A&E jobs in Blackpool

Working within the NHS, an A&E nurse earns between £25,000 and £31,000. Privately, an A&E nurse can earn between £22 and £28 per hour.

Yes, newly qualified nurses can work in A&E. A lot of newly qualified nurses choose to work in A&E for their first 6-12 months to gain hands-on experience and attend to a wide variety of patients.

A&E nurses will care for patients and ensure they’re comfortable throughout their time in the emergency department, right up until they’re discharged or moved to a different ward. Some of the typical responsibilities of an A&E nurse might include, but are not limited to, these duties:

• Responsible for maintaining standards of care

• Assist with checking patients in, doing triage work for doctors

• Work closely with doctors to keep patients and their family members updated on test results or treatment recommendations

• Make arrangements for patients deemed to need admitting to the hospital for one night or longer

• Build relationships with, reassuring, listening and talking to patients

• Administer medication

• Maintain patient records

A&E Nurses are obviously needed 24/7 and there are a wide range of shift patterns. A&E nurses need to be flexible, and the standard shifts are these:

08:00 to 16:00

10:00 to 18:00

14:00 to 22:00

16:00 to 00:00

17:00 to 01:00

00:00 to 08:00

We’re able to agree unique shift patterns for our nurses at various hospitals. Call us to talk through the shift patterns you want and we’ll see if we can help.