Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

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., 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 Shortlisted candidates will be required to undertake the drug calculation assessment.

Candidate who pass this assessment will then progress to the interview stage., Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.,

• 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.

• Understanding of current NHS issues and 4 hour performance
  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.
• Registered Nurse on part 1, part 2 or part 12 of the NMC register
• Commitment to life long learning
• Evidence of ongoing professional development, Experience with in an Emergency department / within a ward environment equivalent, Currently working in an acute ward environment within the NHS
• Experience of supporting students/clinical support workers within the NHS

• Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to work within a team and autonomously
• Recognising / managing acutely unwell patients, Computer literacy
• Phlebotomy, cannulation skills
• MTS Triage Trained
  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? 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.

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

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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 and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests.

Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.