Staff Nurse - SADU | East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse for their surgical admissions and day surgery team. The role involves managing patient care from admission to discharge, ensuring effective communication and collaboration within the team. The position requires candidates to have good nursing practice knowledge and the ability to work flexibly to meet the service needs. This role offers a dynamic work environment with various specialties covered, including trauma and general surgery.

Qualifications

• Effective communication skills are essential.
• Ability to work flexibly within a team.
• Knowledge of nursing practices and standards are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the adult patient from admission to discharge.
• Arrange the reception, admission, and discharge of patients.
• Administers drugs and treatments as prescribed.

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen offering the chance to become part of our dynamic surgical Admissions and day surgery team. This is a demanding role and will require good effective communication skills and the ability to work effectively within our team.

Primarily based at the Blackburn site you will be required to work flexibly to cover the needs of the service.

This service covers a variety of adult specialties to include trauma: General and vascular Surgery, ENT, Max Fax, Orthopedic, Urology and Trauma.

We currently operate from Monday to Friday between the hours of 7:00 until 20:30. Weekend work is subject to capacity and demand.

Key Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the adult patient from admission to discharge.
• Arrange the reception, admission, transfer and nurse-led discharge of patients, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within the specialism.
• Takes nursing history of patients through interviewing and observation.
• Maintains accurate clinical observations of the patient's condition.
• Interprets the significance of data to the patient's condition and progress.
• Identifies and discusses nursing problems or needs with the patients, relatives and other staff.
• Identifies the priorities of nursing care for patients.
• Identifies realistic goals in care plans.
• Organises time, equipment and the staff to deliver nursing care.
• Administers drugs and treatments as prescribed with safety, accuracy and intelligence within the Trust.
• Communicates effectively with patients, their relatives and co-workers.
• Liaises with medical workers / bed management in the delivery of care.
• Ensures that individual patients are assessed and that care is planned to meet their handling and moving needs.
• May be required to act as a Trainer or Risk Assessor in Moving and Handling.
• Contributes to the setting of standards for nursing care.
• Evaluates the quality of care given to patients.
• Measures goal achievements with patients and relatives and co-workers.
• Changes care plans and goals according to evaluation, under the direction of the Primary Nurse.
• Seeks out new knowledge of nursing and health by reading, enquiring and partaking in continuing education programmes.
• Seeks to develop new skills.
• Applies research findings to nursing practice.
• Assesses the learning needs of patients, relatives and staff (including learners).
• Instructs patients, relatives and staff (including learners) about nursing.
• Demonstrates nursing skills to patients, relatives and staff (including learners) and support workers.
• Reflects on learning experiences with patients, relatives and staff (including learners).
• Assists with assessing the progress of individual learners, junior staff and support workers.
• Advises members of the public on the promotion of health and prevention of illness – promoting ward activity.
• Offers recognised training, and participates in the training and assessment of support workers.
• Assesses work to be carried out.
• Organises staff (according to competence), time and equipment for completion of work.
• Supervises the delivery and quality of care given.
• Praises and corrects team members as appropriate.
• Reports and receives reports of work activity.
• Assists with the identification of training needs of junior and untrained nursing staff.
• Co‑ordinates the care given by nurses, medical, paramedical staff.
• Handles complaints by patients, members of the public and staff in accordance with the Trust's policies.
• Assists the Sister to maintain safe systems of work, including COSHH and manual handling of loads.
• Abides by the legal requirements and statutory rules relating to practice, e.g. NMC Code of Conduct.
• Takes responsibility for personal development and education including in‑service training.
• Discusses personal development and progress with ward sisters through internal informal appraisal.
• Maintains standards of conduct and dress to sustain the public confidence in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and the Trust's policies.

This advert closes on Friday 2 Jan 2026.