Registered Children's Nurse - Emergency Department PRH and RSH

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Telford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Telford is seeking newly qualified and experienced Registered Nurses to join their Emergency Department. The role involves delivering high-quality, individualized patient care and requires excellent communication skills along with a commitment to patient safety. Successful candidates will be provided with comprehensive training and support, and opportunities for personal and professional growth in a dynamic, team-oriented environment. This position demands enthusiasm and a positive attitude to ensure the highest standards of nursing care.

Qualifications

• Must be a newly qualified or experienced RCN.
• Able to recognise changes in patients' conditions.
• Competency in administering medicines per NMC Standards.

Responsibilities

• Assess and deliver individualized patient care.
• Formulate high-quality patient care with supervision.
• Ensure timely referrals to multi-disciplinary team members.
• Maintain patient safety and document adverse events.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

High clinical standards

Ability to assess and plan patient care

Team collaboration

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

We are looking to recruit newly qualified and experienced RCN'S to join our friendly and talented team who strive to deliver high quality emergency care to patients. This role should appeal to any enthusiastic and motivated individual who would like to develop their career in a busy & dynamic nursing team working within the dedicated Children & Young person units (CYPU) at The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford and The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Shrewsbury.

This is a demanding role that requires commitment and a positive attitude approach towards change. With emergency care ever changing and evolving this is an exciting opportunity to be involved in provide health care services to our patients whilst striving to deliver high standard of Nursing care in the department.

You will have excellent communication skills and high clinical standards with a passion to make a difference for patients and team alike. We offer a high level of support in the department for new starters, along with a structured induction presented & delivered by the Professional Educational Nursing team within the department, which will help to develop your skills and teach you the knowledge you will need to succeed.

The Emergency Department is a busy, rewarding environment, with a strong team focus. We can offer our RCN's a career based on caring for a mixture and variety of patients who present to the emergency department . This leads to outstanding learning and development opportunities.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of individualised patient care, working in partnership with patients, their carers and the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the patient’s physical, spiritual and emotional needs are met.
• Formulate and deliver high quality patient care with supervision.
• Recognise changes in patients’ conditions which require the intervention of others and ensure that timely referrals are made or escalation procedures enacted as appropriate.
• Ensure patient safety is maintained at all times. Record and report adverse and potentially adverse events and assist with investigation of such events, ensuring learning is shared with the wider team(s).
• Record information about patients in a safe, accurate and consistent manner using appropriate tools and techniques, including electronic and written formats as close to point of care as possible.
• Access and use patient clinical diagnostic information to inform clinical decisions.
• Utilise decision support tools and techniques to support the delivery of safe and effective care.
• Make appropriate and timely referrals to members of the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies to ensure patients’ on-going physical, spiritual, emotional and social needs are met,
• Administer medicines to patients in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards for Medicines Management and Trust policy.

Working for your organisation

The Trust provides acute treatment and care for a catchment population of around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales. Our values; Partnering, Ambitious, Caring and Trusted - represent our aspiration for the type of hospitals we want to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.