Staff Nurse - Emergency Department

Job overview

As a registered nurse the post holder will provide care to adults with acute health needs in the emergency department.

The post holder will be accountable and responsible for providing a high standard of patient centred care.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Main duties of the job

To carry out care without direct supervision as part of the Emergency Department team.

To communicate effectively within the multidisciplinary team.

Contribute towards the effective running of the department including patient safe and timely care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provision of specialist, high quality nursing care and support for adult patients and their relatives/carers
• Appropriate delegation of duties to other members of staff for effective delivery of patient care
• To provide timely nurse led interventions for the benefit of the patients
• To assess, plan implement and evaluate care of patients from admission to
• To be part of the effective admission / transfer / discharge of a patient involving the family, carers, significant other, multidisciplinary team and community teams when
• To maintain effective channels of communication with patients, relatives and all staff involved in providing
• To provide and receive nursing handover reports in the role of team
• To act as the named nurse to an individual or a group of
• To be part of the process in implementing clinical governance and the impact this has on patient care, e. audit and evidenced based practice.
• Ensure that written documentation are maintained in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for Records and Record Keeping and Trust
• To ensure that the storage and administration of Medicines is carried out according to statutory and Trust regulations
• To display knowledge in ED key performance indicators and the impact this has on clinical