Bank A&E Nurse Band 5

NHS; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking enthusiastic band 5 A&E registered nurses to join their temporary staffing bank. The role offers flexible working patterns in a multidisciplinary team within the emergency department. Candidates must have a nursing qualification with relevant experience and a certificate in Critical care. This position focuses on delivering high-quality patient care. The trust prides itself on diversity and excellent clinical outcomes.

Benefits

Competitive hourly rates

Flexible working hours

Opportunity for varied shifts

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified nurse with 6 months post qualification experience in an acute setting.
• Must have completed a certificate in Critical care.
• Evidence of self development required.

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs and develop care programs.
• Implement and evaluate nursing care with the team.
• Act as a named nurse under supervision.

Skills

Compassion

Ability to prioritize

Teamwork

Education

1st/ 2nd level registration

Emergency Nursing Course

Job description

Here at The Royal Free Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust we are passionate about delivering the highest quality care to all our patients. In order to help us achieve this, we are looking for enthusiastic, motivated and committed band 5 A&E registered nurses to join our temporary staffing bank.

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.

**VISA SPONSORSHIP DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS ROLE**

Main duties of the job

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

We offer regular days 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 preferable 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. In addition to this, 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 within the department undertaking research projects. World class servicesThe Royal Free London NHS Trust is an internationally renowned teaching hospital, rated as excellent by the Care Quality Commission.

About us

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 unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

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

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're 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.

We offer a variety of bank shifts both days, nights and weekends across all our sites with competitive hourly rates. Our long day and night shift are paid at 11.5 hours.

Job responsibilities

The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care with the multidisciplinary team and patients families.

The chief responsibility of the post holder will be to assess, plan, implement andevaluate nursing care and to act as a named nurse under the supervision of a senior team leader.

As part of the Accident and Emergency Nursing Team, in the event of a major incident being declared, it is expected that the post holder will support and respond as requested by the department.

Person Specification

Royal Free World Class Values

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education & Qualifications

• 1st/ 2nd level registration
• Emergency Nursing Course

Experience

• 12 months experience after qualifying
• 6 months recent A&E experience
• Can manage A&E patients with support
• Able to prioritise
• Evidence of self development

Personal Qualities/Attributes

• A mature and professional attitude / enthusiastic and positive
• Displays compassion and understanding

Other

• Awareness of developments relevant to the specialty
• To act as an effective role model to others

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.

Royal Free, Hampstead and Barnet General Hospital

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Royal Free, Hampstead and Barnet General Hospital