Registered Nurse - A&E - EDGH

East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; Eastbourne; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Band 5 Registered Nurse to join their busy Emergency Department. The role involves providing direct emergency nursing care to patients, assessing their needs, and delivering high-quality medical support in various departments. Candidates must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and hold relevant qualifications. The position offers a supportive environment with numerous staff benefits and a commitment to training and development.

Benefits

Access to onsite nurseries

Staff pensions and development courses

Free psychological support

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse and hold active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• Experience providing nursing care in a healthcare setting.
• Evidence of mandatory and statutory essential training skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct emergency nursing care to patients attending the ED.
• Assess patient's needs and upscale appropriately planning their care.
• Manage day-to-day patient caseload and delegate effectively.

Skills

Professional clinical knowledge

Assessment and planning skills

Digital skills for report writing

Education

Registered Nurse with active NMC registration

Diploma/Degree level qualification

Post Graduate qualification relevant to role

Job description

We are very busy Emergency Department, treating on average 50,000 patients a year. We are looking for a Band 5 Registered Nurse to join our pro‑active and dynamic team.

Every day we value great team work and respect, making sure our patients come first, delivering safe and high‑quality care, being responsible and accountable and ensuring everyone's contribution counts.

We are dedicated to training and education and have strong links to Greenwich, Brighton and Canterbury Universities for both degree and master's courses. We offer a range of courses to suit our staff needs - Advanced physical and paediatric assessment, mentorship, and the full range of resuscitation council courses ATLS, EPLS, PILS, ILS, ALS. During your induction you will be invited to a skills week which is an in‑house course run by the ED Matrons where you will learn the essentials to work within our ED's this comprises of intraosseous access, care of the sick child, ILS, PILS.

We are welcoming highly motivated, caring, enthusiastic and innovative individuals to come and join our exciting and dynamic nursing teams. We welcome informal visits so please contact one of us to arrange a telephone conference, or visit, to discuss the exciting opportunities we have to offer. We would be able to offer part time hours however all vacancies are internal rotation.

Main duties of the job

Provide direct emergency nursing care to patientsattending the ED, through all departments including,Triage, RAT, Majors, Resus, CDU and UTC. Assesspatient's needs and upscale appropriately planningtheir care to support early treatment and decisionmaking. Utilising appropriate extended scoperoles/skills with appropriate training.

About us

A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

• Registered Nurse and hold active registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Diploma/Degree level qualification relevant to role
• Professional qualification and knowledge of patient assessment, planning, developing and implementing programmes of care
• Evidence of mandatory and statutory essential training skills, for example, Basic Life Support, manual handling, infection control, fire etc
• Post Graduate qualification at Degree level relevant to role to demonstrate clinical skills

Experience

• Experience in nursing care, knowledge and expertise acquired through training
• Demonstrate experience of providing nursing care in the healthcare setting
• NHS experience or relevant health care organisation

Skills / Knowledge / Abilities

• Skills / Knowledge / Abilities Professional clinical knowledge skills and skills that demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, develop and implement programmes of care
• Ability to apply professional judgement and problem solve
• Able to support mentors in decisions related to students/learners and make judgements regarding competence and fitness to practice.
• Day to day management of a patient caseload and delegate effectively to clinical support workers.
• Digital Skills, use of systems, report writing and presentation skills

Other

• Able to manage the physical and emotional demands of the role, including moving and handling of patients, able to concentrate to provide clinical care, calculation of drug dosages and communication of distressing or unwelcome information
• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle (for domiciliary community role) and ability to travel between sites

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.

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum, pro rata