An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 5 staff nurses to join the team in the ever developing Same Day Emergency Care service.

SDEC has evolved from the ambulatory care service, its main aim is to reduce hospital admissions and improve patient safety and satisfaction.

SDEC sees a wide range of patients from UTC, A& E and GP's with a wide range of medical and surgical conditions, we aim to streamline the patients journey by delivering assessment, diagnosis and a treatment plan in the same day.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidates will work within a multidisciplinary team in a dynamic environment making good communication skills a necessity

Due to the nature of the post-extended skills such as IV additives, IV cannulation, Phlebotomy, ECG's are desirable.

The post holder will work flexibly doing 11.5hr shifts over a 7 day week. Opening times will be 7.30-10pm. With shifts ranging from 7.30am-20.00 or 09.30-22.00.

About us

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of �643 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - Outstanding Care Personally Delivered - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further details regarding the job role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Registered Nurse Level 1 with NMC

Desirable

• evidence of post qualification education/training

Previous Experience

Essential

• Able to manage and prioritise own workload in a dynamic setting
• Experience of working in an acute hospital setting

Desirable

• Able to work in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.
• One year's post registration experience in urgent and emergency care

Skills

Essential

• Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework

Desirable

• Cannulation
• Venepuncture
• ECG recording competence
• Male Catheterisation competence

Specific Requirements

Essential

• Excellent verbal and written skills
• IT skills
• Able to travel to work on other hospital sites when required.
• Safeguarding awareness

Desirable

• An insight into what Same Day Emergency Care involves

Employer details

Employer name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Pilgrim Hospital Boston

Sibsey Road,

Boston

PE21 9QA

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