Staff Nurse Emergency Department

Job overview

Attention all skilled A&E  nurses!

We're seeking compassionate individuals to join our team of Staff Nurses in the Emergency Department at   Charing Cross Hospital . If you thrive in dynamic environments and are committed to providing exceptional patient care, we want to hear from you!

Apply now and become an integral part of our dedicated team.

You will have the opportunity to work in all areas of the department, supported by the Matron and charge nurses, where you can develop your own clinical and management skills as you further your career.

Applicants will need to demonstrate a dynamic, hardworking, and passionate approach to delivering high quality patient care. The ability to administer IV drugs is essential. Venipuncture / Cannulation, and ILS are desirable but not essential.

What we offer:

• Work based educational initiatives
• Accredited foundations of emergency nursing course and accredited emergency nursing course
• Flexible working patterns
• Continued professional development
• Capital Nurse QIS course
• Rotations to ITU, paediatrics, ambulatory emergency care and the clinical research team
• Development pathway for career emergency nurses, including Masters’ programmes and ENP training.

Main duties of the job

• To provide high quality, effective, individualised care to all patients that is compassionate and caring.
• To assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate them without supervision.
• To keep up to date with skills and knowledge

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews  please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

• Carry out planned care for a group of patients without direct supervision
• Ensure the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based
• individualised patient care
• Assist and advise staff, both registered and unregistered in the delivery of patient care
• Maintain accurate clinical observations of the patient and act accordingly
• Undertake nursing procedures
• Have responsibility for the correct administration and custody of medicines according to Trust policy
• Monitor patients’ progress, work towards safe and timely discharge plans and ensure barriers to discharge are identified and acted on appropriately
• Act as the patient’s advocate