Band 5 Staff Nurse - Emergency Department

at  Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Barnet Emergency Department is an exciting place to work and we are passionate about getting it right for patients and their families. We are looking to appoint passionate, enthusiastic, motivated and dynamic Band 5 registered nurses.
As well as treating acutely unwell patients , our department has an integrated Urgent Care Centre which has Emergency Nurse Practitioners working with the GPs to deliver an efficient and responsive service for patients presenting with minor injuries and illness.
We recognise the importance of progression and nurturing our own staff, you will start with a supernumerary induction programme which is individualised to your professional needs and supported by our dedicated team of Practice facilitators.
The post holder will be expected to liaise appropriately with all key members of the multi-disciplinary team and service users related to the speciality
To be responsible for all aspects of patient care including the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of direct patient care with supervision from senior staff
To work in all areas of the Emergency departmen
To support the Charge Nurse/Senior Sister to monitor the safety and quality of care for patients
To support a group of Emergency department assistants and registered nursing associates and assign delegated tasks and responsibility as appropriate.
To ensure a positive focussed service incorporating patients’ feedback to maintain and improve patient care.
To act as an effective role model promoting excellence through practice.
To support the maintenance of high standards of cleanliness in their own clinical area
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
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CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Maintain a professional behaviour at all times and promote a positive image of Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust at all times, in line with World Class Care values.
To be responsible for the unsupervised assessment of patient care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of plans of care, ensuring high standards of evidence based care.
To undertake all nursing procedures in accordance with Trust policies and ensure that these procedures and policies are understood and adhered to by all staff, within own management responsibility.
To contribute to the development of evidence based guidelines/policies relating to speciality.
To ensure accurate and comprehensive nursing records are maintained using appropriate written and electronic documentation.
To collect data and provide essential information in a timely and accurate manner when requested for e.g. audits or monitoring CQC standards.
To measure patient acuity and/or dependency to inform evidence-based decision making on staffing and workforce.
To be responsible for ensuring effective mechanisms are in place so that all clinical and non-clinical incidents, including serious incidents are properly reported, investigated and changes made to avoid recurrence.
To establish effective working relations with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to promote good communication and a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care.
To supervise unqualified staff, to ensure that they have the knowledge, skills and resources to carry out delegated aspects of care

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Infection Control
Infection control is everyone’s responsibility. All staff, both clinical and non clinical, are required to adhere to the Trust’s Infection Prevention and Control policies and procedures and The Health and Social Care Act 2008: Code of Practice for the prevention and control of healthcare associated infections and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection control at all times thereby reducing the risk of Healthcare Associated infections.
It is the duty of every member of staff to take personal responsibility for the prevention and control of infection, as laid down in the Trust’s polices and procedures which reflect the statutory requirements of the Hygiene Code.
To work in close collaboration with the Infection Control Team.
To ensure that monitoring of clinical practice is undertaken at the agreed frequency.
To ensure that the ward environments are cleaned and maintained to the highest standards; ensuring that shortfalls are rectified, or escalate as necessary.
To ensure that all relevant monitoring data and issues are provided to the Directorate’s Governance structures.
To ensure that all staff are released to attend infection control-related educational sessions and staff with specialist roles, e.g. link practitioners, are released to undertake their duties