Experienced band 5 staff Nurse - Acute Admissions Ward

Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Camden Town is seeking Registered Nurses to join their Acute Admissions Ward. You will be responsible for the admission, assessment, and stabilization of patients from the Emergency Department while collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team. A commitment to professional development and mentoring junior staff is essential. The role requires working varied shifts, including nights and weekends, to support a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Flexible shift patterns

Qualifications

• Must have experience in a medical admissions ward.
• Ability to implement care plans and administer medications.
• Commitment to mentoring and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and stabilize patients arriving from the Emergency Department.
• Administer medications and IV treatments.
• Take vital observations and monitor deteriorating patients.
• Liaise with multi-disciplinary teams for optimal patient outcomes.

Skills

Good assessment skills

Experience in managing acutely unwell patients

Team collaboration

Supervision skills

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

The Acute Admissions Ward is a 57 bedded, acute medical admissions ward which forms part of the emergency pathway on the emergency floor. We receive acutely unwell patients from the Emergency Department for a wide variety of medical issues including respiratory, cardiac, endocrine, toxicology, haematology problems.

Patients arrive in the acute phase of their illness and require further assessment and treatment until they are well enough to be discharged home or transfer to another ward. The length of stay is from between a few hours to 3 days.

Good assessment skills and experience in managing acutely unwell patients is preferable. We have a large MDT including Doctors, specialist nurses and teams such as the addictions care team, tissue viability, infection control, psychiatric liaison teams, pharmacy, allied health professionals and critical response teams.

We are proud of our culture of learning, development and succession planning. You should have a commitment to mentoring and professional development and be willing to develop and take part in the multitude of study opportunities that the directorate offers.

If you are interested in becoming a part of our hard working, skilled and friendly team please do apply. Shift patterns are a mixture of Long Days and nights, including weekends - we do offer 10 requested shifts per roster to help you manage your work life balance.

Responsibilities:

• The admission, assessment and stabilisation of patients arriving from ED and other areas.
• Implementing care plans for patients in your care including administering medications (including IV medications, infusions and blood products).
• Taking patient observations including vital signs, cardiac monitoring, PEFR or spirometry monitoring, neurological observations, fluid balance monitoring etc.
• Recognising and responding to the acutely unwell or deteriorating patient including liaising with the critical response team and the medical team to ensure the best outcome for your patient.
• Liaising with the wider MDT including our ward based STAT team, Pharmacists, medical and specialist teams including clinical nurse specialists such as tissue viability, addictions care team, diabetes nurse specialists etc to ensure that your patient receives the best possible outcome.

As a member of one of the biggest teaching hospitals in London, you will be expected to supervise and help develop junior staff on the ward including student nurses, newly qualified nurses and nursing assistants. You will be supported to be nurse in charge of a zone until you are competent in this area.

Working as part of a team, helping other team members and receiving support when required. Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark. We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.