Are you ready for the next step in your career? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team as a Junior Charge Nurse in the Emergency Department at King George Hospital.
You will work with Matrons, Charge Nurses, and other staff members to drive the service forward and deliver high-quality patient care. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop new skills, gain further knowledge, and experience. Our Emergency Department service is extremely busy, offering our staff exceptional opportunities for learning and development.
You will be exposed to caring for different groups of patients within the department. High-quality patient care is at the heart of our work, and you will be joining a growing and motivated team who are passionate about raising standards. You should hold or be working towards the A & E course or equivalent, and be experienced in all aspects of emergency care.
· Ensures that a high standard of cleanliness is maintained within the department
· Through evidence of good practice, promotes and assists the delivery of a high standard of care and quality of service delivery, with due recognition for economy
· Assesses, plans and ensures the safe discharge of patients from the A & E department, where necessary working in collaboration with the A & E discharge team, initiating care packages provided by other professions and agencies as dictated by patient need.
· To act at all times in accordance with NMC & Trust policies, protocols and guides for good practice within own scope of professional practice and the Emergency Services Philosophy of Care.
· Observe confidentiality of all information – verbal and written.
· Be prepared to act as shift leader in the Accident & Emergency department in the absence of a Charge Nurse
· Ensures that a high standard of cleanliness is maintained within the department
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application, please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Tosin Aragbaiye, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5934. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
This advert closes on Wednesday 16 Jul 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr