Bank Staff Nurse - Emergency Department

at  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

At Mersey and West Lancashire NHS Trust we are looking for caring and committed bank workers to support across our trust via the Staffing Solutions Bank. If you are kind, respectful and compassionate we want you to become part of our bank community and help us provide a five star flexible staffing service across our hospitals at Whiston, St Helens and Newton Hospitals. Our friendly Staffing Solutions team oversee the running of a successful and supportive staff bank which covers a variety of shifts across 365 days of the year and we’d love you to be part of this.
Choose where and when you want to work…
In addition to caring for patients in such a welcoming environment, you also have the opportunity to work flexibly across a variety of settings. Our bank staff use an online system through which they can book shifts of their choice on the days they wish to work and also choose which wards and departments they prefer to work in. Therefore, the MWL bank offers you the chance to tailor your work pattern to suit your lifestyle and commitments.
Why choose the MWL bank? We can offer you…
TRUE weekly pay
Additional annual leave
24 hour self-booking system which you can access via our Employee Online App
Flexible hours across a variety of shift patterns
Access to NHS pension scheme
Paid Trust induction
Access to online payslips
A friendly Staffing Solutions team on hand 7 days per week to support you
Access to internal trust vacancies
Enhanced pay for unsocial hours
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the BEST acute Trusts in England for the THIRD year running!
The Trust is currently the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and is one of nine in the entire country, to achieve the title of OUTSTANDING, rated by the Care Quality Commission.
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1 st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Maintain appropriate NMC registration
To be aware of and practice professionally in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct and The Scope of Professional Practice.
To personally ensure fulfilment of the requirements for professional updating and to maintain a personal record for the future registration purposes.
Ensure that nursing care is appropriate, provided and is consistent with clinical guidelines.
Implement and evaluate programmes of care to meet needs of patients and undertake all forms of care within the clinical environment.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

Ensure patient records are kept up to date and accurate and recording is done in line with Trust policies and procedures.

LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Supervise Health Care Assistants as and when required
Supervise Junior Staff Nurses once deemed sufficiently competent and experienced in role by Ward Manager