We are seeking to recruit a number of Band 6 Nurses to join our Nurse in Charge Team in Walsall Healthcare’s Emergency Department and have opportunities for those with extensive experience in the Emergency Department setting and are willing to expand their portfolio.
We are seeking posts for those that have a minimum of 2 years Emergency Department experience or if you have Acute Hospital or Urgent Care Experience we are particularly keen to hear from you.
It is an exciting opportunity to join the Senior ED Nursing Team to expand the nursing workforce and support progression through your Nursing career in Emergency Care. The applicant, on a daily basis will use their clinical skills, knowledge and judgement to lead a workforce across the Emergency Department to provide safe, responsive and effective care to patients.
PLEASE NOTE - IF THIS ROLE RECEIVES A HIGH NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, IT IS SUBJECT TO CLOSE EARLY
The Nursing Team at Walsall’s Emergency Department has recently seen investment that supports both an expanded workforce across all nursing roles and a 6% increase in the training and education time for all nursing colleagues within ED. Candidates that apply for this role will see the benefits of this investment commitment as the delivery of education, skills and knowledge is expanded across the Nursing Workforce in ED and time is committed to the Nursing Workforce to learn.
Applicants will join the Emergency Department as the new Education Framework commences. New posts are being invested in with the Practice Development roles also expanding to support the delivery of our education programme for both new and substantive staff.
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. Work is also well underway on its multi-million pound new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre which will house a new Emergency Department (including Children’s Emergency Department), co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Urgent Care Centre. This is scheduled for completion this year.
We would particularly welcome applications from people from a BME background and people with a disability as these groups are currently under-represented at senior level. We value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.
We support flexible working for all employees and prospective applicants.
Any settled workers meeting the requirements must be offered the position in preference to any non-resident candidates meeting the requirements, unless the role falls under a PhD-level code, in which case sponsorship may be attained.
Applicants will join the nursing workforce that is already meeting national standards for quality of care. Walsall Emergency Department is regularly in the top 5 Trusts regionally for Ambulance Handover Standards, Triage Times and has recently seen the organisation in the top 15 NHS Trusts nationally for 4 Hour Emergency Access Standard.
Candidates will be joining the Emergency Department at an exciting time as the service commits to continue to improve these standards of quality of care through investment in people and patients across the Care Group. As an Emergency Department we are committed to provide high quality care within a demanding service by ensuring our nursing team are proactive and have additional clinical skills to provide individualised patient care for the whole range of presenting conditions.
You must demonstrate excellent communicate skills, initiative, drive and have the ability to lead a Nurse Team in a busy Emergency Department environment.
Our Department has access to a range of learning environments including courses to increase clinical skills and knowledge this includes ILS/PILS/ TILS/ALS/EPLS /TNCC as well as in-house opportunities. We can offer post registration courses via Wolverhampton University in Emergency care of the child and mentorship. We positively encourage department link nurses and are developing a wide range of departmental champions to promote specialist support within the team. We aim to recruit new Nurses that will be keen to work within a Multi-Disciplinary Team to aid Audits and service developments, and in a leadership role will be responsible for a team of Nurses to ensure they are up to date with Appraisal, Training and have provide the management to support your team in ED.
Please refer to the Job Description for more information
This advert closes on Monday 10 Mar 2025