Bank Staff Nurse: Emergency Department (A&E)

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a Bank Staff Nurse for the Emergency Department. The role requires a minimum of 6 months of NHS Emergency Department experience and NMC registration. Responsibilities include providing high standards of patient care, effective communication within the team, and contributing to the department's operations. This role offers a chance to work in a supportive environment focused on high-quality care for patients with acute health needs.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Accredited as a London Living Wage employer

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 months NHS Emergency Department experience.
• Registered nurse with NMC registration.
• Experience within the last 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to adults with acute health needs.
• Accountable for high standard of patient centered care.
• Communicate effectively within the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

NHS Emergency Department experience

Patient centered care

Effective communication

Education

NMC registration

ED course

Job description

Bank Staff Nurse: Emergency Department (A&E)

Bank Staff Nurse: Emergency Department (A&E)

To apply for this role You must be able to evidence a minimum of 6 months

NHS Emergency Department experience as a bankEmergency Department registered nurse, you will need extensive experience andthe skills to provide care to adults with acute health needs in the emergencydepartment. You be accountable and responsible for providing a high standard ofpatient centered care. To carry out care without direct supervision as part ofthe Emergency Department team. To communicate effectively within the multidisciplinary team. Contribute towards the effective running of thedepartment including patient safe and timely care.

Main duties of the job

Key Performance Areas

• Provision of specialist, high quality nursing care andsupport for adult patients and their relatives/carers
• Appropriate delegation of duties to other members of stafffor effective delivery of patient care
• To provide timely nurse led interventions for the benefitof the patients care.
• To assess, plan implement and evaluate care of patientsfrom admission to discharge.
• To be part of the effective admission / transfer /discharge of a patient involving the family, carers, significant other,multidisciplinary team and community teams when appropriate

About us

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley.

With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

The Trust has 7,500 staff and we have recently invested in our workforce to grow our establishment across an number of key services. In 2020 we won a London NHS Parliamentary Award in recognition of a wide range of initiatives to make the organisation a great place to work. We are accredited as a flexible working employer offering an number of flexible working options for staff. We are also accredited as a London Living Wage employer for our substantive, bank and contractors.

Job responsibilities

As a registered nurse the post holder will provide care to adults with acute health needs in the emergency department.

The postholder will be accountable and responsible for providing a high standard of patient centred care.

To carry out care without direct supervision as part of the Emergency Department team.

To communicate effectively within the multidisciplinary team.

Contribute towards the effective running of the department including patient safe and timely care.

Qualifications

• ED Experience
• NMC registration
• Experience within 12 months.
• ED course

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.