Senior Staff Nurse - Emergency Department (Band 6)

Due to internal promotions we are pleased to have vacancies for Senior Staff Nurses in our Emergency Department. If you are passionate about delivering excellent nursing care and looking to work as part of a dynamic team we are looking for you!

The senior staff nurse is a highly skilled practitioner who is able to work as the senior nurse in all areas of the department. They will also be expected to take charge of an area of the department and develop shift leader competencies under supervision.

We regularly offer places on ILS, ALS, ATNC, APLS, Physical Assessment or ENP courses. To support your leadership development the trust offers many in house courses such as the icare leadership course as well as external accredited courses.

Applicants will demonstrate experience of working in all areas of ED. All records of courses attended or competencies achieved must be brought to interview.

Post holders would be expected to rotate onto nights and weekends as part of a four-week rota basis. Flexible working will be considered as part of the trust values

MAIN DUTIES

KEY FUNCTIONS

1. The post holder will assist in providing individualised, co-ordinated care for all patients assigned to them.

2. Provides nursing care without supervision and contributes to the development and evaluation of nursing practice in the Emergency Department.

3. Effectively co-ordinates individual areas of the department (e.g. Majors/Resus/Paediatrics) supervising and supporting junior staff.

4. Takes charge of the department under supervision of senior colleagues,

whilst working towards departmental shift leader competencies.

5. Provides expert teaching and supervision to junior colleagues to uplift their clinical skills and knowledge

6. Ensure the Trust ICARE values are upheld.

CLINICAL

1. To assess, plan and implement evidence based, individualised patient care.

2. To liaise regularly with the Nurse-in-Charge regarding patient care and flow.

3. To provide direct nursing care which is consistently of a high standard

4. To take responsibility for a defined group of patients.

5. To maintain accurate and appropriate nursing documentation and ensure communication and liaison with the multidisciplinary team is maintained.

6. To act as a role model and assist, support and supervise other nurses in the team as required, including undertaking role of preceptor.

7. To deliver care in line with evidence-based practices and latest nursing research.

8. To delegate as appropriate within the team, taking accountability for delegation.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

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