ED Staff Nurse Development role - Stockport, United Kingdom - Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Job summary

This is an exciting, new opportunity to join the Emergency Department as an experienced band 5 nurse with a structured program to become a band 6. We will consider experienced band 5 nurses who want to transition to band 6 with a supported coaching process. Within this role we will look to progress you from a band 5 to band 6 within a 12 month period. This is an exciting flexible opportunity, once you enter this development role you can move to a band 6 within 6-12 months once specific competencies are completed. All applicants would be expected to transition within 12 months. You will be provided with training, supervision, and support throughout the process. The role will transition from a band 5 to band 6 once your competencies have been achieved and signed off by your line manager and after a final progression meeting with the senior team. The post holder will support the Team Leader in ensuring all staff comply with Trust policies/ procedures and professional and legal standards.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be well supported within this dynamic team. The post-holder will provide enthusiastic, passionate and innovative nursing leadership.

The post holder will support the Nurse in Charge in the day to day management of the Emergency Department ensuring high standards of care throughout the department.

You will have the opportunity to work clinically in all areas providing exceptional nursing care and leadership as well as undertaking staff appraisals, attendance management and other operational management. You will work alongside the current Sisters/Charge Nurse and support the senior team to ensure we maintain the highest standards of care at all times.

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for effectively delivering skilled nursing care to patients using a systemic approach of assessing planning, implementing and evaluating to ensure a high standard of care. The post holder will assist in the admission and discharge processes for patients in line with local procedures.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £ This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.

Experience

Essential

Desirable

Skills

Essential

Desirable

NMC Registered

Essential

Desirable

Post graduate courses/experience

Essential

Desirable