Registered Nurse – Emergency assessment unit / Medical SDEC

Company: York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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We’re looking for a caring, enthusiastic Registered Nurse to join our friendly and supportive Medical SDEC and Emergency Assessment Unit team. This is a rewarding role where you’ll make a real difference every day, caring for patients at a crucial point in their journey.

You’ll be at the heart of a fast‑paced area, welcoming patients, carrying out timely assessments, delivering safe and compassionate care, and supporting rapid decision‑making around treatment, discharge, or admission. Working closely with doctors, therapists, and colleagues across the wider MDT, you’ll help ensure patients feel listened to, informed, and reassured.

If you enjoy variety, teamwork, and building confidence in your acute assessment and decision‑making skills, and you take pride in delivering high‑quality,‑centred care, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain a high standard of patient focused care in accordance with York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust policies and procedures
  • Maintain a safe and clean working environment
  • Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for patients, ensuring accurate written records are kept.
  • Communicate with patients and carers to ensure they have access to appropriate information.
  • Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of the patient
  • Act in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct
  • Undertake duties on different wards/departments as and when required by service demands
  • Demonstrate personal responsibility for compliance with infection control policies and procedures

Benefits

  • Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
  • 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
  • A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
  • A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
  • Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
  • NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
  • An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
  • Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

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Posted: June 14th, 2026