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Registered nurse - emergency department

Stevenage
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Registered nurse
Posted: 9 July
Offer description

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse - Emergency Department who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Due to the expansion of our Emergency Department and Urgent Treatment Centre we are looking for Nurses who are searching for opportunities to further develop their career and who possess excellent communication skills, strong team working skills and can evidence the delivery of good patient care.

The ED prides itself on providing high quality, compassionate care, and a desire to be amongst the best. Including in the expansion of new builds, the Acute Assessment Unit and ward have also been upgraded, this includes a 16 trolley spaces for direct GP heralded patients along with 2 ward areas for acute short stay medical admissions.

If you are dynamic, enthusiastic, and looking for the next challenge to help build further on our reputation as one of the safest and best hospitals then this role may be for you?

If you are a due to qualify from university this year please only apply for our specific Newly Qualified Registered Nurse post when available.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.


Main duties of the job

You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care needs of patients from admission (or before) to discharge, with the involvement of patients and their relatives/carers.

Participate in the ongoing training, supervision, and support of registered and non-registered nursing staff. This includes Trainee Assistant Practitioners, Clinical Support Workers undertaking apprenticeships and pre-registration Student Nurses.

Evaluation of own knowledge and practice and makes effective use of appropriate learning opportunities, such as department training, Trust training, conference attendance, shadow staff, literature searching and reading.

Communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, nursing collages, the Multidisciplinary Team and all other relevant personnel.

Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations, utilise escalation strategies, such as SBAR and pathways.

We are not currently able to support OSCE training.


Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Teaching Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

• New Queen Elizabeth II, Welwyn Garden City

• Hertford County, Hertford

• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.


Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.


Person specification


qualifications


Essential criteria

* Registered Nurse on part 1, part 2 or part 12 of the NMC register
* Commitment to life long learning
* Evidence of ongoing professional development


Desirable criteria

* Evidence of Assessing and Mentorship qualification


experience


Essential criteria

* Experience within an Emergency department / within a ward environment equivalent


Desirable criteria

* Currently working in an acute ward environment within the NHS
* Experience of supporting students/clinical support workers within the NHS


skills


Essential criteria

* Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
* Ability to work within a team and autonomously
* Recognising / managing acutely unwell patients


Desirable criteria

* Computer literacy
* Phlebotomy, cannulation skills


Knowledge


Essential criteria

* Awareness of strategies for maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors
* Understanding of Trust policies including but not limited to IPC Standards, Uniform Policy, etc.


Desirable criteria

* Understanding of current NHS issues and 4 hour performance


Other Requirements


Essential criteria

* Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
* Role model our Trust values every day

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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