ED Senior Staff Nurse Band 6

Whittington Health NHS Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Camden Town is seeking a dedicated Senior Staff Nurse for its Emergency Department. You will lead shifts, care for critically ill patients, and be part of a dynamic team. This role offers opportunities for professional development with access to various training courses. Ideal candidates should have experience in emergency care and be flexible in working shifts, including nights and weekends.

Qualifications

• Experience in emergency department roles.
• Ability to work flexible shifts including nights and weekends.
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Lead shifts and manage department areas effectively.
• Participate in in-house and external leadership courses.
• Care for critically ill patients in a supportive team environment.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical skills

Emergency care

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

Overview

We provide high quality emergency care and maintain an above average performance. We are a dedicated trauma unit as part of the North East London and Essex Trauma Network. We have very strong nursing leadership and can offer support from our substantial senior team including two ED Matrons, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Paediatric Lead Nurses, and 2 dedicated and innovative practice development nurses.

You will be given the opportunity to rotate through the department including the following:

• our 4 bedded resuscitation room caring for critically unwell patients
• developing your skills in minor injury in our Urgent Treatment Centre
• Majors where we assess and treat the majority of ambulance patients
• the fast paced Rapid Assessment Area where investigations are initiated
• you will also gain knowledge and skills in caring for unwell children under the supervision of our team of paediatric nurses

Due to internal promotions we are pleased to have vacancies for Senior Staff Nurses in our Emergency Department. If you are passionate about delivering excellent nursing care and looking to work as part of a dynamic team we are looking for you!

Responsibilities and role

• The senior staff nurse is a highly skilled practitioner who is able to work as the senior nurse in all areas of the department. They will also be expected to take charge of an area of the department and develop shift leader competencies under supervision.
• We regularly offer places on ILS, ALS, ATNC, APLS, Physical Assessment or ENP courses. To support your leadership development the trust offers many in house courses such as the icare leadership course as well as external accredited courses.
• Applicants will demonstrate experience of working in all areas of ED. All records of courses attended or competencies achieved must be brought to interview.
• Post holders would be expected to rotate onto nights and weekends as part of a four-week rota basis. Flexible working will be considered as part of the trust values.

Training and development

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.