Staff Nurse - Same Day Emergency Care
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic, caring, assertive, and compassionate Staff Nurse to work in a busy Same Day Emergency Care Unit. The post holder will provide hands-on care under indirect supervision, gaining proficiency in all areas of same-day emergency care. The unit treats adult patients with medical conditions who need same-day emergency treatment, avoiding overnight stays and long waiting times in ED. The service includes scheduled blood tests, routine X-rays, and ultrasounds, with results reviewed by specialist SDEC Consultants.
Key responsibilities
- Provide effective patient care in a range of clinical settings.
- Use own clinical judgement to make decisions.
- Advocate for patients.
- Work shift patterns in line with extended opening hours, including weekend working.
Essential criteria
- 1st level registration NMC
- Excellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written
- Able to formulate and verbalise views
- Able to anticipate and forward plan
- Ability to work under pressure and remain calm
- Able to recognise stress in self and others and support colleagues through stressful situations.
- Patient focused
- Reflective
- To demonstrate knowledge of being up to date within the speciality
- Flexible, able to work all shifts including rotation to night duty.
- Adaptable to changes in shift pattern
- To provide unit cover in the absence of the unit manager
Desirable criteria
- Computer literate
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Staff Nurse - Same Day Emergency Care
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, caring, assertive and compassionate individual who is ready to take up this challenge in a very busy Same Day emergency Care Unit. The post holder will provide hands on care within the unit working under indirect supervision to gain proficiency in all areas of same-day emergency care. The Ambulatory Care centre is a modern Clinical Facility which opened at the end of 2016. It houses 17 reclining chairs and 3 trolleys with 3 consultation rooms.
Main duties of the job
The SDEC treats adult patients with medical conditions who need same-day emergency treatment that does not require an overnight stay. Patients are referred from A&E, by their GP and from other medical wards. Patients treated in the unit means they have same day care avoiding long waiting times in ED and an admission. The service includes scheduled bloods tests, routine X-ray's and ultrasound, with results reviewed the same day by specialist SDEC Consultants.
The Ward Manager leads a team of staff equipped with acute medical skills and a Matron who oversees the unit.
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