Staff Nurse - Emergency Department, London SE18 4QH

As a registered nurse the post holder will provide care to adults with acute health needs in the emergency department.

The post holder will be accountable and responsible for providing a high standard of patient centred care.

Previous applicants need not apply.

To carry out care without direct supervision as part of the Emergency Department team.

To communicate effectively within the multidisciplinary team.

Contribute towards the effective running of the department including patient safe and timely care

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development

Widening access (anchor institution) and employability

Improving the experience of staff with disability

Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development

Making equalities mainstream

Provision of specialist, high quality nursing care and support for adult patients and their relatives/carers

Appropriate delegation of duties to other members of staff for effective delivery of patient care

To provide timely nurse led interventions for the benefit of the patients

To assess, plan implement and evaluate care of patients from admission to

To be part of the effective admission / transfer / discharge of a patient involving the family, carers, significant other, multidisciplinary team and community teams when

To maintain effective channels of communication with patients, relatives and all staff involved in providing

To provide and receive nursing handover reports in the role of team

To act as the named nurse to an individual or a group of

To be part of the process in implementing clinical governance and the impact this has on patient care, e. audit and evidenced based practice.

Ensure that written documentation are maintained in line with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for Records and Record Keeping and Trust

To ensure that the storage and administration of Medicines is carried out according to statutory and Trust regulations

To display knowledge in ED key performance indicators and the impact this has on clinical