Main area: Acute and Emergency Medicine
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (days and nights working over a 7 day period)
Job ref: 287-AMED-292-24
Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Aintree
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/01/2025 23:59
Job Overview
Nurse Coordinator - AMU -
Band 6
Permanent and secondment posts are available
As a Band 6 Coordinator, you will be in charge of three areas of the acute and emergency setting when in charge on shifts, and to help relieve the pressure on the Emergency Department by delivering Direct Conveyancing to our assessment areas. You are here to ensure the safe and effective admission, transfer, and discharge of patients, and to help maintain effective flow throughout the day.
Main Duties of the Job
* Liaise with the Senior Medical Team to ensure timely review of any sick patients – within 1 hour in accordance with departmental standards.
* Work closely with junior nursing staff to support them and facilitate discharges.
* Liaise with the Bed Management team via the Bleep system to ascertain bed availability on the wards.
* Have a clear overview of all patients across AEC, FAB/MAB, and MAU and monitor compliance with departmental standards.
* Maintain communication with all members of the team throughout the shift. Provide leadership and support as required.
* Complete or delegate various quality checks within the department on a daily basis, including Resus trolley and CD Cupboard.
* Attend bed meetings, bringing capacity, potential, and active discharges, transfers by specialty/gender, and staffing issues.
Working for Our Organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
We are looking for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking senior nurse with a passion for quality and safety and the drive and commitment to aim to get it right for every patient, every time. You should be a Registered Nurse with 2 years experience in an acute ward setting, have a keen interest in providing high-quality, harm-free, patient-centered care in a busy, fast-paced, ever-changing, and often challenging environment.
For this role, you will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills and possess the ability to lead the team effectively. As a Band 6, you must display a positive and professional manner, have a non-judgmental attitude, and be open to change.
In return, you will receive support to develop personally and professionally and gain invaluable leadership and management experience.
Professional Responsibilities
* Act at all times in a manner that upholds the reputation of the Trust and safeguards the well-being and dignity of patients and their relatives.
* Act always in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct and Guidance documents and maintain active status on the NMC Register.
* Take every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve knowledge.
* Identify objectives within a PDP that support the delivery of high standards of clinical care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
* Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent
Experience
* Evidence of management experience
* Evidence of change management
* Application of evidence-based practice
* Evidence of developing high standards of patient care
* Lead role in education of staff and patients
Knowledge
* Application of current nursing issues and healthcare governance
Skills
* Ability to work in changing environments
* Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
Other
* Supportive of colleagues
* High level of personal and professional credibility
* Well motivated
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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