We are a very busy Emergency Department, treating on average 50,000 patients a year. We are looking for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our pro-active and dynamic team. Every day we value great teamwork and respect, ensuring our patients come first by delivering safe and high-quality care, being responsible and accountable, and ensuring everyone's contribution counts.
This is an exciting opportunity for new staff to join us on our journey towards outstanding care. We have an Advanced Nurse Practitioner service and are keen to grow our workforce, helping our staff progress into autonomous roles such as Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Emergency Nurse Practitioners. Our amazing Emergency Nurse Practitioners Service sees approximately 25% of all our attendances. We have a range of skilled adult nurses and dedicated paediatric nurses who are enthusiastic to share their vast experience and knowledge with you. The Head of Nursing, Matrons, Sister & Charge Nurses also work clinically to ensure high-quality care is delivered and that staff are continually supported. We have developed welfare teams, so there is always someone to listen and support you.
Main duties of the job
To participate within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering appropriate safe patient care in a timely fashion, working towards the role of Team Leader and providing clinical expertise to ensure the delivery of appropriate safe patient care.
We are welcoming highly motivated, caring, enthusiastic, and innovative individuals to come and join our exciting nursing teams. We welcome informal visits, so please contact us to arrange a telephone conference or visit to discuss the exciting opportunities we have to offer. We can offer part-time hours; however, all vacancies are internal rotation.
About us
We are proud to provide 'Outstanding' care and be a great place to work.
We provide safe, compassionate, and high-quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by over 7000 members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye, and Uckfield, over 100 community sites, and in people's homes.
In 2020, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as 'Good' overall and 'Outstanding' for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated 'Outstanding', while Eastbourne DGH is rated 'Good'.
In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious 'Building for our Future' programme, aiming to repair, redevelop, and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are dedicated to training and education and have strong links to Greenwich, Brighton, and Canterbury Universities for both degree and master's courses. We offer a range of courses to suit our staff needs: Advanced physical and paediatric assessment, mentorship, and the full range of resuscitation council courses (ATLS, EPLS, PILS, ILS, ALS). During your induction, you will be invited to a skills week, an in-house course run by the ED Matrons, where you will learn the essentials to work within our EDs. This comprises intraosseous access, care of the sick child, ILS, and PILS. These skills weeks will be repeated during the year with content that staff request to be taught. We have highly experienced Practice Development Nurses, one of whom won the Mentor of the Year Award, and we have been nominated Team of the Year by the students we supported in the past. They will work closely with you in all areas of the ED: triage, majors, minors, and resuscitation.
For further information or an informal discussion, please contact Ross Williams, Head of Nursing, at 0300 131 4500 and request the switchboard connect you.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Evidence of diploma level / degree level study
* Registered General Nurse on the NMC register
* Evidence of continual professional development
Desirable
* ECDL Qualification
Experience
Essential
* Generic pre-registration experience in a care environment
* An understanding of the NHS
* Ability to undertake further training and development
Desirable
* Previous experience of chosen specialty
* Previous experience of working in a hospital setting
Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
Essential
* Basic Life Support
* Competent in drug calculation and use of infusion equipment
* Basic IT skills - knowledge of Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and Outlook
Employer details
Employer name
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Conquest Hospital
The Ridge
St Leonards-on-Sea
TN37 7RD
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