Job summary
As a registered nurse the post holder will provide care to adults with acute health needs in the emergency department. The post holder will be accountable and responsible for providing a high standard of patient centred care. To carry out care without direct supervision as part of the Emergency Department team. To communicate effectively within the multidisciplinary team. Contribute towards the effective running of the department including patient safe and timely care.
Main duties of the job
Provision of specialist, high quality nursing care and support for adult patients and their relatives/carers
Appropriate delegation of duties to other members of staff for effective delivery of patient care
To provide timely nurse led interventions for the benefit of the patients care.
To assess, plan implement and evaluate care of patients from admission to discharge.
To be part of the effective admission / transfer / discharge of a patient involving the family, carers, significant other, multidisciplinary team and community teams when appropriate.
To maintain effective channels of communication with patients, relatives and all staff involved in providing care.
To provide and receive nursing handover reports in the role of team member.
To act as the named nurse to an individual or a group of patients.
To be part of the process in implementing clinical governance and the impact this has on patient care, i.e. audit and evidenced based practice.
Ensure that written documentation are maintained in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for Records and Record Keeping and Trust policy.
To ensure that the storage and administration of Medicines is carried out according to statutory and Trust regulations
About us
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
As an organisation, we've made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years. This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of "Good" in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of "Good" that we had already achieved in the Caring domain. Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust's improvement journey, as we've stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention. We've also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams.
Job description
Job responsibilities
With strong links to local universities an amazing benefit to working with us is that we are committed to delivering work based educational inititatives which offer house accredited Foundations of Emergency Nursing Course and an accredited Emergency Nursing Course. This enables us to both support newly qualified and experienced nurses in the Emergency Department.
If you would love to be part of a fun, supportive team then please apply today.
Job description
Job responsibilities
With strong links to local universities an amazing benefit to working with us is that we are committed to delivering work based educational inititatives which offer house accredited Foundations of Emergency Nursing Course and an accredited Emergency Nursing Course. This enables us to both support newly qualified and experienced nurses in the Emergency Department.
If you would love to be part of a fun, supportive team then please apply today.
Person Specification
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Good problem solving abilities
- Ability to develop own clinical skills and widen theoretical knowledge
- Understanding of the care needs of the family
- Interest in developing teaching skills
- Team work
- Be able to work under pressure and prioritise care
- Role and responsibility of the registered nurse in acute clinical environment
Desirable
- Willingness to develop teaching skills, formally and informally
Education & Training
Essential
Desirable
- Diploma/Degree ALS
- ED course
- Mentorship course
- Trauma Course
Experience
Essential
- Acute nursing experience within 12 months either as a Registered
- Nurse or Student Nurse
Desirable
- Acute surgical, medical ED experience within the last 12 months as a qualified nurse or student nurse
Person Specification
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Good problem solving abilities
- Ability to develop own clinical skills and widen theoretical knowledge
- Understanding of the care needs of the family
- Interest in developing teaching skills
- Team work
- Be able to work under pressure and prioritise care
- Role and responsibility of the registered nurse in acute clinical environment
Desirable
- Willingness to develop teaching skills, formally and informally
Education & Training
Essential
Desirable
- Diploma/Degree ALS
- ED course
- Mentorship course
- Trauma Course
Experience
Essential
- Acute nursing experience within 12 months either as a Registered
- Nurse or Student Nurse
Desirable
- Acute surgical, medical ED experience within the last 12 months as a qualified nurse or student nurse
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
