Registered Nurse - Urgent Treatment Centre (Lister)

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse for the Urgent Treatment Centre at Lister Hospital, who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We have a exciting New Urgent Treatment Centre opening January 2024 co-located at the Lister Hospital. This is a fantastic opportunity for registered nurses wanting to focus there career in minor injury /illness. This role will be shifts between the opening hours of 07:45-Midnight, the main responsibility will be triaging patients on arrival and streaming to the practitioners for treatment.

The Urgent Treatment Centre deal with minor injuries and minor illnesses. We have Emergency Nurse Practitioners/ Emergency Care Practitioners. Emergency Nurse Practitioners have a background in nursing, and Emergency Care Practitioners are usually from paramedic or physiotherapy background.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will be responsible for assessing patients and determining their level of need for medical assistance and treatment immediately, influencing the order and priority of emergency treatment, or transport destination for the patient.

You will also be involved in Cardiac monitoring, Basic life support, Venepuncture and Cannulation.

You will be actively involved in triaging patients and assessing base line observations. You will also be responsible for application of support/ techniques of wound closure and plastering.

You will be required to assist the Emergency Nurse Practitioners and GPs in maintaining a safe environment, delivering a high standard of care and upholding the well-being and dignity of all patients.

You will also be required to deliver a high level of practical skills for use within the UTC Department.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

Hertford County, Hertford

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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