[ref. g51078522] Staff Nurse - Emergency Department - NHS

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

Are you looking for a new challenge?

Would you like in depth knowledge, training and support to develop your ED skills?

Then come and join our amazing nursing team!!

Stoke Mandeville Hospital Emergency Department are looking for innovative, hardworking and dedicated staff to come and join our strong nursing team. We now have band 5 vacancies available and we are looking for dynamic nurses to help deliver an excellent service to our patients, and to maintain our outstanding care which was determined by our latest CQC report.

We have a good reputation for supporting our staff with Acute Nurse Practitioners (ANPs), Emergency Nurse Practitioners (ENPs), an Emergency Nurse Consultant and a dedicated Practice Development Nurse. Supernumerary time is given on commencing the post and a newly designed bespoke Masters level Emergency Care module validated by Oxford Brookes University is set to commence in 2020.

The Emergency Department sees around 85,000 patients annually. The department has recently been expanded to include a brand new, purpose built resuscitation area, a new Emergency Observation unit with modernised assessment and soon to be refurbished majors’ area.

We have a dedicated Paediatric Decisions Unit adjacent to the main Emergency Department which consists of a waiting area, assessment spaces and cubicles. We also have GP service and an Ambulatory Care Unit. We have level 2 trauma status.

Main duties of the job

• Is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care, maintaining a high standard without direct supervision within the framework of trust and departmental policies.
• Works within own sphere of competence and regulation.
• Is expected to supervise qualified and/or unqualified staff.
• Is able and expected to teach qualified and unqualified staff including pre-registered and post basic students

Working for our organisation

Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! - BHT - A great place to work (buckshealthcare.nhs.uk)

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

• RGN

• BLS, ILS or ALS
• Able to mentor students

Special Circumstances

• Internal rotation to nights

• May be required to work in other departments if requested to do so
• The candidate is required to work across site on occasion

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

• Excellent communication skills
• Awareness of Professional Scope of Practice
• Aware of DoH guidance of Clinical governance

• Awareness of the Emergency access targets
• Self motivated
• Able to use a computer

Experience

• Some experience in Emergency or Acute care

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.