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Client: Location: Kilmarnock, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
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EU work permit required: Yes
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Job Reference: 0662b25104a3
Job Views: 6
Posted: 29.06.2025
Expiry Date: 13.08.2025
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Job Description: Client Name: NHS Ayrshire and Arran
Role: Band 5 Registered Nurse - Emergency Department
Shifts: Flexible hours, with shifts available throughout the day, night and at weekends.
Competitive pay rates
First sight of agency nursing shifts across multiple trusts
Block bookings in your favourite locations
Excellent support from your own dedicated consultant
Revalidation support
24/7/365 service - we're available when you need us
Your clinical knowledge and experience will help you to support seriously ill patients and their families throughout what can be a stressful and uncertain time. You will be carrying out essential tasks such as taking blood and undertaking patient observations for post-surgery patients as well as emergency admissions and planned admissions. Your calm, reassuring nature and methodical approach to tasks will ensure patients feel safe and reassured.
In addition to your qualifications, as a Band 5 Registered Nurse, you will have:
quick thinking abilities
patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
excellent attention to detail
a methodical approach to tasks
the ability to work well and under pressure
empathy and understanding
a desire to learn and improve
the ability to use a computer competently
Main Duties/Responsibilities
As a Band 5 Registered Nurse with NHS Ayrshire and Arran, you will:
Provide constant monitoring and care for patients in a seriously ill or unstable condition.
Actively support emergency admissions, planned admissions and post-surgery patients and their families, communicating clinical information using a variety of methods, to ensure effective understanding.
Safely identify, prepare, check, and assemble equipment required for the relevant operating list.
Adhere to the NMC professional Code of Conduct.
Take blood/fit a cannula and undertake patient observations (blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration rate and oxygen level) as patient need dictates throughout the shift.
Write care plans, perform assessments, and make referrals.
Organise admissions and discharges to and from the ward.
Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications
Be a Registered Nurse.
At least 2 years post-graduate experience.
6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.
You will need to pass an enhanced background check.
If you are ready to demonstrate your nursing skills and passion for patient care in this Band 5 Registered Nurse role, we can't wait to hear from you. Apply today.
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