Job Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Emergency Department at the Northumbria Hospital. We are looking to appoint a Band 6 Nurse on a permanent basis to join our team. The Emergency Department is a fast paced environment with a focus on quality improvement and collaborative team working. The department comprises all aspects of emergency care from triage, majors, minors and care of those requiring resuscitation.

We are looking for experienced candidates committed to ensuring safe and high-quality care is delivered to our patients, as well as being a role model and supporting and teaching our junior workforce. There is a strong focus on multidisciplinary team working, to ensure safe and timely patient discharges or transfers to appropriate care settings.

As part of this role you will be required to coordinate the department, supported by senior band 7 nurses.

These posts will be rotational between day/night shift and cover seven days a week.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Please ensure you have prior approval from your current line manager, that a secondment agreement can be facilitated within your current department before applying.

Main duties of the job

• To assess, prioritise, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care and to work as a member of the Emergency Care Team.
• To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
• To support, contribute and assist in the implementation of change.
• To be responsible and accountable for the co-ordination, management and allocation of staff, patients and resources within the department on a regular basis.
• To evaluate and where necessary change interventions, allocation of staff or planned activities as the department determines.

About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Details
Date posted: 10 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 319-8082799PM
Job locations: Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, Northumbria Way, Cramlington, NE23 6NZ, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• To assume responsibility for the devolved management of a ward/department, including the assessment of care needs, the implementation of evidence based programme of care in the absence of the Ward Manager.
• To supervise, support and educate junior members of the team.
• To provide senior nurse site management cover.
• To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• To be responsibility for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
• To act as team leader and co-ordinate the multi-disciplinary care of a group of patients.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Person Specification
Qualifications / Professional Registration
Essential

• First level live NMC Registered Nurse or Registered Mental Nurse.
• Mentorship Qualification or relevant equivalent qualification.
• PP126/127 or AC631 or D32/33 or A1 or equivalent.

Desirable

• Leadership course
• Management course
• Qualification in specialty
• Diploma or degree in nursing

Experience
Essential

• Previous post registration experience.
• Experience of relevant speciality.
• Experience of co-ordinating a team.

Desirable

• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

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.
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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Team Leader
Sophie McQuillen
Sophie.mcquillen@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
01916072115