusively, in the resuscitation area to provide, develop and coordinate high-quality nursing care to patients attending with emergency and major trauma care needs. To participate in the support and professional development of all staff.

Main duties of the job:

• St. George’s Emergency Department is one of the largest in the country, seeing approximately 160,000 patients a year.
• The Trust is one of only four designated Major Trauma Centres in London, with a helipad providing direct access to the ED for the most seriously injured patients.
• The Trust is also a hyper-acute stroke unit and a heart attack centre.
• We are searching for highly motivated nurses with critical care or emergency nursing experience to join our friendly team of Emergency Care Nurses (ECN).
• This innovative role was established in 2006 to work primarily in the highly equipped 8-bedded resuscitation area of the Emergency Department providing care and technical expertise to the most severely ill and injured adults and children.
• The department is committed to supporting ongoing professional development with strong links to academic programmes and a well-established work-based development programme.
• You will be supported in further development by the Practice Education Team and medical colleagues.
• We are looking for nurses with significant post-registration experience in ED / critical care and a strong interest in emergency and major trauma care.
• It is essential that you have a post-registration specialist course and experience of local management skills within your current area.
• We would welcome interest from people with a strong interest in teaching and research to support the ongoing development of the role.

Working for our organisation:

The Emergency Department employs over 130 nurses and prides itself on its teamwork, friendly working environment, flexible working opportunities and ongoing support and dedication to the health and well-being of its team. You will be one of the 11 Emergency Care Nurses within the team overseen by a band 7 team leader. It is a well-supported role with opportunities for ongoing professional development supported by our well-established team of Practice Educators in ED.

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary’s Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Person specification:

Qualifications and Training:

• Registered Nurse
• Relevant post-registration clinically specialty qualification (i.e. ICU or ED nursing course or equivalent)
• ILS course
• Practice Supervisor & assessor
• Advanced assessment course
• ALS course
• ATNC / TNCC
• National nursing trauma standards level 1 sign-off

Experience:

• Demonstrable experience within speciality (Emergency Department/Critical Care/High Dependency)
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Experience in leading a team
• Experience in teaching small groups
• Experience of contributing to research and audit programmes
• Experience of delivering presentations
• Previous Band 6 experience in Emergency or Intensive Care

Knowledge:

• Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment
• Clear understanding of safeguarding procedures

Other:

• Patient-centred approach
• Motivated to work in job role and specialty

Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively prioritise and organise own workload and workload of others
• Effective use of research and implementation of evidence-based practice
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care according to individual needs

Safeguarding and DBS Checks:

We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. For roles with direct access to these groups, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required. All staff are expected to understand and uphold their safeguarding responsibilities as part of their role.

Employer certification / accreditation badges:

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.