Bank B7 Senior Sister/Charge Nurse

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our service for enthusiastic, flexible and motivated ED Staff Nurses to join our friendly dynamic hard-working Staff Bank.

You will Provide expert emergency treatment to patients in the event of their condition deteriorating initiating relocation to an appropriate area, including liaising with the ambulance service to organise critical care transfers. Take accountability for patients' treatment and care and if professionally unhappy escalate accordingly. Assists junior staff in developing the ability to escalate when problems occur. Liaise with members of the multidisciplinary (MDT) to provide holistic care with the aim of achieving an effective primary-secondary care interface.

MUST Have six months or more experience in ED Hospital settings.

Main duties of the job

1. To provide clinical nursing and managerial expertise in all aspects of the speciality, ensuring the highest possible standard for nursing care and technical equipment care, with efficient utilisation of resources. Also providing clinical nursing expertise in all aspects of the speciality and working independently with patients who will be assessed, treated and discharged or admitted after their episode of unscheduled care.
2. To develop and maintain a department philosophy of care based on the Trust's core objectives.
3. To lead staff and create positive working relationships within the team whilst monitoring and appraising performance. To work as part of the multidisciplinary team and create positive working relationships within it. Is able to refer patients to the correct speciality teams, where it would be unsafe to discharge them.
4. To be responsible for creating a dynamic environment, which is conducive to learning, practice development and research within a framework of evidence based practice.
5. As a Shift Leader, carry Bleep 836 and be operationally responsible for all that occurs during that shift.

About us

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides acute and specialist services from two sites to a local population of 350,000. Our services include; accident and emergency services, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. Hillingdon is situated in North West London close to Heathrow airport and is the second largest London borough.

Our vision is to be the best general hospital in the country. We are clear that our Vision can only be achieved by our staff, our most valuable asset. We are committed to making improvements for both our patients and our staff which we will deliver through living our core values:Communication,Attitude,Responsibility,Equity andSafety -cares. More information about our Vision and values and how we build theses into our recruitment process can be found atthh website.

We value our staff and wherever possible we offer flexible hours, a full range of benefits, on-site nursery facilities and restaurant as well as a wide range of training and career development opportunities. We are proud to say that our staff survey results show that our staff look forward to coming to work here.