Staff Nurse (ED)

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Swindon; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An ambitious organization is seeking dedicated nursing professionals to join their team at a newly opened emergency department. This role offers the opportunity to provide high-quality, individualized patient care in an acute hospital setting. As a valued member of the nursing team, you will be responsible for planning and delivering compassionate care, ensuring safety standards are met, and contributing to the development of nursing practices. If you are passionate about making a difference in patients' lives and thrive in a supportive environment, this position could be the perfect next step in your career.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration and evidence of professional development.
• Experience in acute/community settings and emergency nursing.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality nursing care to meet individual patient needs.
• Ensure safety and maintain high standards of care.
• Coordinate patient assessments and multi-disciplinary referrals.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

IT Literacy

Audit Skills

Organizational Skills

Clinical Skills Training

Education

First Level Registered Nurse

Current Registration with Nursing Midwifery Council

Further Qualifications Relevant to the Role

Job description

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This job is now closed

Job summary

This role is offered on either a full time or part time basis. Candidates interested in working full or part time are encouraged to apply and will receive a salary on a pro rata basis subject to hours offered.

Come and join us at this exciting time; we have just opened our new Adult emergency department in the Summer of 2024, and our new Children's emergency unit in November 2024.

Are you looking for a new challenge and opportunity to broaden your career?

The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GWH) is an ambitious organisation, motivated to provide consistently high quality services to our patients. Our staff report that our organisation is friendly and supportive, and we currently hold some of the highest levels of staff engagement within the region.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of high quality care to a defined patient group within the acute hospital setting. They are responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of evidence-based individualised patient care within the boundaries of their role. The post holder will contribute to the continuing development of standards of care, including developments of nursing standards and monitoring of outcomes. The post holder will be expected to continue with their own professional development.

Job responsibilities

1. Plan, deliver and evaluate compassionate nursing care to meet the patients' individualised needs.
2. Ensure the highest standards of care and safety are maintained.
3. Responsible for the assessment of individual patients using the appropriate programme/models of care, ensuring co-ordination and implementation of the discharge assessment process and appropriate multi-disciplinary referrals.
4. Responsible for the safe custody and administration of medicines, using a range of routes (once competency achieved) within the NMC Standards for Administration of Medicines and adhering to local policy.
5. Support the nurse in charge with the day-to-day planning, delivery of a high-quality nursing service, and continuous improvement of that service.
6. Promote patient involvement in care planning, implementing and sustaining communication systems to keep patients and their relatives/families informed of treatment and progress.
7. Ensure effective communication is achieved and maintained regarding patient assessments and clinical details.
8. Act as a role model, ensuring high quality, professional standards are maintained and delivered at all times.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• First Level Registered Nurse
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Current/live registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council
• Further qualifications relevant to the role
• Completed/completing the RCN National curriculum and competency framework for emergency nursing level 1

Experience

• Recent experience nursing patients in an acute/community setting or recently completed a Return to Nursing course
• Experience within a range of patient/client care groups
• Working within a multi-disciplinary team environment
• Able to demonstrate effective consolidation of nursing knowledge and practice after qualification and Preceptorship
• Experience working within an Emergency department

Skills

• Able to undertake audits
• IT literate
• Good interpersonal skills and able to deal with difficult/sensitive situations
• Ability to prioritise and organise own workload
• Willingness to undertake training and assessment for further clinical skills
• Ability to document details clearly and accurately

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.

Salary: £29,970 to £36,483 a year, pro rata