We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Clinical decisions Unit (CDU) is a fast-paced environment within the Emergency Department, where patients requiring further assessment, treatment, or observations are monitored for a short period of time. This is an 8 bedded and 4 chair space clinical area.

As a Registered Nurse in CDU, you will ensure that patient care is of the highest possible standard and provide advice and support to all staff working in the area.

You will be responsible for the development, monitoring and auditing of standards for use in the clinical area. Ensuring that care delivered in the clinical area is of the highest quality, supported by research and in accordance with local and national policies, procedures, and guidelines.

Working in collaboration with other key staff in the clinical group, maintain effective use of bed availability by timely and effective admission and discharge.

This post will cover long day and night shifts, weekdays, weekends, and bank holidays.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

You will conduct clinical assessments of patients admitted to CDU, including observations and pain levels, ensuring early detection of any deterioration or changes.

You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care needs of patients from admission to discharge home or transfer to the inpatient wards.

You will assist in developing, implementing, and evaluating individualized care plans for patients based on clinical assessment.

You will administer medications, treatments, and interventions prescribed, ensuring adherence to Trust policies, guidelines, and procedures.

You will collaborate with the MDT to ensure holistic patient care .

You will maintain accurate, comprehensive, and timely documentation of patient care in accordance to Trust policies.

You will be a motivated and compassionate nurse who is dedicated to delivering safe, effective, and patient-centered care.

You will coordinate the daily activities and operations with CDU and safely pulling patients from other areas within ED, ensuring efficient patient flow, timely assessments, and adherence to clinical protocols.

You will work closely with the Frailty Team to ensure high quality care is delivered to our patients.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse on part 1, part 2 or part 12 of the NMC register
• Commitment to life long learning
• BLS/ILS Trained

Desirable

• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Evidence of Assessing and Mentorship qualification

Previous Expereince

Essential

• Experience within an Emergency department / within a ward environment equivalent

Desirable

• Currently working in an acute ward environment within the NHS
• Experience of supporting students/clinical support workers within the NHS

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
• IV trained and competency signed off
• Ability to work within a team and autonomously
• Recognizing / managing acutely unwell patients

Desirable

• Cannulation and phlebotomy skills
• Computer literacy

Knowledge

Essential

• Awareness of strategies for maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors

Desirable

• Awareness of current national issues within the NHS
• Awareness on recent NHS England's drive to improve 4 hour performance for patient safety

Other Requirements

Essential

• Role model our Trust values every day
• Awareness of Trust Policies and guidelines particularly infection prevention and control and Uniform Policy

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

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361-6580903