Employer: The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: PAH
Town: Harlow
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 26/02/2025 08:00
Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department
NHS AfC: Band 6
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Job overview
We are looking to recruit an experienced and motivated individual to the role of Junior Sister/Charge Nurse for the Emergency Department.
You will have strong communication and leadership skills with an eagerness to advance emergency and acute nursing practice. You will be responsible for monitoring patient flow through the department alongside utilising your expert nursing skills.
The ideal candidates will be dynamic and forward thinking with a progressive approach to enhancing patient care and safety within urgent, emergency and acute care services. A good working knowledge of care pathways and the patient journey is required, as is priority focus on communication, safe discharge planning and safe patient transfer.
Main duties of the job
* Work according to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines to work as a named nurse (or key worker) for a defined group of patients and take responsibility for:
* Protect and support the health of individual patients and clients
* Assess care and health education needs
* Develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care including discharge planning for each patient
* To be designated to take charge of the ward/department regularly in the absence of the person holding continuing responsibility
* To work in accordance with the Princess Alexandra Hospitals Nursing and Midwifery Strategy and Core Standards
* To provide a high standard of holistic patient-centered care
* To act as a facilitator/mentor/preceptor to student nurses and others and participate in clinical supervision programmes as appropriate
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
* Registered Nurse (part 1 register)
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Practice Assessor or equivalent
* Leadership course
* ED Course
Experience
* Experience of working within an acute/emergency care environment
* Experience in delivery of nurse led services
Skills and Knowledge
* Evidence of addressing issues related to clinical governance
* Utility of research to support clinical practice
* Leadership skills and awareness of HR practices
* Knowledge and understanding of skill-mix and workload management
What we can offer you:
* Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
* Free car parking for our staff
* Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
* Minimum 27 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
* Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
* Access to NHS Pension scheme
* Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
* Onsite creche facilities
* Annual appraisals with career pathways
* In-house training courses
* Discounted hospital restaurant
* Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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