Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

Job overview

“If you are passionate about emergency nursing, come and join our friendly team,” says Lead Nurse, Elvira. “We have great learning and development opportunities to suit your career development."

We are recruiting experienced Band 5 Registered Nurses in our Emergency Department at Harrogate Hospital.

You will have the opportunity to provide solutions to new innovative ways of working and support moving the service forward with the Emergency Care Team, whilst increasing your own knowledge and experience.

We offer excellent opportunities for all our Registered Nurses to train in TARTS, TNCC, ALS & EPALS.  We also support all registered nurses to complete the Child in the Emergency Department Modules through Leeds Beckett University.

We have a dedicated Practice Educator who offers in house training and support tailored to your requirements.

Our OSCE programme is currently closed so you must have an NMC PIN and two-years post-NMC PIN experience.

Main duties of the job

“I love working here — the staff and management are incredibly supportive,” says Inga, a Registered Nurse who qualified last year following her final student placement in our Emergency Department.

We are currently seeking Registered Nurses with a minimum of two years’ post-registration experience in an acute or emergency setting. Applicants should be confident and competent in:

• Assessing, planning and delivering care to acutely unwell adults and children, as well as patients presenting with minor injuries.
• Prioritising care based on the critical nature and severity of each patient’s condition.
• Applying strong clinical knowledge, critical thinking and attention to detail to undertake comprehensive patient assessments, gather medical history and personal information, and escalate immediately to medical staff when life-threatening concerns arise.
• Thriving in a fast-paced, high-pressure clinical environment, maintaining accuracy and professionalism at all times.
• Being proactive and able to use your own initiative to respond effectively to rapidly changing clinical situations.

Shift Patterns: 07:00–19:30, 12:00–00:00, 14:00–02:00, 19:00–07:30 You must be able to work a combination of these shifts.

**If you are successful in gaining an interview, we encourage you to be ready to speak about emergency care standards, common ED presentations and management with a key focus on fundamentals of care.**

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

“It’s such a great team and I’ve learnt a lot working in the department," says Registered Nurse, Temi.

As an Emergency Department we are committed to providing high quality care within a demanding service by ensuring our nursing team is proactive and possess the additional clinical skills required to provide individualised care for patients presenting conditions.

You must demonstrate excellent communicate skills, initiative, drive and a willingness to learn to expand your knowledge and skills.

For more information please see the job description attached. If you have any questions, please contact ED Lead Nurses;

Elvira Obrinja [email protected]

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Rachael Worton on [email protected]

01423 557979

Happy for your to come and visit us or shadow the team if necessary, pre-interview.