Staff Nurse - Emergency Department

Job summary

Staff Nurse Emergency Department

West Middlesex University Hospital

Are you ready to join a top performing Foundation trust in the heart of London?

Do you want to join a friendly, focused team to give high quality care?

Our Emergency Department has expanded and therefore we are looking to recruit a professional and enthusiastic Band 5 Staff Nurse. We take great pride in being part of a top performing Trust and top performing Emergency Department.

We are looking for someone who is motivated, enthusiastic and possesses excellent interpersonal and communication skills along with the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team within the fast pace environment of the Emergency Department.

We are looking for nurses who are enthusiastic and motivated, and can demonstrate a kind and compassionate attitude, with a desire to provide effective and efficient urgent and Emergency Care practice. With strong nursing leadership, dedicated ED Matrons, and Professional Development nurses to guide and support you in conjunction with an allocated mentor. We provide high quality emergency care and give structured support and development to all our nurses including a tailored induction at the start. This post is for adult Registered Nurses.

You will be given a structured orientation to meet your individual needs to develop as an ED nurse.

Main duties of the job

• Working autonomously whilst working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, assessing and managing a caseload of patients within the Emergency department.
• Maintain effective communication with patients, carers and professionals to ensure seamless service delivery.
• To ensure that nursing documentation is maintained to a high standard. Be a competent user of and participate in the ongoing development of the Electronic Patient Record.
• To initiate care and treatment for all patients on an individual basis assessing care needs, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care using researched-based practice and agreed nursing models.
• To work in close liaison with other members of the multi-disciplinary team communicating relevant information to families, ensuring the right to confidentiality of the patient and making sure that the information is realistic and up to date.
• To participate in quality and audit initiatives within the department.
• To use clinical expertise to manage clinical priorities appropriately.
• Maintain a safe and acceptable environment for patients, visitors, students and staff.
• To ensure that all patients who use the emergency department service do so in a timely manner ensuring equality, privacy and dignity needs are met.
• To challenge practice so that the best and most appropriate treatment is given to the patient.

About us

About the Trust

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We're one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff says they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment. Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate. We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.