Staff Nurse Emergency Department - London

Job overview

Staff Nurse

Emergency Department and Urgent Care Centre

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

Are you ready to join a top performing Foundation trust in the heart of London?

Do you want to join a friendly, focused team to give high quality care?

Our Emergency Department has expanded and therefore we are looking to recruit a professional and enthusiastic Band 5 Staff Nurse. We take great pride in being part of a top performing Trust and top performing Emergency Department.

This post is for adult Registered Nurses.

Main duties of the job

The staff nurse will accept delegated responsibility for specific activities/areas from the senior nurse.

S/he will maintain the philosophy, policies, standards of care and morale of the department, whilst also being aware of the importance of the role in supporting members of the emergency team, in line with the Trust values – Excellent, Safe, Kind and Respectful.

S/he will strive to deliver high standards of care to patients and their carers.

S/he will continue to develop, practice and expand own general and specialist nursing skills.

S/he will work with colleagues to ensure high standards of nursing care in the department.

S/he will maintain high standards of professional and ethical responsibility, and be aware of medico-legal aspects of the emergency department.

Working for our organisation

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.

Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.

Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Perform the role of the emergency nurse, delivering care as directed by senior colleagues.
• Participate in planning, initiating and evaluating nursing care.
• Work with all disciplines for the total care of patients.
• Maintain effective communication with patients, their relatives and other relevant agencies.
• Support patients, relatives and carers in instances of extreme stress or bereavement with the supervision of senior colleagues.
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
• Continue the development of advanced skills within the framework of the departmental policies.
• Provide care to patients accessing the Urgent Care Centre, including assessment for analgesia, requesting x-rays for minor injuries, and organizing the transfer of patients from the UCC facility.
• To adhere to safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring the protection of vulnerable adults has a high profile.
• Will undertake further initial assessment of patients who are waiting to be seen by GPs or ANPs e.g. analgesia; first aid and requesting x-rays.
• Monitor welfare of patients in the various UCC streams to ensure they are comfortable and aware of waiting times.
• Liaise with both streamers in drawing patients into the various UCC streams.
• Will liaise with GP, ENP & F2 in coordinating the transfer of referred patients to their correct destination e.g. AAU.
• Will liaise with GP, ENP & F2 in coordinating the review of patients who require specialist review in the UCC or EOU e.g. Plastics, rapid response.
• Will support UCC staff in the delivery of post-assessment treatments e.g. wound care; plastering and discharge follow-up advice.

• Form and develop leadership skills.
• Ensure safe custody, administration and maintenance of drugs in accordance with district policy and law.
• Manage a safe clinical environment within the Health and Safety at Work act.
• Have knowledge of the role within policies and procedures relating to fire, bomb alert, major accident, cardiac arrest.
• Carry out procedures within hospital guidelines and ensure these are adhered to.
• Manage and maintain resources within the clinical area (equipment and supplies).
• Manage incidents within hospital policy and procedure.
• Communicate information on nursing activity and related matters, and report as appropriate.
• Take responsibility for special projects as discussed with senior nurse.
• Demonstrate good documentation skills.

• Assist with teaching programme for learners and qualified staff within the clinical area.
• Aid professional development of the nursing team.
• Practice role as health educator.
• Develop mentoring responsibility for learner nurses in the Emergency Department & Urgent Care Centre.

• Develop advanced clinical skills and expertise in emergency nursing.
• Remain up to date with clinical and professional developments in nursing, and attend relevant study sessions as appropriate.
• Participate in the planning and implementing of new ideas.
• Develop management and leadership skills with a view to promotion.
• Participate in regular appraisal.
• Participate in clinical supervision.
• Work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

• Ensure all communication, which may be complex, contentious or sensitive, is undertaken in a responsive and inclusive manner, focusing on improvement and ways to move forward.
• Ensure all communication is presented appropriately to the different recipients, according to levels of understanding, type of communication being imparted and possible barriers such as language, culture, understanding or physical or mental health conditions.

General

Covid-19 vaccination is a condition of employment for this role, unless an exemption applies. The successful applicant may have contact with vulnerable service users and we will therefore seek proof of being fully vaccinated during the recruitment process.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Basic Life Support skills
• one year post qualification

• Acute Life-threatening Events Recognition & Treatment (ALERT
• Immediate Life Support (ILS)
• Mentorship In Practice, e.g. ENB 998, Slice, City & Guilds.

Experience

• Current Acute Hospital setting experience

• Experience working in a Urgent Care Centre facility

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE - SPECIAL

• IV drug administration
• Catheterisation
• Venepuncture and Cannulation
• Recognition of the ill patient taking correct course of action by reporting to or working with the senior nurse
• Good communication and interpersonal skills to enable effective relationships with all staff; the patients and their carers, and emergency service personnel
• Able to work within multi-disciplinary team
• Able to care for a designated group of patients with supervision from the senior nurse
• Able to support student nurses and untrained staff
• Basic resuscitation skills
• Able to anticipate stressful situations and act in a supportive manner to all involved
• Able to support bereaved relatives and friends with supervision from the senior nurse
• Able to recognise the potential for physical or verbal violence and to take appropriate action
• Evidence of using initiative
• Awareness of current developments in emergency care

Personal qualities

• Receptive
• Adaptable
• Self-motivated

• The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.