Staff Nurse - Emergency Department

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Staff Nurse - Emergency Department The closing date is 30 April 2026 Due to current service demands, we are only able to consider applicants who have relevant UK experience. Candidates must also be available to commence employment immediately or within a very short timeframe. We regret that we cannot progress applications that do not meet these essential requirements.

An exciting position has arisen for a Registered General Nurses to join our hard-working and dedicated team of Nursing and Medical Staff in the Emergency Department at Whiston Hospital. The Emergency Department is located in a purpose built department within Whiston Hospital, has both Adult and Paediatric state of the art emergency care facilities and is committed to the ongoing development of its service; in supporting improvements within its service provision and we are presently building a new Urgent Care Centre. The post holders are desired to have demonstrable experience in an Emergency Department, and should currently be NMC Registered with a General Nurse Pin.

Interview Date - To Be Confirmed Main duties of the job Assess, plan develop and implement programmes of care to patients, providing advice in a variety of settings. Carry out nursing procedures in line with current NMC standards of proficiency. Ensure the health, wellbeing and independence of patients and service users across healthcare settings, maintaining associated records, ensuring all patients receive safe and effective care at all times.

Supervision of junior staff and all learners Understand and demonstrate the Trust values at all times. Job responsibilities Communications and relationship skills Provides and receives complex information, communicating sensitively and confidentially information relating to patients/clients (for example, care plan discussions with patients). Communicates in a compassionate and empathetic manner, using persuasion and reassurance.

Ability to recognise barriers to communication, and ability to modify communication style as and when required. Ability to effectively communicate whilst providing training to students. Demonstrate effective communications skills with the wider MDT team.

Clinical Skills To be responsible for planning and organising a defined caseload of patients on a continuing basis. To assess, plan, implement/deliver and evaluate patient care for a defined caseload and recognise signs of deterioration/change and respond according to protocol. Maintain appropriate levels of training for clinical skills as needed within scope of practice.

To maintain safe custody of drugs, ensuring that checking, witnessing and administration procedures are compatible with statutory and trust requirements. In the absence of Sister/Charge Nurse effectively respond to complaints/concerns and escalates as required. To ensure clinical incident/near misses are managed and reported and escalated in a timely manner.

To be part of the multidisciplinary team decision making, acting when required as the patients advocate in order to support the patients pathway. Work within the organisational policy, standard operating procedures and guidelines. To undertake risk assessments and implement risk reducing measures.

To report and escalates to the Line Manager any deficiencies in the arrangements for minimizing risk. Ensure that privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times. Use of Resources To actively participate in the effective and efficient use of the ward/departmental resources and equipment, including stock management and care and maintenance of equipment.

Handles patients valuables, ensuring safe storage and transportation. Sign off agency timesheets in order to verify and record the hours worked. Liaise with the Roster Coordinator to ensure your personal roster is balanced within the roster period.

To order and receipt goods in accordance with the Trusts financial framework. Team Development To deputise in the absence of the Sister/Charge Nurse. To manage own time and that of others, through delegations to ensure high quality service delivery.

To act as assessor/supervisor for junior staff and students. To participate in the setting of yearly personal and professional objectives for self. Support the departments appraisal process for junior staff, by providing feedback.

To be flexible in the delivery of safe staffing across the Trust and participate in redeployment requirements within scope of practice. Research and Audit To contribute to the collection of data for research and audit purposes. To identify audit topics relevant to the ward/department.

To critically evaluate research before applying to clinic practice in order to enhance patient care. Personal Development To identify areas for self-development, areas of interest and training requirements within individual personal performance planning and development review. To maintain a professional portfolio and reflective diary for developmental purposes and revalidation.

Support the rest of the team by recognising own and promoting self-help and wellbeing. Develop a culture of learning and innovation, developing high quality learning environments. Adopt a reflective approach to own practice with a view to continually improve.

Person Specification Qualifications 1st Level Registered Nurse (degree/diploma) Current NMC Registration Evidence of continuing professional development Experience Able to demonstrate knowledge of NMC professional standards for practice contained within the code Experience of working in a clinical environment Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team An understanding of national, regional and local NHS issues Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information Skills Excellent communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own workload Ability to de-escalate complex situations Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team. Awareness of the need for confidentiality at all times Computer literacy e.g. experience of electronic patient record Other Frequent moderate effort for several short periods of time such as manual handling of patients and equipment. Frequent concentration required for drug calculation and administration Dealing with frequent interruptions and competing demands Ability to work within highly distressing or emotional circumstances e.g. end of life care.

Ability to communicate distressing information Ability to communicate in a challenging environment Able to carry out direct clinical care as required on ward or department. Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust #J-18808-Ljbffr