Staff Nurse - Pilgrim Emergency Department - Band 5

Job description

Job summary

Pilgrim ED are looking for experienced Registered Nurses, Children's Nurses or Paramedics to join our dynamic and ever expanding team. If you are passionate about emergency care and have a desire to work in an Emergency Department- we would like to hear from you!

Both Full and Part time positions available.

If you would like further information or to come and have a look around the department please contact Sister Vikki Hoadley or Matron Philippa Davies.

Responsibilities of the successful candidate will include: triaging patients (training provided) undertaking nursing assessments, delivering critical treatments in a timely manner, carrying out investigations such as venepuncture and cannulation (extra training can be provided should you not have these skills), resuscitation care, intentional rounding and assisting patients with their nutritional needs and personal care.

We want all staff to be able to confidently and calmly deliver high quality and safe care to those visiting our Emergency Department.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for experienced Band 5 registrants, both adult and paediatric trained, to join a team of hard-working nurses who can deliver care of a high standard across all streams within the emergency department. The Emergency department sees 58,000 new patients each year and provide a demanding and challenging environment in which to work.

Duties for this post will include clinical duties such as assessing, planning, delivery and evaluation of nursing care and supporting colleagues in providing care provision. Band 5 Nurses will be given the opportunity to work towards their RCN level one and two emergency nursing competences.

Working with and leading the multi-disciplinary team, you will need to have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to motivate and manage, adapting to rapidly changing situations.

About us

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

Job description

Job responsibilities

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!

Job description
Job responsibilities

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!!!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualification to degree level in an adult nursing field.
• Professional NMC registration (part 1)
• Willingness to work towards disease specific modules
• Mentorship qualification

Desirable

• Specific CPD modules relevant to specific field.

Skills/Competencies

Essential

• Ability to provide holistic care to patients in a variety of settings through the nursing process: Assess, Plan, implement, review
• Nursing competencies which may include, but are not exclusive to, TV, PEOL, continence Care, holistic care, medication administration

Desirable

• Extended clinical competencies that are transferrable to a community/acute setting

Knowledge

Essential

• Community/acute pathways of care
• Standards of proficiencies for registered nurse

Expereince

Essential

• Decision making, prioritisation and delegation skills
• Autonomous practice in Nursing

Desirable

• Nursing in an acute/community experience

Special attributes/specific requirements

Essential

• Computer literacy
• Ability to travel across the Trust and adapt to a flexible working pattern to work to meet the needs of the service
• Positive role model
• Flexible approach to meet service need

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Be an advocate and role more of the group values

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Qualification to degree level in an adult nursing field.
• Professional NMC registration (part 1)
• Willingness to work towards disease specific modules
• Mentorship qualification

Desirable

• Specific CPD modules relevant to specific field.

Skills/Competencies

Essential

• Ability to provide holistic care to patients in a variety of settings through the nursing process: Assess, Plan, implement, review
• Nursing competencies which may include, but are not exclusive to, TV, PEOL, continence Care, holistic care, medication administration

Desirable

• Extended clinical competencies that are transferrable to a community/acute setting

Knowledge

Essential

• Community/acute pathways of care
• Standards of proficiencies for registered nurse

Expereince

Essential

• Decision making, prioritisation and delegation skills
• Autonomous practice in Nursing

Desirable

• Nursing in an acute/community experience

Special attributes/specific requirements

Essential

• Computer literacy
• Ability to travel across the Trust and adapt to a flexible working pattern to work to meet the needs of the service
• Positive role model
• Flexible approach to meet service need

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Be an advocate and role more of the group values

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address

Pilgrim Hospital

Sibsey Road

Boston

PE21 9QS

United Kingdom

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