Staff Nurse​/Paramedic- Emergency Department

Main area Emergency Department Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (24/7 coverage, working Days, Nights, Weekends and Bank holidays. 11.5hr shift pattern including twilights) Job
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Employer The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site The Royal Wolverhampton Hospital, New Cross Hospital. Urgent and Emergency Care Centre Town Wolverhampton Salary £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing Today at 23:59

We have an exciting opportunity for a group of experienced Band 5 nurses or paramedics to join the Emergency Department team at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. As one of the regions busiest Emergency Departments and Trauma Unit this is an opportunity to play a key role in innovation and transformation. We are looking for qualified band 5 nurses with a minimum of 6 months post qualification experience in the acute hospital setting.

These posts are not suitable for NQN.

The Role of a band 5 within the Emergency Department is that of delivering quality of care to all our patients. You will be supported in learning a vast range of new skills, including dressings, treatment of high dependency patients and Triage. You will work across all areas of the departments including Resus, the Ambulance Receiving Centre and Triage meaning no two shifts are the same.

You will have a dedicated Band 6 and Band 7 sister to support you we have a dedicated Practice Education team to help you with your learning and training needs.

To provide high quality nursing care and participate in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care needs for the patient group.

To deliver compassionate person-centred care, and treat patients, service users, their families and their careers with consideration, dignity and the respect you would want for yourself or your family.

To provide relevant forms of care with minimal supervision and participate in the supervision and teaching and assessment of unregistered or junior staff and students.

To play an active part in the continuing development of the ward or department and contribute to the maintenance of an environment conducive to the delivery of high standards of patient care, by promoting good communication and relationships between staff, patients, relatives and visitors

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow.

We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards;
The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

To ensure safe and effective clinical practice.

• Practice within the NMC Standards of Practice and Behaviour for Nurses and Midwives
• Participate in the assessment of patient care needs, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care in accordance with the agreed policies and…