Registered Nurse - Acute Medical Unit
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
Join a dynamic nursing team in the Acute Medical Unit, a challenging and fast-paced environment. This role involves caring for medically expected patients and those referred from the emergency department, aiming for same-day discharge or transfer to a short-stay unit. You will assess care needs, implement and evaluate care plans, and work as a skilled member of a multi-disciplinary team. The ideal candidate is a flexible, experienced, and motivated nurse with excellent communication skills, ready to embrace acute assessment nursing.
Essential criteria
- Safe and competent practitioner aware of own limitations and needs
- Experienced in giving IV medications
- IT skills to include data entry, Microsoft word etc
Desirable criteria
- Have co-ordinated previous team
- Have interest in stepping up to co-ordinate the shift
- Registered Nurse with current NMC Pin Number
- Proven relevant experience at Band 5
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Urgent care knowledge and experience
- Knowledge and experience
- Safe and competent practitioner aware of own limitations and needs
- Experienced in giving IV medications
- IT skills to include data entry, Microsoft word etc
- Have co-ordinated previous team
- Have interest in stepping up to co-ordinate the shift
- Registered Nurse with current NMC Pin Number
- Proven relevant experience at Band 5
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Urgent care knowledge and experience
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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Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Registered Nurse - Acute Medical Unit
The closing date is 13 September 2026
Job summary
We are recruiting for our Acute Medical Unit. We would like to extend this exciting offer and invite you to join our existing dynamic expert nursing team.
This challenging fast pace unit sees a combination of directly referred medically expected patients and those referred from our emergency department. The aim is to provide the same day emergency care inclusive of rapid diagnostic and direct medical review with the aim of facilitating discharge that day or transferred to a short stay unit.
We are looking for a flexible team player with excellent communication and commitment who can work a mixture of shifts across a 7 day Rota. If you have any questions regarding this position please contact [contact details removed] busy unit is looking for an experienced, motivated and forward thinking nurse who is keen to embrace the challenge acute assessment nursing brings.
You will need proven ability at staff nurse level in acute medicine and up to date knowledge, excellent communication skills and team working abilities.
The ideal candidate would possess good time management skills and enjoy working within a busy environment as the unit has a high demand of admissions and discharges.
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