Senior Staff Nurse - Emergency Department

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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Calling all A&E superstar nurses come and join our phenomenal dedicated teams at either Charing Cross Hospital Hammersmith.

We are recruiting nurses with Emergency department experience who want to further their career in a fast paced, lively and renowned department.

We are avid supporters of our whole nursing team and recognise the contribution, motivation and competencies that our Band 6 team bring to every shift.

We also support individuals to improve and develop their leadership and management skills, encouraging them to be fully rounded nurses who bring a large range of skills to our patients' bedsides from a broad portfolio of experience.

We encourage internal rotations based solely on individual aspirations as well as supporting staff through every step of their emergency care career pathway.

We see the importance in providing the highest standard of care to our patients and therefore encourage our team to take up the opportunities of learning advanced skills, completing the Advanced Life Support course, as well as the Trauma Nursing Core course and our Emergency Capital Nurse course accredited by King's College London.

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work in all areas of the department, supported by the band 7 team.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities

• Carry out planned care for a group of patients without supervision
• Ensure the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based, individualised patient care
• Assist and advise staff, both registered and unregistered in the delivery of patient care
• Maintain accurate clinical observations of the patient and act accordingly.

Management Responsibilities

• Plan, organise and deploy staff according to ability and workload in order to meet patient needs. Manage effective flows of patients within Emergency Services to meet NHS targets
• Communicate effectively at all times and maintain a harmonious working environment
• Demonstrate an awareness of the economical use of resources and contribute to the overall control of the ward or departmental budge

Teaching and health education

• Assess the needs of patients, relatives and carers and provide them with information as requested
• Assist in the teaching and development of nursing assistants, students and junior staff, helping them to achieve their learning outcomes
• Act as a role model and mentor to nursing assistants, pre-registration students nurses undertaking supervised practice and return to nursing programmes, and junior nurse

Professional Responsibilities

• To keep up to date with current developments in nursing and ensure evidence based practice

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

• Level 1 RGN
• Relevant level 2 post registration A&E course or equivalent experience

Desirable criteria

• Other specialist course or evidence of post registration training / equivalent experience

Skills

Essential criteria

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in teaching junior staff and students
• Basic IT skills
• ILS certificate
• Competency in venepuncture and cannulation

Desirable criteria

• Current ALS certificate
• ATLS / ATNC / or equivalent certificate
• PILS / APLS / EPLS certificate

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable significant experience in A&E as a registered nurse

Desirable criteria

• Experience of taking charge of the department and managing patient flow
• Experience of working in a minor injuries unit
• Previous critical care experience

Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job description (PDF, 704.5KB)
• Functional requirements form (PDF, 192.6KB)
• Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)