The Emergency Department, one of the busiest in the UK, handles over 100,000 patients annually and features various specialized areas, including resuscitation and rapid assessment units. The role requires a proactive, forward-thinking individual with experience in shift leading. Candidates should be committed to enhancing both their own clinical and leadership skills in a dynamic environment that prioritizes high standards of care and public service.
Are you looking for your next career step in the Emergency Department? Are you currently a senior charge nurse, or perhaps looking to develop into your first band 7 role within emergency care? Then we want to hear from you!
We have expanded our department, and are seeking passionate, dedicated and caring experienced emergency care nurses to join our team, who share our vision for excellence. Experience of shift leading and managing patient flow will be essential, as is the ability to dynamically stream patients to the appropriate caregiver. You must be forward thinking, and committed to the ever-evolving needs of the department and be proactive in the journey of improving the experience of the general public who access our emergency services daily.
We are a diverse team who strive for further improvement and will be able to support you to develop and enhance your knowledge in both emergency medicine and leadership and management skills.
You will be responsible for the care and development of both junior colleagues and student nurses, creating an atmosphere conducive to learning and practice development, whilst also planning, providing and maintaining a high standard of effective nursing care to our patients and their relatives.
If you are looking for a new exciting and challenge role that will be rewarding, we would very much like to hear from you.
As a Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, within the Emergency Department, you will be responsible for ensuring that safe, effective and high-quality care is provided round-the-clock, taking the lead in the management of all clinical duties, exploring safe provision of the service through skill-mix review and allocation to workload,working in partnership with your associate director of nursing, head of nursing, matrons, clinical service groups, other wards across the healthcare group and wider trust, as well as additional services provided across the healthcare community.
You will also support the development of all staff, creating an atmosphere conducive to learning and practice development and continuously develop and enhance your own knowledge and skills, which will directly influence consistent standards of clinical practice.The Emergency Department at the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, is one of the busiest emergency departments in the country (relative to size). Each year, the adult and paediatric departments assess, treat, admit and or discharge in excess of 100,000 patients per year. within the department there is a resuscitation, majors, further assessment, rapid assessment and treatment, streaming and respiratory areas. The department is supported by a large Urgent Treatment centre, consisting of a GP stream and Minor Injury Unit.
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