Job summary
Emergency Departments across Barts Health are looking for Band 5 Accident Emergency Nurses to join their Bank Team.
If you are interested in registering onto the Barts Health Staff Bank, please follow the link provided under 'Supporting links' - which will take you directly to the Bank Partners website where you can apply directly for the role.
Main duties of the job
This is a fantastic chance for a qualified nurse to undertake a challenging role within one of London's leading A&E departments and work as a part of an experienced multi-disciplinary team. If you are a qualified nurse who is seeking the challenge of working in a busy Emergency Department, expanding your skills across multiple specialties, and learning from some of the best emergency clinicians in the UK, then this is the perfect opportunity for you!
About us
Barts Trust offers a range of specialist services and state-of-the-art facilities across its five London hospitals, providing quality healthcare to over 2.5 million people. Barts Health supports some of the busiest emergency departments in the UK, caring for more that 300,000 emergency patients every year. Newham Hospital run one of the busiest acute A&E services in London, offering 24 hour emergency care provided by their expert multidisciplinary team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Conducting preliminary patient examinations to ascertain the patients condition
- Referring patients to other departments such as osteopathy, radiology and cardiology
- Receiving patients from Paramedics and taking over their care
- Sharing information and updates with family members
- Analysing test results
- Taking detailed and accurate notes
- Applying dressings and administering pain relief, antibiotics and other medications as required
- Completing all necessary discharge paperwork
- Maintaining care standards in accident and emergency
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- At least 6 months NHS ward based experience within the last 3 years
Qualifications
Essential
Additional Criteria
Essential
Desirable
- Robust clinical knowledge
- Strong initiative
- Ability to remain calm and work efficiently under pressure
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Honesty and integrity
- A caring patient-centred approach
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
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Barts Health NHS Trust
Address
The Royal London Hospital
Whitechapel Road
London
E1 1FR