Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department

Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - Emergency Department

Position: Band 6. Location: Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton. Employer: University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

Contract: Permanent. Hours: Full time (37.5 hrs per week) or part time (minimum 23 hrs per week). Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata.

Job overview

We are looking for an experienced nurse with strong emergency or acute care experience and current NMC registration to step up to a Band 6 role within our Emergency Department. The Emergency Department is a Major Trauma Centre receiving patients from the wider Surrey and Sussex area.

The role includes rotating through the ED, the Resus and the Urgent Treatment Centre, and participating in multidisciplinary collaboration to achieve patient focused outcomes.

In house training is available in emergency skills such as venepuncture, cannulation, ultrasound guided vascular access, plastering, catheterisation and more.

Main duties of the job

• Ensure optimum standards of care for all patients attending the A&E Department.
• Undertake assessment of patients via prioritisation systems and continuous assessment under supervision.
• Plan, implement, evaluate and re evaluate individual programmes of care, respecting patients' dignity, religious and cultural needs.
• Maintain competence in skills such as plastering, wound closure, suturing, ultrasound guided vascular access and defibrillation.
• Ensure nursing care complies with departmental, NMC and Trust policies, protocols, procedures and guidelines.
• Handle heavy patients or objects in accordance with the Trust Moving and Handling Policy.

Person specification Professional registration

• Registered nurse with extensive experience in acute care.
• Practice assessor or mentorship module completion.
• NMC registration.

Experience and qualifications

• Awareness of Trust position and current emergency quality indicators.
• Basic administrative duties: phone, photocopying, computer data entry.
• Team leadership experience; knowledge of appraisal process.
• Completion or near completion of the ECA Level 1 competencies.

Skills

• ILS.
• Basic IT skills - Microsoft Office.
• TILS or equivalent level 1 trauma course.
• Venepuncture.
• Critical care and minor injury skills.

People management and development

• Management experience and development.
• Leadership course.

Specific requirements

• Understanding of patient tracking systems.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

• Evidence of championing diversity in previous roles.
• Evidence of personal development to improve understanding of equalities issues.

Visa sponsorship

This role is eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. Sponsorship is provided only to applicants who meet the specific UKVI requirements including relevant skill and salary thresholds.

Miscellaneous

We are committed to applying best practice in DBS checks in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1975. The role may close early if a high volume of applications is received.