Registered Nurse - Acute Assessment Unit | East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust


Company:	ESHT
Salary:	£32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro rata
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Hastings, TN37 7RD
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	10 Sept 2026
Closing date:	10 Oct 2026

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Summary

The Acute Assessment Unit is a busy fast-paced inpatient medical unit, that provides care for adult patients from age sixteen and over, with diverse medical conditions. We work closely with our inter-disciplinary teams, to ensure swift, safe and high-quality care for all our patients as we endeavour to maintain an average length of patient stay of seventy-two hours.

We pride ourselves on having an integrated friendly and welcoming team made up of Allied health professionals including Doctors, Nurses and Therapists. We work closely with our colleagues from Accident & Emergency (A&E), Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC), all medical wards, other departments and areas within the hospital, ensuring timely patient flow, from A&E/SDEC to the appropriate wards/destination as per patients' medical requirement.

We are looking for a Registered Nurse who is passionate about working alongside clinicians caring for patient and is enthusiastic in upholding our Trust values and building the reputation of our Trust. We welcome the opportunity to meet with you.

The successful applicant will be expected to be professional while working effectively under pressure without compromising basic standards of care. We ensure all staff especially newly appointed employees are supported within our clinical environment through extended local induction programme to enhance our corporate induction. We also offer excellent managerial support and commitment to personal professional development.

You will be expected to work collaboratively and always uphold our Trust values.

If this is for you, please apply and we look forward to seeing you and working with you if you are successful.

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

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This advert closes on Thursday 24 Sep 2026

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