Staff Nurse - A&E

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

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Job summary

The Urgent Emergency Care (UEC) team are looking for talented people to join the team.

We have vacancies across our team area, including the emergency Department, the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and Terrington Short Stay (TSS)

Are you dynamic, forward thinking, enjoys a challenge and above all else puts the patient at the heart of everything you do?

If this sounds like you we would love to hear from you, if you'd like a chat about the roles we'd love that too! if your driven to succeed then fill your application in!

This vacancy is for Registered Nurses with full NMC registration in the UK. If you are an internationally trained nurse that has not passed their OSCE (objective structured clinical examination) you will not be considered for this role and will be automatically rejected, so please do not apply.

However we do support Internationally Trained Nurses with their OSCE through the Norfolk and Waveney Recruitment Hub InternationalNurseRecruitmentHub@jpaget.nhs.uk. Please note that we adhere to the NHS Code of Practice and cannot recruit from 'red list countries' https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-for-the-international-recruitment

"If you are a new registrant, we look forward to welcoming you onto the RCN accredited Preceptorship Academy at the QEH. This programme offers a supportive development transition into your new role as a registered member of the team. If you would like further information, please email the team Preceptorship@qehkl.nhs.uk"

Main duties of the job

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King's Lynn is a friendly and welcoming general hospital providing emergency care for West and North Norfolk along with parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. West Norfolk offers an unsurpassed quality of life outside work. It's a superb area for families with reasonable house prices, good education facilities and a low crime rate.

Our emergency department additionally has a clinical decision unit and a 24 hour stay area and we have a dedicated paediatric care area. We have exciting innovative developments in our emergency service, and we support training and education for our multi-professional workforce.

We are looking for enthusiastic registered adult nurses and paramedics who enjoy working in an ever evolving fast paced environment to join our team. We support training and education and encourage those with interest or experience in emergency care to apply.

Applicants must have Emergency Department experience worked on a regular basis.

We expect our Healthcare Professionals to be compassionate and communicative to our patients and their families in the challenges of the emergency setting, and to contribute to developing our service and emergency care pathways.

If this opportunity appeals to you we would love to hear from you!

About us

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital has circa 500 beds, 28 wards and serves a population of around 278,800 people who are living in three counties of Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire.

We have begun our journey of improvement, to turnaround the Trust from one with an 'inadequate' rating (and in special measures)from the Care Quality Commission to one our local communities can be proud of. Our 2,818-strong workforce is committed to working together with partners to make the sustainable changes required of us to consistently deliver the safe and high- quality care our patients can expect of us and there are already signs of progress.

Date posted

12 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year pa pro raata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

426-938-24MG

Job locations

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Gayton Road

King's Lynn

PE30 4ET

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse with the NMC or working towards and due to qualify in the next six months
Degree/Diploma in Nursing or equivalent

Desirable

Teaching and Assessing qualification
Undertaken mentorship training

Experience

Essential

Relevant experience of looking after patients in a healthcare environment

Desirable

Relevant Post-Registration clinical experience
Clinical Governance experience
Risk Management experience

Skills, abilities, and knowledge

Essential

Ability to work as part of a team
Confident and calm attitude with an ability to work under pressure
Good communication skills
Ability to use basic IT skills

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse with the NMC or working towards and due to qualify in the next six months
Degree/Diploma in Nursing or equivalent

Desirable

Teaching and Assessing qualification
Undertaken mentorship training

Experience

Essential

Relevant experience of looking after patients in a healthcare environment

Desirable

Relevant Post-Registration clinical experience
Clinical Governance experience
Risk Management experience

Skills, abilities, and knowledge

Essential

Ability to work as part of a team
Confident and calm attitude with an ability to work under pressure
Good communication skills
Ability to use basic IT skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).