STAFF NURSE (ED) BAND 5

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital. Our 5,500 staff have 1.2m patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations carried out in our Theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and our emergency attendances are now well over 100,000 per year. Those numbers only tell part of our story about what an exciting time it is to join Great Western Hospitals.

We are cultivating a culture that fosters our ambitions, prioritising equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership. We aim to create an environment where every member of our team can truly thrive. The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.

If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, we advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

This role is offered on either a full time or part time basis. This means that candidates interested in working full or part time are encouraged to apply and will receive a salary on a pro rata basis subject to hours offered. Come and join us at this exciting time, we have just opened our new Adult emergency department in the Summer of 2024, and our new Children's emergency unit in November 2024. Are you looking for a new challenge and new opportunity to broaden your career?

The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GWH) is an ambitious organisation, motivated to provide consistently high quality services to our patients. Our staff report that our organisation is a friendly and supportive one to work within and we currently hold some of the highest levels of staff engagement within the region.

Main Duties:

• The post holder will be responsible for the delivery of high quality care to a defined patient group either within the acute hospital setting.
• They are responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of evidence based individualised patient care within the boundaries of their role.
• The post holder will contribute to the continuing development of standards of care including developments of nursing standards and monitoring of outcomes.
• The post holder will be expected to continue with their own professional development.

Working for our Organisation:

Our STAR values Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities:

• Plan, deliver and evaluate compassionate nursing care to meet the patients individualised needs.
• Ensure the highest standards of care and safety are maintained.
• To be responsible for the assessment of individual patients using the appropriate programme/models of care and ensuring co-ordination and implementation of the discharge assessment process and appropriate multi-disciplinary referrals.
• Responsible for the safe custody and administration of medicines, using a range of routes (once competency achieved) within the NMC Standards for Administration of Medicines and adhering to local policy.
• To support the nurse in charge with the day to day planning, the delivery of a high quality nursing service and the continuous improvement of that service.
• Promote patient involvement in care planning, implementing and sustaining communication systems to keep patients and their relatives/families informed of treatment and progress.
• To ensure effective communication is achieved and maintained of sensitive information, with regard to the patient assessments and clinical details.
• To act as a role model, ensuring high quality, professional standards are maintained and delivered at all times.

Person Specification:

Qualifications:

• Essential Criteria:
• First Level Registered Nurse
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Current/live registration with the Nursing Midwifery Council
• Further qualifications relevant to the role
• Desirable Criteria:
• Diploma/Degree qualification
• Leadership qualification
• Mentor/Supervision Course
• Completed/completing the RCN National curriculum and competency framework for emergency nursing level 1

Experience:

• Essential Criteria:
• Recent experience nursing patients in an acute/community setting or recently completed a Return to Nursing course
• Experience within a range of patient/client care groups
• Working within a multi-disciplinary team environment
• Able to demonstrate effective consolidation of nursing knowledge and practice after qualification and Preceptorship
• Desirable Criteria:
• Experience working within an Emergency department

Skills:

• Essential Criteria:
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Able to undertake audits
• IT Literate
• Good interpersonal skills and is able to deal with difficult/sensitive situations
• Ability to prioritise and organise own workload
• Willingness to undertake training and assessment for further clinical skills.
• Ability to document details clearly and accurately

Thank you for expressing interest in this role. For further employer guidance, please review the attached supplementary applicant information.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Eligibility for This Role Requires:

• Current right to work in the UK, subject to verification.
• Qualification of the eligibility sponsorship criteria.

Current employees should be aware that this position is advertised as a Great Western Hospitals position and appointment ends any TUPE protection.

Candidates are responsible for covering the cost of their own DBS check if required: £21.50 for a Standard DBS check, recoverable from the first pay, or £49.50 for an Enhanced DBS check, divided and recoverable over the initial two pay periods. Payment for DBS checks for bank posts must be settled prior to commencement. Apprentices are exempt from DBS payment.

We are committed to supporting our staff in achieving a healthy work-life balance through flexible work arrangements. Upon joining the Trust, you have the right to request flexible working, with an unlimited number of requests allowed.

Upon acceptance of a job offer, your information will be transferred to the national NHS Electronic Staff Records System. All communication regarding your application will be conducted via email; please ensure to check your junk/spam folders as emails may occasionally be filtered there.