Job reference: 002198
Salary: Band 6 - £39,959-£48,117
Closing date: 12/10/2026
Department: Emergency Medicine - Nursing SJH
Location: St James's University Hospital
Division: Urgent Care CSU
Hours Per Week: 37.5

For questions about this job, contact:
Name: Jack Townsend
Position: Senior Sister
Email: jack.townsend@nhs.net

Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team at the Emergency Department (ED) at the Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) in the heart of Leeds city centre. The LGI ED is based within the Urgent Care Clinical Service Unit (CSU) at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT).

Within the Major Trauma Centre here in Leeds we are looking for knowledgeable, committed, and resilient registered Nurses to help lead and maintain our high standards, embed routine and manage the day-to-day care of our patients within the department.

This challenging opportunity requires a dynamic, self-motivated individual to join our team.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to support the nursing, and medical team to ensure expert high-quality care is delivered and maintained.

If you have compassion, energy, and a genuine dedication to patient care then we'd like you to apply. In return we offer continual learning, training, and development opportunities to enhance and develop your skills and knowledge.

You need to be a registered Adult nurse with a recognised teaching and assessing qualification. Experience in Emergency Medicine is essential and as LGI is a Major Trauma Centre, Trauma knowledge is desirable.

The ED covers a 24 hour service and will therefore include days, nights and weekends and bank holidays

You will be required:

• To take direct managerial responsibility for the clinical area.
• You will lead by example and inspire best practice whilst supporting your team to provide excellent care through the ethos of the Leeds Way Values.
• To assist and support the Band 7 to lead and develop an identified team of nurses within the ED ensuring professional development is maintained through timely specific Appraisal identified needs.
• To act as a clinical resource within the ED.
• To act as a positive role model.
• The successful applicant will need to demonstrate recent change management and implementation they have either led on or have been a part of, a clear understanding of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Key aims and objectives and a sound understanding of workforce management.
• To have an understanding of the Emergency Care Standard (ECS) and assist the senior management team in delivering this.
• To have a good understanding of relevant local and national health agenda items.
• Candidates will have to ensure a high level of timely care is delivered.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

• Responsible
• Open and Honest
• One Team
• Kind

Our Trust priorities
Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

• People
• Improvement and Innovation
• Partnerships
• Outcomes

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.