A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Registered Nurse to work within the Emergency Department at Royal Derby Hospital. The Adult Emergency Department at Royal Derby Hospital is one of the busiest AEDs in the country, seeing on average 120,000 patients per year.
As a band 5 registered nurse within the department you must have excellent communication skills, organisational skills and be able to work as part of a team. You will work in all areas of the department.
The Emergency Department has expanded its size in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have a 7 bedded resuscitation unit, 7 bay initial assessment area, 22 bay majors area. In addition to this we have the capacity to open and additional area which has 9 separate bays/cubicles and a large waiting room.
We have an area for patients presenting who are ambulatory. This area consists of a main waiting room which has 2 triage rooms we can operate from and additional sub wait areas with 4 assessment bays. We also have an area where our Emergency Nurse Practitioners work and a new Urgent Treatment Centre. This area sees up to 100 people daily and have multiple assessment and treatment rooms.
Permanent and Secondment/FTC available
If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.
As a band 5 Registered Nurse in the emergency department you will have the opportunity to look after a team of patients alongside a hardworking team to facilitate excellent care for our patients.
You will care for patients in all areas of the Emergency Department including Majors A, Majors B, Resus, Ward 101. In time, you will be supported to train in the Manchester Triage System to enable you to work in Pitstop and Streaming.
We are a Trauma unit and have close links with the Major Trauma Centre in Nottingham, we are the only Acute Trust in the East Midlands to have a helipad on site. We are supported by Matron, 14 Senior Sisters/Charge Nurses, 40 Sisters/Charge Nurses and a Clinical Educator team who provide opportunities for training and development. We work closely with the Universities of Derby and Nottingham and are committed to the professional development of our staff in order to progress within Emergency Medicine.
The department has previously won Emergency Department Clinical Team of the year at the annual Royal College of Emergency Medicine awards. We also received a highly commendable at the HSJ awards for patient safety initiative for our internal work around SAFECARE.
Closing Date of the Applications: 16 February 2025
Interview Date: 27 February 2025
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
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This advert closes on Sunday 16 Feb 2025