Staff Nurse post in the Emergency Department and Same Day Emergency Care Unit at Wye Valley NHS Trust, a busy acute setting. The nurse assesses, plans, delivers and evaluates patient care within a multidisciplinary team, mostly under a senior nurse's supervision, and helps supervise staff and students. The post involves internal shift rotation, with the trust keen to hear from RMNs and RSCNs, and offers a preceptorship package for newly qualified nurses. Applicants need first level registration; post-registration experience in emergency or acute care is preferred.
What the job involves
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care, mainly under senior nurse supervision
- Promote multidisciplinary, patient-centred care
- Take charge of the ward or department on an infrequent basis when senior staff are absent
- Participate in supervising staff and students
- Work internal shift rotation
- Promote independence and set realistic individualised goals to support proactive discharge planning
What’s required
Registration & licences
- First level registered nurse
Skills & knowledge
- Time management of self and others
- Problem solving
- Ability to influence at management and team level
- Good knowledge of government initiatives or equivalent
- Advocacy for the nursing profession
- Effective verbal and written communication with a wide range of people
Other
- Flexible and adaptable
- Team player
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Sensitive and effective handling of difficult information and situations
Nice to have
- Post-registration experience, preferably in emergency care or the acute setting
- Experience within the relevant clinical area
- RMN or RSCN background, particularly welcomed
What’s offered
- Preceptorship package for newly qualified nurses
- Opportunity to work across community and acute settings at any career stage
- Support from the Emergency Department Practice Development Nurse
- Work-life balance
- Support to achieve full potential through development with the trust
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
