Adult Emergency Staff Nurse - Band 5

Job overview

Barts Health is the largest NHS trust in the UK, it boasts 3 emergency departments, one of which is the Royal London Hospital.  We are a major trauma centre and hyper  acute stroke unit providing  urgent specialist treatment to North East London and beyond.  We are an innovative team and work closely with our research colleagues  to integrate pioneering,  world class care and treatments, developing new pathways and services to provide efficient,  patient centred approach to emergency medicine.

We offer a structured orientation and on-going mentorship support to guide your progress through the early stages of your Emergency nursing career. We follow the RCN national emergency nursing framework competencies.  Our experienced PDN and senior nurse team will support you in achieving these competencies at level one, with a mapped pathway into our ED and trauma courses at level 2. Our Department offers the successful candidate a unique learning environment to enable the achievement of your learning objectives.

When submitting your application, in your supporting statement please describe a time you have had to prioritise care for multiple patients in a fast-paced clinical environment. Explain how you made decisions, what tools or systems supported you, and how you achieved a positive outcome?

Please note, this advert may close early if sufficient applications are received before the closing date.

Main duties of the job

Our department is also able to offer several exciting  secondment prospects including the Physician Response Unit. This opportunity, unique to our department, incorporates a nurse into the pre hospital MDT response unit . Nurses who successfully pass their development program will be integrated into our sister service the REACH (Rapid Emergency Assessment Coordination HUB) A pioneering service offering emergency care in the community.  We encourage ‘nurse champions’ to take a lead in an area of care that interest you and support the team in project work for quality improvement.

You must have over six months' acute post registration experience with the skills and abilities to deliver high standards of care and have the resilience to meet the challenges of our busy and stimulating work environment. You should be self-motivated, an excellent communicator and have proven organisational / clinical skills.

With a diverse range of career options to match the enormous range of services we provide, we can help you develop your career and grow with Barts Health.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide the highest standard of individualised and holistic patient care, in conjunction with the interdisciplinary team. The post holder will work within the NMC Code, trust policies, guidance and procedures to ensure safe working practice of self and others.