Bank A&E Nurse Band 5

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in the UK is seeking qualified bank nurses for its Emergency Department. Successful candidates will have a minimum of 6 months post-qualification experience and a certificate in Critical Care. The role offers flexible working patterns, allowing nurses to balance work-life effectively while providing care in a progressive, multidisciplinary environment. Competitive hourly rates applicable for day and night shifts.

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified nurse with 6 months post-qualification experience.
• Preference for experience in an acute setting.
• Completion of a certificate in Critical Care is required.

Responsibilities

• Choose a flexible working pattern.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Provide care in either of the emergency departments.

Skills

Qualified nurse

Experience in an acute setting

Education

Certificate in Critical Care

Job description

Overview

We are looking for bank nurses to work in our Emergency Department.

We offer regular day and night shifts and pay a full 11.5 hours for a long shift. You must be a qualified nurse with 6 months post qualification experience, preferably in an acute setting. You must have completed a certificate in Critical Care and be able to provide evidence of this. Please see person specification for details of required experience and qualifications.

Our Emergency Department sees over 90,000 patients a year, and has an integrated Paediatric Emergency Department and an Urgent Care Centre. We are in the unique position of having a consultant-led Care of the Elderly Team who assess older patients for appropriate admission or organise enhanced social care support in the community. The Urgent Care Centre within our Emergency Department has our ENPs working with the GPs to deliver an efficient and responsive service. The department has an active research programme with a number of nursing staff undertaking research projects.

World class services

The Royal Free London NHS Trust is an internationally renowned teaching hospital, rated as excellent by the Care Quality Commission. Our trust has around 10,000 staff serving 1.6 million patients. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an opportunity to continue pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Mission and values

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research. We will continue to measure progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers' money, being safe and meeting external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We are proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

Role and working patterns

As a trust bank A&E nurse you will be able to choose a flexible working pattern to suit your work-life balance in either of our two emergency departments, working as part of a committed multidisciplinary team.

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust with some of the best clinical outcomes in the country. We offer a variety of bank shifts across all sites, including days, nights and weekends, with competitive hourly rates. Our long day and night shifts are paid at 11.5 hours.