Main area Medicine Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 13 months (Fix Term) Hours
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (7 days per week. Days/Nights/Weekends) Job ref 302-25-6921629M
Site Royal Albert Edward Infirmary Town Wigan Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 29/01/2025 23:59
Choose Well - Choose WWL
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced individual who is looking to progress further in their career and would like to join our existing team over a 7 day rota. You will be a dynamic and highly motivated individual and have flexibility to be able to work within a busy and demanding environment.
An Enhanced DBS with Children's & Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.
This vacancy is open to all internal and external candidates. NHS employees should ideally secure their manager's agreement for a secondment prior to applying, as this will be a condition of any offer made. This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis to provide cover for an employee on maternity leave and will end on March 2026 or when the substantive postholder returns. Whilst this post is advertised on an fixed term basis there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
* Support senior colleagues in the management and organisation of the Emergency Care Centre and to work in all areas. Play a key role in coordinating the day-to-day activities in the Emergency Care Centre. To supervise and develop the nursing team, ensuring that a high standard of patient care is delivered.
* To ensure the efficient running of the Children’s Emergency Care Centre acting as a supervisor and care giver.
Working for our organisation
Choose Well – Choose WWL
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Perform triage and a comprehensive assessment of the patients nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery in accordance with their individual health care needs and varying level of complexity.
Support the delivery of nursing care, ensure safe discharge, referral or transfer to other areas.
Support the provision of health education during patient consultations.
Ensure that patients are properly informed about their condition, treatment and expected outcomes.
Ensure the accurate maintenance of records is compliant with legal, professional and organisational standards.
Collect, analyse and evaluate information, report and act in accordance with unit protocols and guidelines.
Maintain effective communication, both written and verbal with all professional colleagues, hospital departments and other agencies.
Work in close collaboration with members of multidisciplinary team to ensure that patient needs and service demands are met.
Maintains safe administration of medicines, concordant with the NMC and Trust policies.
Supervise and direct the work of staff and support workers by taking responsibility in ensuring that instructions regarding ongoing patient care needs are followed.
Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
Responsibility to maintain their professional accountability and self-development through the practice of safe standards in compliance with the NMC Code of Conduct.
Records and reports accidents and untoward incidents as per policy and actively carries out steps to minimise further risk as appropriate.
To ensure effective communication and sensitivity is maintained when dealing with people regarding difficult matters and/or in difficult situations, in highly complex situations with both patients and relatives, e.g. sudden bereavement, violence and aggression.
To manage highly complex patient needs in resuscitation e.g. trauma, cardiac arrest, thrombolysis, intubated patients, sudden death and paediatric acute illness.
Support staff in dealing with sudden, traumatic difficult situations.
Responds to complaints and takes appropriate action.
To work as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner, following appropriate training. To receive patients directly with undiagnosed minor injuries / illness. Assess, diagnose, prescribe and treat those patients consulting with senior colleagues as necessary.
Ensure effective verbal and written communication both within the department and with relevant external agencies or individuals, ensuring confidentiality is maintained.
Utilise the trusts IT resources appropriately and in adherence to policies and procedures.
Maintain legible and accurate records.
Person specification
Skills
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
* Ability to work without supervision
Additional
* Flexible
* Internal rotation
* Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
Knowledge
* Evidence of up to date Emergency Nursing issues
* Evidence of ongoing professional development
* Demonstrates specialist knowledge
Experience
* Relevant experience within Emergency Care / acute setting.
* Experience of teaching/assessing/supervising others in a clinical setting
* Evidence of change management in clinical practice
Qualifications
* RSCN 1st level / and or relevant children’s qualification.
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* In possession of or working towards Diploma/Degree qualification in health care subject
* Accredited Teaching / assessing certificate
Our Trust prefers candidates to submit applications online. Please contact the Recruitment Team on 01942 244000 if you have difficulty applying online.
The Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated closing date if there is a high volume of applications.
We endeavour to inform all applicants of the outcome of their application by email or SMS text message.
Guidance on Completing Your Application
Applications are scored against the person specification, therefore we recommend that you use the supporting information section of your application form to demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role, providing illustrative examples where possible.
On-Call
Please note that some roles may require you to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
WWL has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. and will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester Local Authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority; giving you access to our service-related benefits.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Name Jenny Lynam Job title Manager Email address Jennifer.lynam@wwl.nhs.uk Telephone number 01942773678
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