Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC)

Job summary

Would you like to work in a fast paced environment with every speciality patient needing care? We are looking to recruit an experienced and motivated individual to the role of Junior Sister/Charge Nurse for the Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC). This role is part of our Urgent Care Division.

We are looking for experienced nurses to join our team. You will have strong communication and leadership skills with an eagerness to advance emergency and acute nursing practice. You will support the unit manager in this busy environment that receives patients from the Emergency department and directly from the GP. The department also sees our ambulatory care patients and the surgical HOT clinic patients. You will be responsible for being the nurse in charge of the shift monitoring patient flow through the unit.

The ideal candidates will be dynamic and forward thinking with a progressive approach to enhancing patient care and safety within urgent, emergency and acute care services. In addition to excellent clinical skills a good working knowledge of care pathways and the patient journey is required, as is priority focus on communication, safe discharge planning and safe patient transfer.

Rotation to the Adult Assessment Area is also part of this role. This area operates a 24 hour or less length of stay and is working towards receiving referred to speciality patients direct from the ED.

Main duties of the job

• Work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines to wokr as a named nurse (or key worker) for a defined group of patients and take responsibility for:
• Protect and supporting the health of individual patients and clients
• Assess care and health education needs
• Develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient
• To be designated to take charge of the ward/department regularly in the absence of the person holding continuing responsibility
• To work in accordance with the Princess Alexandra Hospitals Nursing and Midwifery Strategy and Core Standards
• To maintain effective communication
• To provide a high standard of holistic patient-centered care
• To act as a facilitator/mentor/preceptor to student nurses and others and participate in clinical supervision programmes as appropriate

About us

We are an innovative, forward thinking and friendly urgent and emergency care service, with a very exciting future. Over the next five years we are on a digital transformation journey leading us to our brand new hospital.

You'll be part of the team leading and supporting our organisation in a diverse and challenging role; a role which can make a significant difference to our patients, people and the future direction of our services.

Our people demonstrate energy and commitment towards improving the care and experiences provided to our patients and the drive to be an 'outstanding' organisation.

Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

princess Alexandra hopsital

hamstel road

Harlow

CM20 1QX

Employer's website

https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

princess Alexandra hopsital

hamstel road

Harlow

CM20 1QX

Employer's website

https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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