Bank Triage Nurse

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust; Lewes; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Lewes is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse with triage expertise to join their Urgent Treatment Centre. This role involves assessing and prioritizing patients, ensuring effective treatment in a fast-paced environment. The position offers ongoing professional development and opportunities to shape urgent care services. The ideal candidate demonstrates excellent communication skills and a compassionate approach, committed to delivering high-quality care to the community.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Accredited Living Wage Employer

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse qualification is essential.
• Experience in critical care/emergency care is necessary.
• Post qualifying experience in an acute environment.

Responsibilities

• Triage assess and prioritise patients presenting to the unit.
• Manage and prioritise workloads effectively.
• Deliver high-quality urgent and emergency care.

Skills

Triage/patient physical assessment skills

Wound management and dressings

Basic Life support

Managing patients with acute conditions

Excellent written and spoken English

IT literate

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Triage/First Contact Module

Job description

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse with a background in urgent/emergency care triage? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our amiable and professional nursing and medical team at the Lewes Urgent Treatment Centre!

Our Centre is dedicated to providing urgent and unscheduled care to the Lewes community and surrounding areas, operating from 08:00 to 20:00 hours, seven days a week.

This is a particularly thrilling time to become a part of our team. We have established an Urgent and Emergency Clinical Reference Group to explore innovative ways to enhance our staffing models, clinical pathways, training, and supervision. This initiative aims to ensure all our staff are well-supported and equipped to deliver the highest quality of care.

As a Triage Nurse at the Lewes Urgent Treatment Centre, you will:

• Join a collaborative and supportive team of professionals committed to excellence in patient care.
• Play a crucial role in delivering high-quality urgent and emergency care to our community.
• Benefit from ongoing professional development and training opportunities.
• Contribute to shaping the future of our urgent care services through the Clinical Reference Group.

Come and be a part of our journey to provide exceptional care and support to our community.

Main duties of the job

Working in the Urgent Treatment Centre, you will Triage assess and prioritise patients presenting to the unit whilst ensuring safe, efficient, and effective treatment of all patients within a predefined target time of arrival.

You will demonstrate a calm and confident approach to your work demonstrating excellent nursing and communication skills and the ability to manage and prioritise workloads effectively.

If you are a dedicated and compassionate nurse with triage experience and a passion for making a difference, we would love to hear from you. This is your chance to join a forward-thinking team and be at the forefront of urgent care innovation.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staff
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief network
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for the full details regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and/or Professional Registration

• NMC Registered Nurse
• Triage/First Contact Module

Experience

• Post qualifying experience in an acute environment.
• Experience in critical care/emergency care.
• Evidence of developing interpersonal skills
• Experience in supervision of student nurses/allied health professionals.
• Caring for ill people in a variety of settings.
• Triage / patient physical assessment skills.

Skills and knowledge

• Evidence of understanding and insight into current issues in nursing and NHS
• Evidence of appropriate knowledge base.
• Aware of responsibilities in relation to NMC Professional Code of Conduct
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Managing patients with acute conditions
• Wound management and dressings.
• Able to record ECG's.
• Competent in recording and interpreting physical vital signs.
• Basic Life support
• IT literate
• Application of Plaster of Paris
• Cannulation
• Experience of Clinical Supervision

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.

Operational Lead Crawley UTC/Horsham MIU/BognorMIU

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum pro rata